Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency

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Gorakhpur
UP-53
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly constituenciesCaimpiyarganj
Pipraich
Gorakhpur Urban
Gorakhpur Rural
Sahajanwa
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJP  
Alliance  NDA  
Elected year2024

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 2024.

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 | edit source]

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

No Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
320 Caimpiyarganj Gorakhpur Fateh Bahadur Singh BJP BJP
321 Pipraich Mahendra Pal Singh
322 Gorakhpur Urban Yogi Adityanath
323 Gorakhpur Rural Bipin Singh
324 Sahajanwa Pradeep Shukla

Members of Lok Sabha[edit | edit source]

Year Member Party
1952 Sinhasan Singh Indian National Congress
1957
Mahadeo Prasad
1962 Sinhasan Singh
1967 Mahant Digvijaynath Independent
1970^ Mahant Avedyanath
1971 Narsingh Narain Pandey Indian National Congress
1977 Harikesh Bahadur Janata Party
1980 Indian National Congress
1984 Madan Pandey
1989 Mahant Avedyanath Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
1991 Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
1998 Yogi Adityanath
1999
2004
2009
2014
2018^ Praveen Nishad Samajwadi Party
2019 Ravi Kishan Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

^By Election in 1970 & 2018.

Election results[edit | edit source]

2024 Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ravi Kishan 585,834 50.75 Decrease9.79
SP Kajal Nishad 482,308 41.78 Increase6.71
BSP Javed Simnani 55,781 4.83 Increase4.83
NOTA None of the above 7,681 0.67 Increase0.02
Majority 103,526 8.97 Decrease16.50
Turnout 1,154,413 55.05 Decrease4.74
BJP hold Swing

2019 Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ravi Kishan 717,122 60.54 +14.01
SP Rambhual Nishad 415,458 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 301,664 25.47 +23.14
Turnout 1,184,635 59.79 +12.00
BJP gain from SP Swing +11.68

2018 bye-election[edit | edit source]

Bye-election, 2018: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Praveen Kumar Nishad 456,589 48.86 +27.10
BJP Upendra Dutt Shukla 434,788 46.53 −5.30
INC Dr. Surheeta Kareem 18,872 2.02 −2.38
NOTA None of the Above 8,331 0.89 +0.11
Majority 21,801 2.33 −27.74
Turnout 934,441 47.79 −6.84
SP gain from BJP Swing -2.97

2014 Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogi Adityanath 539,127 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 | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogi Adityanath 403,156 53.85 +2.34
BSP Vinay Shankar Tiwari 182,885 24.43 +14.21
SP Manoj Tiwari 83,059 11.09 −19.61
INC Lalchand Nishad 30,262 4.04 −0.82
Majority 220,271 29.42 +8.81
Turnout 748,617 44.13 −4.00
BJP hold Swing +2.34

2004 Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2004: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogi Adityanath 353,647 51.31 +10.21
SP Jamuna Prasad Nishad 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(K) Chandra Bhan Singh Patel 3,225 0.47 0
SBSP 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 | edit source]

General Election, 1999: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogi Adityanath 267,382 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
JD(S) Bankey Lal 2,723 0.42
Majority 7,339 1.13
Turnout 6,50,545 51.58
BJP hold Swing

1998 Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1998: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogi Adityanath 268,428 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(K) Sant Lal Jaiswal 3,892 0.62
Majority 26,206 4.16
Turnout 6,29,765 50.53
BJP hold Swing

1996 Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1996: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mahant Avedyanath 236,369 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

1991 Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1991: Gorakhpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mahant Avedyanath 228,736 49.70
JD Sharda Prasad Rawat 1,37,377 29.85
IND Narsingh Narayan Pandey 38,376 8.34
JP Deep Narain Yadav 32,346 7.03
LKD Safatullah 6,766 1.47
Majority 91,359 19.85
Turnout 4,60,188 50.95
BJP gain from Hindu Mahasabha Swing

1971 Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

  • Narsingh Narian (INC) : 136,843 votes[4]
  • Avedh Nath (Ind) : 99,265 votes

1967 Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

  • Digvijai Nath (IND) : 121,490 votes[5]
  • S. L. Saxena (Cong) : 78,775 votes

1970 Bye-election[edit | edit source]

  • Avedya Nath (IND) : 57,001 votes
  • B Chaturvedi (NCJ): 37,064 votes

1962 Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

  • Sinhasan Singh (INC) : 68,258 votes[6]
  • Digvijai Nath (HMS) : 64,998 votes

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "PC: AC-wise data of candidate 2009 Gorakhpur". indiavotes.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Gorakhpur". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Gorakhpur Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "1967 India General (4th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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