Uttar Pradesh bypoll results 2018: SP leads in Phulpur and Gorakhpur

The Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls will be seen as a referendum for Yogi Adityanath as he has been a five-time MP from the temple town. BJP has a stronghold on the seat where it has been in power since 1989. Phulpur, once the bastion of the Congress, witnessed a saffron surge in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, when Keshav Prasad Maurya won the seat.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath did not leave any stone unturned to retain the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha Assembly seat for the Bharatiya Janata Party. However, in the 2018 bypolls in Gorakhpur and Phulpur, the BJP is facing a tough fight. The Samajwadi Party is leading in both the Lok Sabha seats as per the latest trends. The bypolls were necessitated after Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya vacated the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats respectively, following their election to the state legislative council. The elections are being seen as a referendum for Yogi Adityanath as he has been a five-time MP from the temple town. BJP has a stronghold on the seat where it has been in power since 1989. Phulpur, once the bastion of the Congress, witnessed a saffron surge in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, when Maurya won the seat. 

The saffron party has fielded Kaushalendra Singh Patel from Phulpur and Upendra Dutt Shukla from Gorakhpur against the SP's Pravin Nishad and Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel respectively. Sureetha Kareem is the Congress candidate from Gorakhpur. The party has fielded Manish Mishra from Phulpur.

Stay with us for live updates:

14 March 2018

18:41 IST

Akhilesh attributes SP wins to the support from Dalits, farmers, labourers, women and unemployed, says "it is the victory of social justice". 

18:40 IST

I want to thank BSP leader Mayawati for her support on both Lok Sabha seats, says SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.