Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 301,664 votes over Rambhual Nishad. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1957	Sinhasan Singh	Indian National Congress	172,662	27.3%	Mahadeo Prasad (Indian National Congress)	5,206 (0.8 pts)
1962	Sinhasan Singh	Indian National Congress	68,258	33.9%	Digvijai Nath (Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh)	3,260 (1.6 pts)
1967	D. V. Nath	Independent	121,490	48.0%	S. L. Saxena (Indian National Congress)	42,715 (16.9 pts)
1971	Narsingh Narian	Indian National Congress	136,843	53.2%	Avedh Nath (Independent)	37,578 (14.6 pts)
1977	Harikesh Bahadur	Bharatiya Lok Dal	238,635	73.8%	Narsingh Narain Pandey (Indian National Congress)	183,054 (56.6 pts)
1980	Hari Kesh Bahadur	Congress (I)	108,796	33.5%	Deep Narain Yadav (Janata Party (Secular))	16,141 (5.0 pts)
1984	Madan Pandey	Indian National Congress	191,020	51.0%	Harikesh Bahadur (LKD)	96,600 (25.8 pts)
1989	Avedya Nath	Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh	193,821	42.8%	Rampal Singh (Janata Dal)	45,837 (10.1 pts)
1991	Awaidya Nath	Bharatiya Janata Party	228,736	49.7%	Sharda Prasad Rawat (Janata Dal)	91,359 (19.9 pts)
1996	Avaidyanath	Bharatiya Janata Party	236,369	42.2%	Virender Pratap Shahi (Samajwadi Party)	56,880 (10.2 pts)
1998	Adityanath	Bharatiya Janata Party	268,428	42.6%	Jamuna Prasad Nishad (Samajwadi Party)	26,206 (4.2 pts)
1999	Aditya Nath	Bharatiya Janata Party	267,382	41.1%	Jamuna Prasad Nishad (Samajwadi Party)	7,339 (1.1 pts)
2004	Aditya Nath	Bharatiya Janata Party	353,647	51.3%	Jamuna Nishad (Samajwadi Party)	142,039 (20.6 pts)
2009	Adityanath	Bharatiya Janata Party	403,156	53.9%	Vinay Shankar Tiwari (Bahujan Samaj Party)	220,271 (29.4 pts)
2014	Adityanath	Bharatiya Janata Party	539,127	51.8%	Rajmati Nishad (Samajwadi Party)	312,783 (30.1 pts)
2019	Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan	Bharatiya Janata Party	717,122	60.9%	Rambhual Nishad (Samajwadi Party)	301,664 (25.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sinhasan Singh	Indian National Congress	172,662	27.3%
Mahadeo Prasad	Indian National Congress	167,456	26.4%
Brij Lal	Independent	61,371	9.7%
Hori Lal Saxena	Independent	41,606	6.6%
Nagendra Nath	Praja Socialist Party	39,333	6.2%
Raghuraj	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	37,752	6.0%
Chhotkan	Independent	33,824	5.3%
Ram Charittar	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	29,711	4.7%
Gapoo Lal	Praja Socialist Party	27,550	4.4%
Lakshmi Narain	Independent	21,976	3.5%

1962

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sinhasan Singh	Indian National Congress	68,258	33.9%
Digvijai Nath	Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh	64,998	32.2%
Laxmi Shanker Khare	Jharkhand Party	21,451	10.6%
Kamla Sahai	Socialist Party	19,398	9.6%
Nageshwar Prasad Sahai	Praja Socialist Party	9,034	4.5%
Chandra Shekhar Mishra	Independent	7,286	3.6%
Sadiq Ali	Swatantra Party	6,400	3.2%
Rama Kant Shukla	Independent	4,733	2.3%

1967

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
D. V. Nath	Independent	121,490	48.0%
S. L. Saxena	Indian National Congress	78,775	31.1%
J. R. Khatnani	Samyukta Socialist Party	37,783	14.9%
Ashraf	Independent	11,075	4.4%
M. Shareef	Swatantra Party	4,012	1.6%

1971

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Narsingh Narian	Indian National Congress	136,843	53.2%
Avedh Nath	Independent	99,265	38.6%
Palton	Independent	7,373	2.9%
Ashraf	Independent	5,580	2.2%
Daya Shanker	BKD	5,100	2.0%
Acchaibar Singh	Congress (O)	2,958	1.2%

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Harikesh Bahadur	Bharatiya Lok Dal	238,635	73.8%
Narsingh Narain Pandey	Indian National Congress	55,581	17.2%
Rama Kant Shukla	Independent	19,467	6.0%
Ram Preet Nishad Advocate	Independent	5,037	1.6%
Harish Chandra	Independent	3,020	0.9%
Afzal Ahmad Siddiqi	Independent	1,544	0.5%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Hari Kesh Bahadur	Congress (I)	108,796	33.5%
Deep Narain Yadav	Janata Party (Secular)	92,655	28.5%
Ram Karan Singh	Janata Party	83,142	25.6%
Shaukat Ali	Independent	10,344	3.2%
Purshotam Urf Swami Purshotma Nand	Independent	8,878	2.7%
Baij Nath Tripathi	Independent	4,461	1.4%
Rama Kant Pandey	Independent	4,217	1.3%
Ramji Prasad Verma	Independent	3,455	1.1%
Guru Sewak Guru Prasad Tripathi	Independent	2,502	0.8%
Sant Kumar	Independent	2,235	0.7%
Suresh Chandra Bhargava	Independent	2,144	0.7%
Krishna Chandra Chaturvedi	Independent	2,081	0.6%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Madan Pandey	Indian National Congress	191,020	51.0%
Harikesh Bahadur	LKD	94,420	25.2%
Ramkaran Singh	Janata Party	19,578	5.2%
Lakshmi Shanker Khare	Bharatiya Janata Party	16,195	4.3%
Porushottam Alias Swami Purushottamnand	Independent	9,617	2.6%
Baliram Alias Balikaran	Independent	6,857	1.8%
Shahjajan	Independent	6,495	1.7%
Vijay Narain Tripathi	DDP	5,374	1.4%
Ramakant Pandey	Independent	5,202	1.4%
Shankarlal Arya	Independent	3,366	0.9%
Vinod Kumar Tripathi	Independent	3,344	0.9%
Triveni	Independent	2,487	0.7%
Baij Nath Tripathi	Independent	2,200	0.6%
Makhanlal Alias Makahanlal Goyal	Independent	2,036	0.5%
Atul Kumar Malhotra	Independent	1,627	0.4%
Lal Bahadur	Independent	1,468	0.4%
Girish Chand Tiwari	Independent	1,205	0.3%
Amar Mani Tripathi	Independent	913	0.2%
Rajpati	Independent	799	0.2%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Avedya Nath	Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh	193,821	42.8%
Rampal Singh	Janata Dal	147,984	32.6%
Madan Pande	Indian National Congress	58,319	12.9%
Shahjahan	Bahujan Samaj Party	40,152	8.9%
Vijai Narain	DDP	6,353	1.4%
Subhash Chandra Sharma	Independent	2,332	0.5%
Ramakant Pande	SOP	2,292	0.5%
Jagat Dev	Independent	2,088	0.5%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Awaidya Nath	Bharatiya Janata Party	228,736	49.7%
Sharda Prasad Rawat	Janata Dal	137,377	29.9%
Narsingh Narayan Pandey	Independent	38,376	8.3%
Deep Narain	Janata Party	32,346	7.0%
Safatullah	LKD	6,766	1.5%
Amar Nath Singh	Independent	3,099	0.7%
Shaukat Ali Hafiji	Independent	2,635	0.6%
Vijaya Narain Tripathi	DDP	2,515	0.5%
Jagatguru Ramanuja Charya Swami	Independent	1,841	0.4%
Rais	Independent	1,826	0.4%
Mahanth Ramdas Bramhchari	Independent	1,673	0.4%
Murari Lal	Independent	1,588	0.3%
Prem Nath Bodhi	Independent	1,410	0.3%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Avaidyanath	Bharatiya Janata Party	236,369	42.2%
Virender Pratap Shahi	Samajwadi Party	179,489	32.1%
Kedar Nath Singh	Bahujan Samaj Party	85,248	15.2%
Harikesh Bahadur	Indian National Congress	14,549	2.6%
Manoj Kumar Singh	Independent	4,395	0.8%
Niranjan Prasad	Independent	3,811	0.7%
Raj Kumar	Independent	3,633	0.6%
Shemsher Khan	Independent	3,326	0.6%
Ishwar	Independent	2,795	0.5%
Manoj Kumar	Janata Party	2,742	0.5%
Natneshwar	Independent	2,428	0.4%
Radha Krishan Mall	AD	2,099	0.4%
Rama Kant Pandey	Independent	2,069	0.4%
Mehnaj	BKD(J)	2,005	0.4%
Rama Kant Yadav	Independent	1,773	0.3%
Ajay Pratap Mall	Independent	1,754	0.3%
Altaf Hussain	AIIC(T)	1,539	0.3%
Vijay Pal	Independent	1,192	0.2%
Prem Prakash	Independent	1,058	0.2%
Nehru Lal	Independent	961	0.2%
Sabha Patti	Shiv Sena	747	0.1%
Anil Pandey	Independent	658	0.1%
Dinesh	Independent	575	0.1%
Avid	Independent	575	0.1%
Ganesh Prasad	Independent	511	0.1%
Yusuf	Independent	431	0.1%
Durgawati	Independent	414	0.1%
Vijay Narain	Independent	408	0.1%
Sunil Kumar Srivastav	Independent	401	0.1%
Zuhoorul Hasan	Independent	348	0.1%
Jagad Guru Dharmacharya	Independent	347	0.1%
Mohd. Mogani	Independent	311	0.1%
Vijay Gupta	Independent	274	0.0%
Triveni Gandhi	Independent	150	0.0%
Anil Tripathi	ABBP	124	0.0%
Surendra Singh	Independent	122	0.0%
Gupttar Patel	Independent	69	0.0%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Adityanath	Bharatiya Janata Party	268,428	42.6%
Jamuna Prasad Nishad	Samajwadi Party	242,222	38.5%
Prahlad Yadaw	Bahujan Samaj Party	85,282	13.5%
Harikesh Bahadur	Indian National Congress	22,621	3.6%
Santlal Jaiswal (Sant)	AD	3,892	0.6%
Ramakant Pandey	Janata Dal	2,766	0.4%
Jawaharlal	Independent	1,378	0.2%
Vinod Kumar Mishra	ABBP	1,244	0.2%
Ram Kishun	Independent	1,153	0.2%
Ramkaran	Independent	779	0.1%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Aditya Nath	Bharatiya Janata Party	267,382	41.1%
Jamuna Prasad Nishad	Samajwadi Party	260,043	40.0%
D P Yadav	Bahujan Samaj Party	93,852	14.4%
Dr Jamal Ahamd	Indian National Congress	20,026	3.1%
Bankey Lal	Janata Dal (Secular)	2,723	0.4%
Ashfaq Ahmad	NLP	2,060	0.3%
Pushpa Devi	Independent	2,049	0.3%
Ram Ugrah	Independent	1,153	0.2%
Dr Vijay Kumar Sinha	AJBP	844	0.1%
Bashisht Narayan Shukla	Independent	413	0.1%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Aditya Nath	Bharatiya Janata Party	353,647	51.3%
Jamuna Nishad	Samajwadi Party	211,608	30.7%
Pradeep Kumar Nishad	Bahujan Samaj Party	70,449	10.2%
Shardendu Pandey	Indian National Congress	33,477	4.9%
Ram Milan	Independent	8,785	1.3%
Chandra Bhan Singh Patel	AD	3,225	0.5%
Gopal Rajbhar	SBSP	3,081	0.4%
Ram Kishum	Independent	2,716	0.4%
Mahanth Ramdas Brahmchari	ABHM	2,260	0.3%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Adityanath	Bharatiya Janata Party	403,156	53.9%
Vinay Shankar Tiwari	Bahujan Samaj Party	182,885	24.4%
Manoj Tiwari Mridul	Samajwadi Party	83,059	11.1%
Lalchand Nishad	Indian National Congress	30,262	4.0%
Chhedilal	Independent	8,953	1.2%
Niranjan Prasad	Independent	6,519	0.9%
Govind	Independent	4,829	0.6%
Aman	ASP	3,007	0.4%
Harishchandra	Independent	2,944	0.4%
Dayashankar Nishad	AD	2,353	0.3%
Srinath	SBSP	2,261	0.3%
Awadhesh Singh	Independent	2,232	0.3%
Omprakash Singh	Independent	1,879	0.3%
Manoj Tiwari	Independent	1,802	0.2%
Rajesh Sahani	CPI (ML) Liberation	1,454	0.2%
Dr. Brijesh Mani Tripathi	Independent	1,447	0.2%
Ajay Kumar	Independent	1,335	0.2%
Neeraj Yadav	Independent	1,188	0.2%
Rajbahadur	IJP	1,186	0.2%
Jokhan Prasad	EKSP	1,066	0.1%
Rajmani	BEP	1,054	0.1%
Ramhit Nishad	Independent	842	0.1%
Rajan Yadav M.B.A.	Independent	836	0.1%
Rakesh Kumar	Independent	811	0.1%
Vinod Shukla	Independent	689	0.1%
Lal Bahadur	Independent	568	0.1%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Adityanath	Bharatiya Janata Party	539,127	51.8%
Rajmati Nishad	Samajwadi Party	226,344	21.8%
Ram Bhual Nishad	Bahujan Samaj Party	176,412	17.0%
Astbhuja Prasad Tripathi	Indian National Congress	45,719	4.4%
Radhe Mohan Misra	Aam Aadmi Party	11,873	1.1%
None Of The Above	Independent	8,153	0.8%
Achhe Lal Gupta	Independent	5,339	0.5%
Faiz Ahamad Faizi	PP	5,046	0.5%
Ramkishun	Independent	4,387	0.4%
Ashok	Independent	4,194	0.4%
Munna	SPOI	4,024	0.4%
Indra Deo Yadava	BSCP	2,398	0.2%
Subash Kumar Maurya	RJP(K)	2,123	0.2%
Mohd. Waseem Khan	BMP	2,016	0.2%
Rajesh	CPI (ML) Liberation	1,873	0.2%
Rajit Mishra	NP	1,171	0.1%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan	Bharatiya Janata Party	717,122	60.9%
Rambhual Nishad	Samajwadi Party	415,458	35.3%
Madhusudan Tripathi	Indian National Congress	22,972	2.0%
Dr. Ashish Kumar Singh	Communist Party of India	8,172	0.7%
Abhishek Chand	SBSP	4,319	0.4%
Shyamnarayan Yadav	PSP(L)	2,708	0.2%
Subhash Chandra Dubey	SP(I)	1,982	0.2%
Jitendra Kumar	Janata Dal	1,572	0.1%
Jai Prakash Mishra	RPI	1,336	0.1%
Awadhesh Kumar Singh	SHF	1,306	0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

Trend

Gorakhpur has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Independent, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Gorakhpur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019 with 717,122 votes (60.9%), a margin of 301,664 votes over Rambhual Nishad.

Which parties have won Gorakhpur since 1957?

Since 1957, Gorakhpur has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh, Independent, Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Gorakhpur?

The closest result on record for Gorakhpur was 1957, when Indian National Congress beat Indian National Congress by just 5,206 votes (0.8 percentage points).