Gorakhpur Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh Results 2019: Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla alias Ravi Kishan of BJP Wins Parliamentary Election
Gorakhpur constituency is one of the eighty Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The constituency number of this place is PC 64. The election here was conducted on May 19, 2019 as per the Phase 7 schedule.
Bharatiya Jananta Party (BJP) candidate Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla alias Ravi Kishan won from the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Ravi Kishan defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Rambhual Nishad with a massive margin of 3,01,664 votes. The constituency number of this place is PC 64. The election here was conducted on May 19, 2019 as per the Phase 7 schedule. The counting of votes took place today, May 23. A total voter turnout of 54.37 per cent was recorded in this phase of polling in UP, as per Election Commission of India. . Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting In 7 Phases From April 11 to May 19, Counting And Results On May 23; Check All Dates For General Elections
Madhusudan Tripathi from the Indian National Congress (INC), Ravi Kishan from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rambhual Nishad from the Samajwadi Party (SP) contested this constituency. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase VII: List of States And Constituencies Voting on May 19
Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Gorakhpur Constituency:
| Issue of Notification | April 22 |
| Last date for filing nomination | April 29 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | April 30 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | May 2 |
| Date of Poll | May 19 |
| Date of Result | May 23 |
Watch: Details of Phase 7 of Lok Sabha Polls
The last general election in the year 2014 was won by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Yogi Adityanath who is the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He bagged the total of 5,39,127 votes. Gorakhpur saw a By Poll in the year 2018, which was won by Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Pravin Kumar Nishad with 4,56,513 votes, who is also the current MP on the seat.
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