Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Gorakhpur
State:Uttar Pradesh
Latest Election Year:2024
Mp:Ravi Kishan
Incumbent Image:Ravi Kishan celebrates his 44th birthday.jpg
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Assembly Cons:Caimpiyarganj
Pipraich
Gorakhpur Urban
Gorakhpur Rural
Sahajanwa
Reservation:None
Established:1952

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

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

NoNameDistrictMemberParty
320CaimpiyarganjGorakhpurFateh Bahadur Singhstyle=background-color:BJP
321PipraichMahendra Pal Singhstyle=background-color:BJP
322Gorakhpur UrbanYogi Adityanathstyle=background-color:BJP
323Gorakhpur RuralBipin Singhstyle=background-color:BJP
324SahajanwaPradeep Shuklastyle=background-color:BJP

Members of Lok Sabha

YearMemberParty
1952Sinhasan Singh
1957
Mahadeo Prasad
1962Sinhasan Singh
1967
1970^Mahant Avedyanath
1971Narsingh Narain Pandey
1977Harikesh Bahadur
1980
1984Madan Pandey
1989Mahant Avedyanath
1991
1996
1998Yogi Adityanath
1999
2004
2009
2014
2018^Praveen Nishad
2019Ravi Kishan
2024

^By Election in 1970 & 2018.

Election results

1971 Lok Sabha elections

1967 Lok Sabha elections

1970 Bye-election

1962 Lok Sabha elections

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PC: AC-wise data of candidate 2009 Gorakhpur . indiavotes.com . 19 March 2022.
  2. Web site: 1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results . elections.in . 2 March 2021.
  3. Web site: 1967 India General (4th Lok Sabha) Elections Results . elections.in . 2 March 2021.
  4. Web site: 1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results . elections.in . 2 March 2021.