Jagran correspondent, Maharajganj. At that time, the strongmen of Gorakhpur had also tried very hard to defeat Pankaj Chaudhary, but the people of Maharajganj accepted his simple personality and garlanded him with the garland of victory.
When BJP gave him the ticket in the 1991 general elections, the then strongman Virendra Pratap Shahi was in the contest. Congress had given ticket to Jitendra Singh and Janata Dal to Harsh Vardhan.
While Pankaj Chaudhary won the election by getting 155650 votes, Virendra Pratap Shahi, who contested the election from Janata Party, was in fourth place by getting 48700 votes.
The contest for the 1996 Lok Sabha elections was also very exciting. Pankaj Chaudhary was in the election fray from BJP, while Pt. Harishankar Tiwari, who was called Bahubali at that time, was contesting from Congress (Tiwari).
Harshvardhan was contesting from BSP and Kunwar Akhilesh Singh was contesting from Samajwadi Party. When the election results came, Pankaj Chaudhary was declared victorious by getting 182855 votes, while Harishankar Tiwari got 70610 votes.