GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Gorakhpur
Harikesh Bahadur (BLD) won by 1,83,054 votes (56.6%).
- Electors
- 5,70,532
- Votes polled
- 3,27,828
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 57.5%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 national median: 56.6% (median 24.7%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1977 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 | Harikesh BahadurWinner | BLD | 2,38,635 | 73.8% |
| 2 | Narsingh Narain Pandey | INC | 55,581 | 17.2% |
| 3 | Rama Kant Shukla | IND | 19,467 | 6.0% |
| 4 | Ram Preet Nishad Advocate | IND | 5,037 | 1.6% |
| 5 | Harish Chandra | IND | 3,020 | 0.9% |
| 6 | Afzal Ahmad Siddiqi | IND | 1,544 | 0.5% |
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