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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| name = Gorakhpur
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| ElectedByYear = 2019
| CurrentMP = [[Ravi Kishan]]
| CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| AssemblyConstituencies = [[Caimpiyarganj (Assembly constituency)|Caimpiyarganj]] <br> [[Pipraich (Assembly constituency)|Pipraich]] <br> [[Gorakhpur Urban (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gorakhpur Urban]] <br> [[Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency)|Gorakhpur Rural]] <br> [[Sahajanwa (Assembly constituency)|Sahajanwa]]
| Reservation = none
| Existence = 1952{{endash}}present
}}

'''[[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 2019.

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:<ref>[http://www.indiavotes.com/candidate/pc_candidate_ac_details/15/60/7614/73397/748613/64/ PC: AC-wise data of candidate 2009 Gorakhpur]</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#fff;" width="500px"
|-
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name of Constituency
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
!Name of Member
!Party
|- style="text-align:left;"
||320
||[[Caimpiyarganj (Assembly constituency)|Caimpiyarganj]]
|None
|[[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]]
|| [[Fateh Bahadur Singh]]
|| [[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]]
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| 321
||[[Pipraich (Assembly constituency)|Pipraich]]
|None
|[[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]]
|| [[Mahendra Pal Singh (politician)|Mahendra Pal Singh]]
|| [[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]]
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| 322
|| [[Gorakhpur Urban (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gorakhpur Urban]]
|None
|[[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]]
|| [[Radha Mohan Das Agarwal]]
|| [[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]]
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| 323
||[[Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency)|Gorakhpur Rural]]
|None
|[[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]]
|| [[Bipin Singh (politician)|Bipin Singh]]
|| [[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]]
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| 324
||[[Sahajanwa (Assembly constituency)|Sahajanwa]]
|None
|[[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]]
|| [[Sheetal Pandey]]
|| [[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]]
|}

==Members of Lok Sabha==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Portrait
! Year
! Elected MP
! Party
|-
| rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|[[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Sinhasan Singh]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|-
|[[Mahadeo Prasad]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[Sinhasan Singh]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|[[Mahant Digvijaynath]] (Died in 1969)
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] / Hindu Maha Sabha
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
|1970*
|[[Mahant Avedyanath]] (Won bye-poll)
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|Narsingh Narain Pandey
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| width="4px" rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Lok Dal}}"|
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Harikesh Bahadur]]
|[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
|-
| width="4px" rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[Madan Pandey]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Mahant Avedyanath]]
|[[Hindu Maha Sabha]]
|-
| width="4px" rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|rowspan="7"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[Mahant Avedyanath]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Yogi Adityanath]] (Became Chief Minister in 2017)
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|2018*
|[[Praveen Kumar Nishad|Praveen Nishad]] (Won bye-poll)
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Ravi Kishan]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

* *By Election in 1970 & 2018.

==Election Results==
===2019 Lok Sabha Elections===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Gorakhpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate=[[Ravi Kishan|Ravindra Shukla (Ravi Kishan)]]
|party=Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes= 7,17,122
|percentage= 60.54
|change= +14.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party= Samajwadi Party
|candidate= Ram Nishad
|votes= 4,15,458
|percentage= 35.07
|change= -13.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Indian National Congress
|candidate=Madhusudan Tripathi
|votes= 22,972
|percentage= 1.94
|change= -0.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=None of the above
|candidate=[[None of the Above]]
|votes= 7,688
|percentage= 0.65
|change= -0.24
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes= 3,01,664
|percentage= 25.47
|change= +23.14
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,84,635
|percentage = 59.79
|change = +12.00
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Samajwadi Party
|swing = +11.68
}}
{{Election box end}}

====2018 Bye-poll====

{{Election box begin | title=Bye-election, 2018: Gorakhpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=[[Praveen Kumar Nishad]]|votes=4,56,589|percentage=48.86|change=+27.10}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Upendra Dutt Shukla|votes=4,34,788|percentage=46.53|change=-5.30}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Surheeta Kareem|party=Indian National Congress|votes=18,872|percentage=2.02|change=-2.38}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[Independent politician|IND.]]
|candidate = Sarvan Kumar Nishad
|votes = 3,254
|percentage = 0.35
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Awadhesh Nishad|party=Bahujan Mukti Party|votes=2,833|percentage=0.30|change=+0.11}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above|None of the Above]]|votes=8,331|percentage=0.89|change=+0.11}}
{{Election box majority||votes=21,801|percentage=2.33|change=-27.74}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,34,441|percentage=47.79|change=-6.84}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner= Samajwadi Party
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = -2.97
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014 Lok Sabha Elections===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Gorakhpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
|votes = 5,39,127
|percentage = 51.83
|change = -2.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Rajmati Nishad
|votes = 2,26,344
|percentage = 21.76
|change = +10.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Ram Bhuwal Nishad
|votes = 1,76,412
|percentage = 16.96
|change = -7.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Astbhuja Prasad Tripathi
|votes = 45,719
|percentage = 4.40
|change = +0.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Radhe Mohan Misra
|votes = 11,873
|percentage = 1.14
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 8,153
|percentage = 0.78
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,12,783
|percentage = 30.07
|change = +0.65
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,40,199
|percentage = 54.63
|change = +10.50
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = -2.02
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2009 Lok Sabha Elections===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Gorakhpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
|votes = 4,03,156
|percentage = 53.85
|change = +2.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Vinay Shankar Tiwari]]
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 1,82,885
|percentage = 24.43
|change = +14.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 83,059
|percentage = 11.09
|change = -19.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Lalchand Nishad
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 30,262
|percentage = 4.04
|change = -0.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Chhedilal
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 8,953
|percentage = 1.20
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Niranjan Prasad
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 6,519
|percentage = 0.87
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Govind
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 4,829
|percentage = 0.65
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Aman
|party = Ambedkar Samaj Party
|votes = 3,007
|percentage = 0.40
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Harishchandra
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 2,944
|percentage = 0.39
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Divyashankar Nishad
|party = Apna Dal
|votes = 2,353
|percentage = 0.31
|change = -0.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Awdhesh Singh
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 2,232
|percentage = 0.30
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,20,271
|percentage = 29.42
|change = +8.81
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,48,617
|percentage = 44.13
|change = -4.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +2.34
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Gorakhpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
|votes = 3,53,647
|percentage = 51.31
|change = +10.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Jamuna Nishad|Jamuna Prasad]]
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 2,11,608
|percentage = 30.70
|change = -9.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Pradeep Kumar Nishad
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 70,449
|percentage = 10.22
|change = -4.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shardendu Pandey
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 33,477
|percentage = 4.86
|change = +1.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ram Milan
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 8,785
|percentage = 1.27
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Chandra Bhan Singh Patel
|party = Apna Dal
|votes = 3,225
|percentage = 0.47
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Gopal Rajbhar
|party = Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
|votes = 3,081
|percentage = 0.45
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ram Kishum
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 2,716
|percentage = 0.39
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mahanth Ramdas Brahmchari
|party = Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
|votes = 2,260
|percentage = 0.33
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,42,309
|percentage = 20.61
|change = +19.48
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,89,248
|percentage = 48.13
|change = -3.45
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +10.21
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1999 Lok Sabha Elections===

{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 1999]]: [[Gorakhpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 2,67,382
|percentage = 41.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Jamuna Prasad Nishad]]
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 2,60,043
|percentage = 39.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[D. P. Yadav]]
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 93,852
|percentage = 13.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Dr. Jamal Ahmad
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 20,026
|percentage = 3.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Bankey Lal
|party = Janata Dal (Secular)
|votes = 2,723
|percentage = 0.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,339
|percentage = 1.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,50,545
|percentage = 51.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election|General Election, 1998]]: [[Gorakhpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 2,68,428
|percentage = 42.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Jamuna Prasad Nishad]]
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 2,42,222
|percentage = 38.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Prahlad Yadav
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 85,282
|percentage = 13.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Harikesh Bahadur]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 22,621
|percentage = 3.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sant Lal Jaiswal
|party = Apna Dal
|votes = 3,892
|percentage = 0.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26,206
|percentage = 4.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,29,765
|percentage = 50.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[Indian general election, 1996|General Election, 1996]]: [[Gorakhpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Mahant Avedyanath]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 2,36,369
|percentage = 42.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Virender Pratap Shahi
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 1,79,489
|percentage = 32.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kedar Nath Singh
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 85,248
|percentage = 15.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Harikesh Bahadur]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 14,549
|percentage = 2.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Manoj Kumar Singh
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
|votes = 4,395
|percentage = 0.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 56,880
|percentage = 10.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,59,700
|percentage = 45.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[Indian general election, 1991|General Election, 1991]]: [[Gorakhpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Mahant Avedyanath]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 2,28,736
|percentage = 49.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sharda Prasad Rawat
|party = Janata Dal
|votes = 1,37,377
|percentage = 29.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Narsingh Narayan Pandey
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 38,376
|percentage = 8.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Deep Narain Yadav
|party = Janata Party
|votes = 32,346
|percentage = 7.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Safatullah
|party = Lok Dal
|votes = 6,766
|percentage = 1.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 91,359
|percentage = 19.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,60,188
|percentage = 50.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = [[Hindu Mahasabha|HMS]]
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1962 Lok Sabha Elections===
* Sinhasan Singh (INC) : 68,258 votes<ref>{{cite web |title=1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results |url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html |website=elections.in |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
* Digvijai Nath (HMS) : 64,998 votes

==See also==
* [[Gorakhpur]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/uttar_pradesh/gorakhpur/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Gorakhpur lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Gorakhpur division topics}}

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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Gorakhpur district]]

Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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