Gorakhpur Rural Assembly constituency

Gorakhpur Rural is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Gorakhpur Rural in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 323 amongst 403 constituencies.

Gorakhpur Rural
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictGorakhpur
Total electors3,94,353 (2017)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2017

The MLA is Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Bipin Singh who won in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Vijay Bahadur Yadav by a margin of 24,070 votes.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
0116th Vidhan SabhaVijay Bahadur YadavBhartiya Janata PartyMarch 2012March 20171,829[1]
0217th Vidhan SabhaBipin SinghMarch 2017March 20222412[1]
0318th Vidhan SabhaMarch 2022Incumbent595[1]

Election results

2022
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gorakhpur Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bipin Singh 1,26,376 49.59 +13.88
SP Vijay Bahadur Yadav 1,02,306 40.14 +6.31
BSP Dara Singh Nishad 15,982 6.27 -6.57
AIMIM Mohd. Islam 3579 1.38
INC Devendra Nishad 1492 0.59
NOTA None of the Above 1,053 0.41
Majority 24,070 9.45 +7.57
Turnout 2,54,865
BJP hold Swing 13.88

2017
2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gorakhpur Rural[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bipin Singh 73,686 35.71 +4.40
SP Vijay Bahadur Yadav 71,276 33.83 +11.56
NISHAD Sanjay Kumar Nishad 44,901 14.89 New
BSP Rajesh Pandey 33,097 12.84 -9.15
NOTA None of the Above 1,634 0.70 New
Majority 4,410 1.88 -7.16
Turnout 2,36,018 59.85 +4.66
BJP hold Swing +4.40
2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gorakhpur Rural[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vijay Bahadur Yadav 58,849 31.31 Steady
SP Jafar Amin Dakku 41,864 22.27 Steady
BSP Ram Bhuwal Nishad 41,338 21.99 Steady
INC Kajal 17,636 9.38 Steady
PECP Chhedi Lal 8,490 4.52 Steady
Majority 16,985 9.04 Steady
Turnout 1,87,979 55.18 Steady
BJP win (new seat)

References
  1. "Assembly result 2022". Elections.in. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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