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.

Gorakhpur UP-53
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Caimpiyarganj Pipraich Gorakhpur Urban Gorakhpur Rural Sahajanwa
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Ravi Kishan
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	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

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

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.

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections:^[2] Gorakhpur

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

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur

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

2018 bye-election

Bye-election, 2018: Gorakhpur

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

2014 Lok Sabha elections

2014 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	539,127	51.83	−2.02
	SP	Rajmati Nishad	2,26,344	21.76	+10.67
	BSP	Ram Bhuwal Nishad	1,76,412	16.96	−7.47
	INC	Astbhuja Prasad Tripathi	45,719	4.40	+0.36
	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	30.07	+0.65
Turnout			10,40,199	54.63	+10.50
	BJP hold		Swing	-2.02

2009 Lok Sabha elections

2009 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur

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

2004 Lok Sabha elections

General Election, 2004: Gorakhpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	353,647	51.31	+10.21
	SP	Jamuna Prasad Nishad	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(K)	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

1999 Lok Sabha elections

General Election, 1999: Gorakhpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	267,382	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

1998 Lok Sabha elections

General Election, 1998: Gorakhpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	268,428	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(K)	Sant Lal Jaiswal	3,892	0.62
Majority			26,206	4.16
Turnout			6,29,765	50.53
	BJP hold		Swing

1996 Lok Sabha elections

General Election, 1996: Gorakhpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahant Avedyanath	236,369	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

1991 Lok Sabha elections

General Election, 1991: Gorakhpur

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

1971 Lok Sabha elections

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

1967 Lok Sabha elections

• Digvijai Nath (IND) : 121,490 votes^[4]
• 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^[5]
• Digvijai Nath (HMS) : 64,998 votes

See also

• Gorakhpur
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha