GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Gorakhpur
Sinhasan Singh (INC) won by 3,260 votes (1.6%).
- Electors
- 4,13,275
- Votes polled
- 2,11,551
- Valid votes
- 2,01,558
- Turnout
- 51.2%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 1.6% (median 12.2%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 1.1%(-3.0%)
- Turnout
- 52.2%(+1.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 81.1%
Winning margin over time · Gorakhpur
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinhasan SinghWinner | INC | 68,258 | 33.9% |
| 2 | Digvijai Nath | HMS | 64,998 | 32.2% |
| 3 | Laxmi Shanker Khare | JS | 21,451 | 10.6% |
| 4 | Kamla Sahai | SOC | 19,398 | 9.6% |
| 5 | Nageshwar Prasad Sahai | PSP | 9,034 | 4.5% |
| 6 | Chandra Shekhar Mishra | IND | 7,286 | 3.6% |
| 7 | Sadiq Ali | SWA | 6,400 | 3.2% |
| 8 | Rama Kant Shukla | IND | 4,733 | 2.3% |
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