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Gorakhpur

Winner — 2018 by-election

Pravin Kumar Nishad
Socialist Party
SP 48.9%BJP 46.5%9 others 4.6%
Votes
4,56,589
48.9% share
Winning margin
21,801
2.3% of votes
Total votes cast
9,34,320
Candidates
10
Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Pravin Kumar Nishad
SP
4,56,58948.9%
2
Upendra Dutt Shukla
BJP
4,34,78846.5%
3
Dr. Surheeta Kareem
INC
18,8722.0%
4
NOTA
—
8,3310.9%
5
Sarvan Kumar Nishad
IND
3,2540.3%
6
Awadhesh Nishad
Bahujan Mukt Party
2,8330.3%
7
Malti Devi
IND
2,4270.3%
8
Radhe Shyam Sehra
IND
2,0030.2%
9
Vijay Kumar Rai
IND
1,8220.2%
10
Narendra Kumar Mahantha
IND
1,7210.2%
11
Girisnarayan Pande
SABHP
1,6800.2%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (57th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 0.4% · max 46.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
57th of 80

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
66th of 80

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
40th of 80

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 48.9%BJP 46.5%OTH 4.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,40,895
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,321 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Muslim 9.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.3%
Electricity42.7%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.6%
Children fully vaccinated67.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.9%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.6%
Clean cooking fuel66.8%
Health insurance17.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Gorakhpur TerracottaGI🏺Readymade Garments
🏛️

Extensive mound

🏛️MonumentASI

Extensive mound

📍Google MapsOSM
🏛️

Large and high mound, the ruins of the ancient Domangarh

🏛️MonumentASI

Large and high mound, the ruins of the ancient Domangarh

📍Google MapsOSM

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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