Yogi Adityanath, contesting his 1st state polls, leading in Gorakhpur (urban)

As the Uttar Pradesh election counting is underway, all eyes are on the Gorakhpur Urban assembly constituency where incumbent Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is contesting the polls from. Gorakhpur Urban voted on March 3 in the sixth phase of UP elections. In 2017, this constituency, which is a part of the Gorakhpur parliamentary constituency and falls under the Gorakhpur district, was won by the Bharatiya Janata Party.

In 2017, BJP won the Gorakhpur Urban assembly constituency by fielding Dr Radha Mohan Das Agrawal. Dr Agarwal won the seat by defeating Congress' Rana Rahul Singh by a margin of 60,730 votes. As of now, the seat remains under BJP's belt as initial counting suggests Yogi Adityanath is leading here.

Counting of votes has begun in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur Urban and initial trends show that Adityanath of BJP is leading the seat ahead of SP and Congress candidates. Subhawati Upendra Dutt Shukla of SP was at the second place in early counting. The incumbent CM's lead is also symbolic of BJP's performance in BJP, which has taken a major lead early on.