Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency

Gorakhpur
UP-64
Gorakhpur ; UP-64
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Caimpiyarganj ; Pipraich ; Gorakhpur Urban ; Gorakhpur Rural ; Sahajanwa
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Ravi Kishan
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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

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

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

Members of Lok Sabha

Year	Member
1952	Sinhasan Singh	Indian National Congress
1957	Sinhasan Singh
1957	Mahadeo Prasad
1962	Sinhasan Singh
1967	Mahant Digvijaynath	Independent
1970^	Mahant Avedyanath	Independent
1971	Narsingh Narain Pandey	Indian National Congress
1977	Harikesh Bahadur	Janata Party
1980	Harikesh Bahadur	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Madan Pandey	Indian National Congress
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	Ravi Kishan	Bharatiya Janata Party

^By Election in 1970 & 2018.

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections:^[2] Gorakhpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ravi Kishan Shukla	585,834	50.75	9.79
	SP	Kajal Nishad	4,82,308	41.78	6.71
	BSP	Javed Simnani	55,781	4.83	4.83
	NOTA	None of the above	7,681	0.67	0.02
Majority			1,03,526	8.97	16.50
Turnout			11,54,413	55.05	4.74
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ravi Kishan	717,122	60.54	+14.01
	SP	Rambhual 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-election

Bye-election, 2018: Gorakhpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Praveen Kumar Nishad	456,589	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
	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

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

2009 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	403,156	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

2004 Lok Sabha elections

General Election, 2004: Gorakhpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	353,647	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
	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

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

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	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

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

1991 Lok Sabha elections

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
	LKD	Safatullah	6,766	1.47
Majority			91,359	19.85
Turnout			4,60,188	50.95
	BJP gain from HM		Swing

1971 Lok Sabha elections

Narsingh Narian (INC) : 136,843 votes^[3]
Avedh Nath (Ind) : 99,265 votes

1967 Lok Sabha elections

Digvijai Nath (IND) : 121,490 votes^[4]
S. L. Saxena (Cong) : 78,775 votes

1970 Bye-election

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

1962 Lok Sabha elections

Sinhasan Singh (INC) : 68,258 votes^[5]
Digvijai Nath (HMS) : 64,998 votes

References

^ "PC: AC-wise data of candidate 2009 Gorakhpur". indiavotes.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2464.htm ^{[bare URL]}
^ "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ "1967 India General (4th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ "1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

External links

Gorakhpur lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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[1] "PC: AC-wise data of candidate 2009 Gorakhpur". indiavotes.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

[2] ttps://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2464.htm ^{[bare URL]}

[3] "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

[4] "1967 India General (4th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

[5] "1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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General	Purvanchal Awadh Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary
Mythology, history	Nawab of Awadh Kushinagar Parinirvana
Districts	Deoria Gorakhpur Kushinagar Maharajganj
Rivers, dams, lakes	Ghaghara West Rapti
Languages, people	Bhojpuri Hindustani Standard Hindi
Transport	NH 28 NH 727 NH 24 NH 233B
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See also	Cities and towns in Deoria district Cities and towns in Gorakhpur district Cities and towns in Kushinagar district Cities and towns in Maharajganj district Villages in Deoria district Villages in Gorakhpur district Villages in Maharajganj district People from Deoria People from Gorakhpur People from Kushinagar
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