Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha Constituency)

Gorakhpur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Gorakhpur, Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

In the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, the constituency had 1,432,002 eligiblevoters, 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 BJP was elected by a margin of 142,309votes.

Members of Parliament

*1952: Sinhasan Singh, Indian National Congress
*1957: Sinhasan Singh, Indian National Congress
*1962: Sinhasan Singh, Indian National Congress
*1967: Mahant Divijai Nath, Hindu Mahasabha
*1971: Narsingh Narain Pandey, Indian National Congress
*1977: Harikesh Bahadur, Indian National Congress
*1980: Harikesh Bahadur, Indian National Congress
*1984: Madan Pandey, Indian National Congress
*1989: Mahant Avedyanath, Bharatiya Janata Party
*1991: Mahant Avedyanath, Bharatiya Janata Party
*1996: Mahant Avedyanath, Bharatiya Janata Party
*1998: Adityanath Yogi, Bharatiya Janata Party
*1999: Adityanath Yogi, Bharatiya Janata Party margin: 0.29%
*2004: Adityanath Yogi, Bharatiya Janata Party margin: 20.61%

Election results

Percentage Changes are based on numbers from the 1999 elections.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Bharatiya Janata Party
candidate = Adityanath Yogi
votes = 353,647
percentage = 51.31
change = +21.52Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Jamuna Prasad
party = Samajwadi Party
votes = 211,608
percentage = 30.70
change = +6.06Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Pradeep Kumar Nishad
party = Bahujan Samaj Party
votes = 70,449
percentage = 10.22
change = -19.26Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Shardendu Pandey
party = Indian National Congress
votes = 33,477
percentage = 4.86
change = -8.59Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Ram Milan
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 8,785
percentage = 1.27
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Chandra Bhan Singh Patel
party = Apna Dal
votes = 3,225
percentage = 0.47
change = -1.05Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Gopal Rajbhar
party = Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
votes = 3,081
percentage = 0.45
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Ram Kishum
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 2,716
percentage = 0.39
change = Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Mahanth Ramdas Brahmchari
party = Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
votes = 2,260
percentage = 0.33
change = Election box majority
votes = 142,309
percentage = 20.61
change = +20.32Election box turnout
votes = 689,248
percentage = 48.13
change = -2.16

ee also

* Gorakhpur
* List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha