Elections Archive

GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Gorakhpur

Adityanath (BJP) won by 26,206 votes (4.2%).

Electors
12,46,190
Votes polled
6,38,183
Valid votes
Turnout
51.2%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 4.2% (median 7.6%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1998 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

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199957%

Candidates

Candidates · Gorakhpur 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1AdityanathWinnerBJP2,68,42842.6%
2Jamuna Prasad NishadSP2,42,22238.5%
3Prahlad YadawBSP85,28213.5%
4Harikesh BahadurINC22,6213.6%
5Santlal Jaiswal (sant)AD3,8920.6%
6Ramakant PandeyJD2,7660.4%
7JawaharlalIND1,3780.2%
8Vinod Kumar MishraABBP1,2440.2%
9Ram KishunIND1,1530.2%
10RamkaranIND7790.1%

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