Gorakhpur (Urban) Election Result 2022: CM Yogi Adityanath Wins

Gorakhpur Election Result Live: India.Com brings to you the latest updates from the Gorakhpur Assembly seat where counting of votes is being held amid tightened security.

Gorakhpur (Urban) Election Result: Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath has registered a thumping victory from Gorakhpur Assembly seat. This was Yogi’s first full fledged contest for an Assembly seat from his home turf, from where he had contested and won the Lok Sabha seat for multiple terms. Gorakhpur Urban seat had witnessed 53.30 per cent voting held on March 3. UP has 403 Assembly seats and the majority mark to form the government in Lucknow is 202.

Follow our updates for the latest trends/results and round-wise updates from the counting center in Gorakhpur.

• Yogi Adityanath wins. The chief minister has defeated Chandra Shekhar Aazad of Bhim Army, Shubhawati Shukla of Samajwadi Party and Shamsuddin Khwaja of Bahujan Samaj Party.

• CM Yogi Adityanath takes massive lead. As per the Election Commission, Adityanath is leading by over 80,000 votes.
• The Chief Minister’s opponents include Chandra Shekhar Aazad of Bhim Army contesting on the Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram), Chetana Pandey of Congress, Shubhawati Shukla of Samajwadi Party and Shamsuddin Khwaja of Bahujan Samaj Party.
• Initial counting of votes cast in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections revealed that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is leading from the Gorakhpur Urban constituency.
• The initial trends available at 9.30 AM were mostly from postal ballots.
• This is Yogi Adityanath’s first full fledged contest for an Assembly seat from his home turf, from where he had contested and won the Lok Sabha seat for multiple terms.
• BJP takes lead in early trends
• Counting begins.
• Counting of votes to begin at 8 AM. Stay tuned.