Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Gorakhpur
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentRavi Kishan
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952–present
Reservationnone
Assembly ConstituenciesCaimpiyarganj
Pipraich
Gorakhpur Urban
Gorakhpur Rural
Sahajanwa

Gorakhpur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India. The current member of Lok Sabha is Ravi Kishan, who has won the election as a BJP party candidate in 2019.

This constituency is considered a stronghold of Gorakhnath Math, three of whose presiding monks have been elected from it multiple times.

Vidhan Sabha Constituencies[edit]

There are five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments under this Lok Sabha constituency. These are:[1]

Constituency number Name of Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Name of Member Party
320 Caimpiyarganj None Gorakhpur Fateh Bahadur Singh BJP
321 Pipraich None Gorakhpur Mahendra Pal Singh BJP
322 Gorakhpur Urban None Gorakhpur Radha Mohan Das Agarwal BJP
323 Gorakhpur Rural None Gorakhpur Bipin Singh BJP
324 Sahajanwa None Gorakhpur Sheetal Pandey BJP

Members of Lok Sabha[edit]

Portrait Year Elected MP Party
1952 Sinhasan Singh Indian National Congress
1957
Mahadeo Prasad
1962 Sinhasan Singh
1967 Mahant Digvijaynath (Died in 1969) Independent / Hindu Maha Sabha
1970* Mahant Avedyanath (Won bye-poll) Independent
1971 Narsingh Narain Pandey Indian National Congress
1977 Harikesh Bahadur Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Madan Pandey Indian National Congress
1989 Mahant Avedyanath Hindu Maha Sabha
1991 Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Mahant Avedyanath
1998 Yogi Adityanath (Became Chief Minister in 2017)
1999
2004
2009
2014
2018* Praveen Nishad (Won bye-poll) Samajwadi Party
2019 Ravi Kishan Bharatiya Janata Party
  • *By Election in 1970 & 2018.

Election Results[edit]

2019 Lok Sabha Elections[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ravindra Shukla (Ravi Kishan) 7,17,122 60.54 +14.01
SP Ram Nishad 4,15,458 35.07 -13.79
INC Madhusudan Tripathi 22,972 1.94 -0.08
NOTA None of the Above 7,688 0.65 -0.24
Majority 3,01,664 25.47 +23.14
Turnout 11,84,635 59.79 +12.00
BJP gain from SP Swing +11.68

2018 Bye-poll[edit]

Bye-election, 2018: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Praveen Kumar Nishad 4,56,589 48.86 +27.10
BJP Upendra Dutt Shukla 4,34,788 46.53 -5.30
INC Dr. Surheeta Kareem 18,872 2.02 -2.38
IND. Sarvan Kumar Nishad 3,254 0.35 N/A
BMP Awadhesh Nishad 2,833 0.30 +0.11
NOTA None of the Above 8,331 0.89 +0.11
Majority 21,801 2.33 -27.74
Turnout 9,34,441 47.79 -6.84
SP gain from BJP Swing -2.97

2014 Lok Sabha Elections[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogi Adityanath 5,39,127 51.83 -2.02
SP Rajmati Nishad 2,26,344 21.76 +10.67
BSP Ram Bhuwal Nishad 1,76,412 16.96 -7.47
INC Astbhuja Prasad Tripathi 45,719 4.40 +0.36
AAP Radhe Mohan Misra 11,873 1.14 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 8,153 0.78 N/A
Majority 3,12,783 30.07 +0.65
Turnout 10,40,199 54.63 +10.50
BJP hold Swing -2.02

2009 Lok Sabha Elections[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogi Adityanath 4,03,156 53.85 +2.34
BSP Vinay Shankar Tiwari 1,82,885 24.43 +14.21
SP Manoj Tiwari 83,059 11.09 -19.61
INC Lalchand Nishad 30,262 4.04 -0.82
Independent Chhedilal 8,953 1.20 0
Independent Niranjan Prasad 6,519 0.87 0
Independent Govind 4,829 0.65 0
Ambedkar Samaj Party Aman 3,007 0.40 0
Independent Harishchandra 2,944 0.39 0
AD Divyashankar Nishad 2,353 0.31 -0.16
Independent Awdhesh Singh 2,232 0.30 0
Majority 2,20,271 29.42 +8.81
Turnout 7,48,617 44.13 -4.00
BJP hold Swing +2.34
General Election, 2004: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogi Adityanath 3,53,647 51.31 +10.21
SP Jamuna Prasad 2,11,608 30.70 -9.27
BSP Pradeep Kumar Nishad 70,449 10.22 -4.21
INC Shardendu Pandey 33,477 4.86 +1.78
Independent Ram Milan 8,785 1.27 0
AD Chandra Bhan Singh Patel 3,225 0.47 0
[[Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party|Template:Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party/meta/shortname]] Gopal Rajbhar 3,081 0.45 0
Independent Ram Kishum 2,716 0.39 0
ABHM Mahanth Ramdas Brahmchari 2,260 0.33 0
Majority 1,42,309 20.61 +19.48
Turnout 6,89,248 48.13 -3.45
BJP hold Swing +10.21

1999 Lok Sabha Elections[edit]

General Election, 1999: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogi Adityanath 2,67,382 41.10
SP Jamuna Prasad Nishad 2,60,043 39.97
BSP D. P. Yadav 93,852 13.43
INC Dr. Jamal Ahmad 20,026 3.08
[[Janata Dal (Secular)|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]] Bankey Lal 2,723 0.42
Majority 7,339 1.13
Turnout 6,50,545 51.58
BJP hold Swing
General Election, 1998: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogi Adityanath 2,68,428 42.62
SP Jamuna Prasad Nishad 2,42,222 38.46
BSP Prahlad Yadav 85,282 13.54
INC Harikesh Bahadur 22,621 3.59
AD Sant Lal Jaiswal 3,892 0.62
Majority 26,206 4.16
Turnout 6,29,765 50.53
BJP hold Swing
General Election, 1996: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mahant Avedyanath 2,36,369 42.23
SP Virender Pratap Shahi 1,79,489 32.07
BSP Kedar Nath Singh 85,248 15.23
INC Harikesh Bahadur 14,549 2.60
IND. Manoj Kumar Singh 4,395 0.79
Majority 56,880 10.16
Turnout 5,59,700 45.69
BJP hold Swing
General Election, 1991: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mahant Avedyanath 2,28,736 49.70
JD Sharda Prasad Rawat 1,37,377 29.85
Independent Narsingh Narayan Pandey 38,376 8.34
JP Deep Narain Yadav 32,346 7.03
[[Lok Dal|Template:Lok Dal/meta/shortname]] Safatullah 6,766 1.47
Majority 91,359 19.85
Turnout 4,60,188 50.95
BJP gain from HMS Swing

1962 Lok Sabha Elections[edit]

  • Sinhasan Singh (INC) : 68,258 votes[2]
  • Digvijai Nath (HMS) : 64,998 votes

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ PC: AC-wise data of candidate 2009 Gorakhpur
  2. ↑ "1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 26°46′N 83°23′E / 26.76°N 83.39°E / 26.76; 83.39

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