Gorakhpur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Gorakhpur , Eastern Uttar Pradesh , India .
In the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, the constituency had 1,432,002 eligible voters, of whom 48.13% exercised their franchise. There were nine candidates. Election was conducted at 1227 polling stations, and 689,248 valid votes were counted. Adityanath Yogi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected by a margin of 142,309 votes.
Assembly Constituencies [ edit ] There are five assembly constituencies in Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[1]
Members of Parliament [ edit ] Election results [ edit ]
By Election, 2018: Gorakhpur
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
BJP Upendra Shukla
SP Praveen Nishad
INC Surhita Chatterjee Karim
NOTA None of the Above
Margin of victory
Turnout
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]]
Swing
General Election, 2014 : Gorakhpur
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
BJP Yogi Adityanath 5,39,127
51.80
-2.10
SP Rajmati Nishad
2,26,344
21.75
+10.65
BSP Ram Bhual Nishad
1,76,412
16.95
-7.90
INC Astbhuja Prasad Tripathi
45,719
4.39
+0.39
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
30.05
+0.63
Turnout 10,40,199
54.64
+10.51
BJP hold Swing -2.10
General Election, 2009 : 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
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
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
JD(S) 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
Janata Dal Sharda Prasad Rawat
1,37,377
29.85
Independent Narsingh Narayan Pandey
38,376
8.34
Janata Party Deep Narain Yadav
32,346
7.03
Lok Dal Safatullah
6,766
1.47
Majority 91,359
19.85
Turnout 4,60,188
50.95
BJP gain from HMS Swing
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Coordinates : 26°46′N 83°23′E / 26.76°N 83.39°E / 26.76; 83.39
