Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha Constituency)
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Gorakhpur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Gorakhpur, Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
In the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, the constituency had 1,432,002 eligible voters, 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 142,309 votes.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1999: Shriram Chauhan, Bharatiya Janata Party margin: 0.29%
- 2004: Adityanath Yogi, Bharatiya Janata Party margin: 20.61%
[edit] Election results
Percentage Changes are based on numbers from the 1999 elections.
| Indian general elections, 2004: Gorakhpur | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| BJP | Adityanath Yogi | 353,647 | 51.31 | +21.52 | |
| Samajwadi Party | Jamuna Prasad | 211,608 | 30.70 | +6.06 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | Pradeep Kumar Nishad | 70,449 | 10.22 | -19.26 | |
| Congress | Shardendu Pandey | 33,477 | 4.86 | -8.59 | |
| Independent | Ram Milan | 8,785 | 1.27 | ||
| AD | Chandra Bhan Singh Patel | 3,225 | 0.47 | -1.05 | |
| SBSP | Gopal Rajbhar | 3,081 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | Ram Kishum | 2,716 | 0.39 | ||
| ABHM | Mahanth Ramdas Brahmchari | 2,260 | 0.33 | ||
| Majority | 142,309 | 20.61 | +20.32 | ||
| Turnout | 689,248 | 48.13 | -2.16 | ||
