Winner, Votes & Party Details
Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Gorakhpur Lok Sabha Constituency General Election 1996 Results: Avaidyanath of BJP won with 2,36,369 votes, defeating Virender Pratap Shahi of SP, who received 1,79,489 votes. Avaidyanath won by a margin of 56,880 votes, equivalent to 10.28% of the total votes polled. Total votes polled were 5,53,235.
Full candidate-wise results and vote share details are given below.
2,36,369
42.72%
1,79,489
32.44%
85,248
15.41%
14,549
2.63%
IND
4,395
0.79%
IND
3,811
0.69%
IND
3,633
0.66%
IND
3,326
0.60%
IND
2,795
0.51%
JP
2,742
0.50%
IND
2,428
0.44%
AD
2,099
0.38%
IND
2,069
0.37%
BKD(J)
2,005
0.36%
IND
1,773
0.32%
IND
1,754
0.32%
AIIC(T)
1,539
0.28%
IND
1,192
0.22%
IND
1,058
0.19%
IND
961
0.17%