Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency


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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.

Gorakhpur
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Lok Sabha constituency
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Interactive Map Outlining Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency

Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly constituenciesCaimpiyarganj
Pipraich
Gorakhpur Urban
Gorakhpur Rural
Sahajanwa
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

This constituency is considered a stronghold of Gorakhnath Math, three of whose presiding monks have been elected from it multiple times.

Vidhan Sabha constituencies

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

No Name District Member Party
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

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Year Member Party
1952 Sinhasan Singh Indian National Congress
1957
Mahadeo Prasad
1962 Sinhasan Singh
1967 Mahant Digvijaynath Independent
1970^ Mahant Avedyanath
1971 Narsingh Narain Pandey Indian National Congress
1977 Harikesh Bahadur Janata Party
1980 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

^By Election in 1970 & 2018.

2014 Lok Sabha elections

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2009 Lok Sabha elections

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2004 Lok Sabha elections

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1999 Lok Sabha elections

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1998 Lok Sabha elections

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1996 Lok Sabha elections

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1991 Lok Sabha elections

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1971 Lok Sabha elections

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

1967 Lok Sabha elections

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  • Digvijai Nath (IND) : 121,490 votes[4]
  • S. L. Saxena (Cong) : 78,775 votes
  • Avedya Nath (IND) : 57,001 votes
  • B Chaturvedi (NCJ): 37,064 votes

1962 Lok Sabha elections

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

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