UP By-Election Results LIVE: SP leads in Yogi Adityanath's Gorakhpur by over 19000 votes

The counting of two Lok Sabha seats - Gorakhpur and Phulpur - in Uttar Pradesh By-Election is underway. As per early trends, the BJP is behind the Samjawadi Party in both constituencies. In both the constituencies, SP candidates are leading with over 10,000 margin. Gorakhpur and Phulpur are high-profile constituencies as both the seats were represented by BJP's firebrand leader and current UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya respectively.

Adityanath represented Gorakhpur five times in the Lok Sabha, and it went vacant in 2017 when he was elected to UP Assembly to take over as the Chief Minister of the state.

In 2014, BJP had won both the seats with over 3 lakh vote margin. In Gorakhpur, BJP's Yogi Adityanath had defeated SP's Rajmati Nishad by 31,2783 votes. And in Phulpur, BJP's Keshav Prasad Maurya defeated SP's Dharam Raj Singh Patel by 3,08,308 votes. However, currently the BJP is trailing on both the seats.  Ten candidates are in fray from Gorakhpur and 22 candidates contested from Phulpur.  

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13: 55 pm: In Gorakhpur, SP's Praveen Kumar Nishad is leading with 2,12,061 votes and BJP's Upendra Dutt Shukla is at second position with 1,92,860 votes after 14th round of counting.

13:45 pm: In Phulpur constituency, Samajwadi Party's Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel is leading by 22,842 with 1,67,008 votes and BJP's Kaushlendra Singh Patel is at second with 1,44,166 votes after 15th round of counting.

12: 10 pm: UP Legislative Assembly speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit adjourned the Assembly briefly after a jubilant SP members created ruckus in the House.

Lucknow Assembly adjourned for 10 minutes following ruckus over the issue of media being kept out of counting centre in Gorakhpur, the issue was raised by SP's Ram Govind Chaudhary.

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Samajwadi Party and BSP workers have begun celebration as SP candidates are leading on both Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats. In the by-election, BSP supremo Mayawati had extended her support to Samajawadi Party and did not field BSP candidates on Phulpur and Gorakhpur seats.  

In the prestigious Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, BJP's Upendra Dutt Shukla was trailing behind Praveen Nishad of the SP by over 1,500 votes at the end of third round of counting. Gorakhpur District Magistrate Rajeev Rautela announced that after the third round of counting, SP's Praveen Nishad polled 44,979 votes against 43,457 votes polled for BJP's Shukla.

In Phulpur, SP candidate Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel was leading by 8,199 votes after seven rounds of counting. The SP candidate from Phulpur was ahead of BJP candidate Kaushalendra Patel. Independent Atiq Ahmed was at the third spot, followed by Congress.

(With inputs from agencies)