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.
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.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
# | Term | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party | From | To | Days | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Vijay Bahadur Yadav | Bhartiya Janata Party | March 2012 | March 2017 | 1,829 | |
02 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Bipin Singh | March 2017 | March 2022 | 1,834 | ||
03 | 18th Vidhan Sabha | March 2022 | Incumbent | 851 |
Election results
2022
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
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Vijay Bahadur Yadav | 58,849 | 31.31 | ||
SP | Jafar Amin Dakku | 41,864 | 22.27 | ||
BSP | Ram Bhuwal Nishad | 41,338 | 21.99 | ||
INC | Kajal | 17,636 | 9.38 | ||
PECP | Chhedi Lal | 8,490 | 4.52 | ||
Majority | 16,985 | 9.04 | |||
Turnout | 1,87,979 | 55.18 | |||
BJP win (new seat) |