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Gorakhpur is a city located along the banks of Rapti river in the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located near the Nepal border, 273 kilometres east of the state capital Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarter of Gorakhpur District and Gorakhpur Division. The city is home to the Gorakshanath Temple ( Gorakhnath Math) and world famous Geeta Press.
Gorakhpur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Gorakhpur, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.
In the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, the constituency had 1,432,002 eligible voters, of whom 48.13% exercised their franchise. There were nine candidates. Election was conducted at 1227 polling stations, and 689,248 valid votes were counted. Adityanath Yogi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected by a margin of 142,309 votes.
Gorakhpur may refer to:
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Gorakhpur, a city in Uttar Pradesh India
- Gorakhpur district
- Gorakhpur Airport
- Gorakhpur division
- Gorakhpur Junction railway station
- Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha Constituency)
- Gorakhpur, Palghar, a village in Maharashtra, India