Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency

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.

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Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency

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

Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency

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

<table><thead><tr><th>No</th><th>Name</th><th>District</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>2024 Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>320</td><td>Caimpiyarganj</td><td>Gorakhpur</td><td>Fateh Bahadur Singh</td><td></td><td>BJP</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>321</td><td>Pipraich</td><td>Mahendra Pal Singh</td></tr><tr><td>322</td><td>Gorakhpur Urban</td><td>Yogi Adityanath</td></tr><tr><td>323</td><td>Gorakhpur Rural</td><td>Bipin Singh</td></tr><tr><td>324</td><td>Sahajanwa</td><td>Pradeep Shukla</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Lok Sabha

Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency

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

Election results

2024

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ravi Kishan</td><td>585,834</td><td>50.75</td><td>9.79</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Kajal Nishad</td><td>482,308</td><td>41.78</td><td>6.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Javed Simnani</td><td>55,781</td><td>4.83</td><td>4.83</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>7,681</td><td>0.67</td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>103,526</td><td>8.97</td><td>16.50</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,154,413</td><td>55.05</td><td>4.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2019

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ravi Kishan</td><td>717,122</td><td>60.54</td><td>+14.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Rambhual Nishad</td><td>415,458</td><td>35.07</td><td>−13.79</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Madhusudan Tripathi</td><td>22,972</td><td>1.94</td><td>−0.08</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>7,688</td><td>0.65</td><td>−0.24</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>301,664</td><td>25.47</td><td>+23.14</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,184,635</td><td>59.79</td><td>+12.00</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP gain from SP</td><td>Swing</td><td>+11.68</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2018 bye-election

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

2014 Lok Sabha elections

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Yogi Adityanath</td><td>539,127</td><td>51.83</td><td>−2.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Rajmati Nishad</td><td>2,26,344</td><td>21.76</td><td>+10.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Ram Bhuwal Nishad</td><td>1,76,412</td><td>16.96</td><td>−7.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Astbhuja Prasad Tripathi</td><td>45,719</td><td>4.40</td><td>+0.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Radhe Mohan Misra</td><td>11,873</td><td>1.14</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>8,153</td><td>0.78</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>3,12,783</td><td>30.07</td><td>+0.65</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>10,40,199</td><td>54.63</td><td>+10.50</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.02</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2009 Lok Sabha elections

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Yogi Adityanath</td><td>403,156</td><td>53.85</td><td>+2.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Vinay Shankar Tiwari</td><td>182,885</td><td>24.43</td><td>+14.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Manoj Tiwari</td><td>83,059</td><td>11.09</td><td>−19.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Lalchand Nishad</td><td>30,262</td><td>4.04</td><td>−0.82</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>220,271</td><td>29.42</td><td>+8.81</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>748,617</td><td>44.13</td><td>−4.00</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+2.34</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2004 Lok Sabha elections

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Yogi Adityanath</td><td>353,647</td><td>51.31</td><td>+10.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Jamuna Prasad Nishad</td><td>2,11,608</td><td>30.70</td><td>−9.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Pradeep Kumar Nishad</td><td>70,449</td><td>10.22</td><td>−4.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Shardendu Pandey</td><td>33,477</td><td>4.86</td><td>+1.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ram Milan</td><td>8,785</td><td>1.27</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AD(K)</td><td>Chandra Bhan Singh Patel</td><td>3,225</td><td>0.47</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SBSP</td><td>Gopal Rajbhar</td><td>3,081</td><td>0.45</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ram Kishum</td><td>2,716</td><td>0.39</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABHM</td><td>Mahanth Ramdas Brahmchari</td><td>2,260</td><td>0.33</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>1,42,309</td><td>20.61</td><td>+19.48</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>6,89,248</td><td>48.13</td><td>−3.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+10.21</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1999 Lok Sabha elections

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Yogi Adityanath</td><td>267,382</td><td>41.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Jamuna Prasad Nishad</td><td>2,60,043</td><td>39.97</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>D. P. Yadav</td><td>93,852</td><td>13.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Dr. Jamal Ahmad</td><td>20,026</td><td>3.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>Bankey Lal</td><td>2,723</td><td>0.42</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>7,339</td><td>1.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>6,50,545</td><td>51.58</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1998 Lok Sabha elections

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Yogi Adityanath</td><td>268,428</td><td>42.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Jamuna Prasad Nishad</td><td>2,42,222</td><td>38.46</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Prahlad Yadav</td><td>85,282</td><td>13.54</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Harikesh Bahadur</td><td>22,621</td><td>3.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AD(K)</td><td>Sant Lal Jaiswal</td><td>3,892</td><td>0.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>26,206</td><td>4.16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>6,29,765</td><td>50.53</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1996 Lok Sabha elections

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Mahant Avedyanath</td><td>236,369</td><td>42.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Virender Pratap Shahi</td><td>1,79,489</td><td>32.07</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Kedar Nath Singh</td><td>85,248</td><td>15.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Harikesh Bahadur</td><td>14,549</td><td>2.60</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IND.</td><td>Manoj Kumar Singh</td><td>4,395</td><td>0.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>56,880</td><td>10.16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>5,59,700</td><td>45.69</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1991 Lok Sabha elections

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Mahant Avedyanath</td><td>228,736</td><td>49.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD</td><td>Sharda Prasad Rawat</td><td>1,37,377</td><td>29.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IND</td><td>Narsingh Narayan Pandey</td><td>38,376</td><td>8.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Deep Narain Yadav</td><td>32,346</td><td>7.03</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LKD</td><td>Safatullah</td><td>6,766</td><td>1.47</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>91,359</td><td>19.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>4,60,188</td><td>50.95</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP gain from HM</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1971 Lok Sabha elections

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

1967 Lok Sabha elections

• Digvijai Nath (IND) : 121,490 votes • 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 • Digvijai Nath (HMS) : 64,998 votes