Electoral history of Yogi Adityanath

This is a summary of the electoral history of Yogi Adityanath , who is currently serving as the 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, since March 2017.

Summary

Lok Sabha elections

Year	Constituency	Party		Votes	%	Result
1998	Gorakhpur		BJP	268,428	42.62	Won
1999				267,382	41.10	Won
2004				353,647	51.31	Won
2009				403,156	53.85	Won
2014				539,127	51.83	Won

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections

Year	Constituency	Party		Votes	%	Result
2022	Gorakhpur Urban		BJP	165,499	66.18	Won

Detailed results

Lok Sabha elections

1998 Lok Sabha elections ^[1]

General Election, 1998: Gorakhpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	268,428	42.62
	SP	Jamuna Prasad Nishad	2,42,222	38.46
	BSP	Prahlad Yadav	85,282	13.54
	INC	Harikesh Bahadur	22,621	3.59
	AD	Sant Lal Jaiswal	3,892	0.62
Majority			26,206	4.16
Turnout			6,29,765	50.53
	BJP hold		Swing

1999 Lok Sabha elections ^[2]

General Election, 1999: Gorakhpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	267,382	41.10
	SP	Jamuna Prasad Nishad	2,60,043	39.97
	BSP	D. P. Yadav	93,852	13.43
	INC	Dr. Jamal Ahmad	20,026	3.08
	JD(S)	Bankey Lal	2,723	0.42
Majority			7,339	1.13
Turnout			6,50,545	51.58
	BJP hold		Swing

2004 Lok Sabha elections

General Election, 2004: Gorakhpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	353,647	51.31	+10.21
	SP	Jamuna Prasad Nishad	2,11,608	30.70	−9.27
	BSP	Pradeep Kumar Nishad	70,449	10.22	−4.21
	INC	Shardendu Pandey	33,477	4.86	+1.78
	Independent	Ram Milan	8,785	1.27	0
	AD	Chandra Bhan Singh Patel	3,225	0.47	0
	SBSP	Gopal Rajbhar	3,081	0.45	0
	Independent	Ram Kishum	2,716	0.39	0
	ABHM	Mahanth Ramdas Brahmchari	2,260	0.33	0
Majority			1,42,309	20.61	+19.48
Turnout			6,89,248	48.13	−3.45
	BJP hold		Swing	+10.21

2009 Lok Sabha elections

2009 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	403,156	53.85	+2.34
	BSP	Vinay Shankar Tiwari	1,82,885	24.43	+14.21
	SP	Manoj Tiwari	83,059	11.09	−19.61
	INC	Lalchand Nishad	30,262	4.04	−0.82
	Independent	Chhedilal	8,953	1.20	0
	Independent	Niranjan Prasad	6,519	0.87	0
	Independent	Govind	4,829	0.65	0
	Ambedkar Samaj Party	Aman	3,007	0.40	0
	Independent	Harishchandra	2,944	0.39	0
	AD	Divyashankar Nishad	2,353	0.31	−0.16
	Independent	Awdhesh Singh	2,232	0.30	0
Majority			2,20,271	29.42	+8.81
Turnout			7,48,617	44.13	−4.00
	BJP hold		Swing	+2.34

2014 Lok Sabha elections

2014 Indian general elections: Gorakhpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	539,127	51.83	−2.02
	SP	Rajmati Nishad	2,26,344	21.76	+10.67
	BSP	Ram Bhuwal Nishad	1,76,412	16.96	−7.47
	INC	Astbhuja Prasad Tripathi	45,719	4.40	+0.36
	AAP	Radhe Mohan Misra	11,873	1.14	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,153	0.78	N/A
Majority			3,12,783	30.07	+0.65
Turnout			10,40,199	54.63	+10.50
	BJP hold		Swing	-2.02

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gorakhpur Urban ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogi Adityanath	165,499	66.18	10.33
	SP	Kalyan Chaudhary	62,109	24.84	New
	BSP	Khwaja Shamsuddin	8,023	3.21	7.90
	ASP(KR)	Chandrashekhar Azad	2640	1.20	New
	INC	Chetna Pandey	2,880	1.15	26.95
	RRP	Ram Davan Maurya	490	0.2	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,194	0.48	0.10
Majority			1,03,390	41.34	13.59
Turnout				53.8	2.68
	BSP hold		Swing	10.33

References

1. "A Hindu priest takes charge of India's most populous state". The Economist. ISSN   0013-0613 . Retrieved 2025-02-11.
2. "Politics in Gorakhpur since the 1920s: the making of a safe 'Hindu' constituency". www.isca.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
3. "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 25 May 2022.