Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: वाराणसी लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India. Narendra Modi has been twice elected from this constituency to become the prime minister of India.
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
Assembly constituencies | Rohaniya Varanasi North Varanasi South Varanasi Cantt. Sevapuri |
Established | 1952 |
Total electors | 1,854,540 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2019 |
Preceded by | Murli Manohar Joshi |
Vidhan Sabha segments edit
No | Name | District | Member | Party | |
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387 | Rohaniya | Varanasi | Sunil Patel | Apna Dal (Soneylal) | |
388 | Varanasi North | Ravindra Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
389 | Varanasi South | Neelkanth Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
390 | Varanasi Cantt. | Saurabh Srivastava | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
391 | Sevapuri | Neel Ratan Singh Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Members of Parliament edit
Election results edit
General election 2024 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Narendra Modi | ||||
INC | Ajay Rai | ||||
Independent | Candidate rejected | N/A | N/A | ||
ABHM | Candidate withdrawn | N/A | N/A | ||
Independent | Sanjay Kumar Tiwari[7] | ||||
Yuga Tulsi Party | Kolishetty Shivakumar | ||||
BSP | Athar Jamal Lari | ||||
NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing |
General election 2019 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Narendra Modi | 674,664 | 63.62 | 7.25 | |
SP | Shalini Yadav | 195,159 | 18.40 | 14.01 | |
INC | Ajay Rai | 152,548 | 14.38 | 7.04 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,037 | 0.38 | 0.18 | |
Majority | 479,505 | 45.22 | 9.15 | ||
Turnout | 1,060,829 | 57.13 | 1.22 | ||
Registered electors | 1,784,093 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | 7.25 |
General election 2014 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Narendra Modi | 581,022 | 56.37 | 25.85 | |
AAP | Arvind Kejriwal | 209,238 | 20.30 | New | |
INC | Ajay Rai | 75,614 | 7.34 | 2.64 | |
BSP | Vijay Prakash Jaiswal | 60,579 | 5.88 | 22.06 | |
SP | Kailash Chaurasiya | 45,291 | 4.39 | 14.22 | |
AITC | Indira Tiwari | 2,674 | 0.26 | New | |
NOTA | None of the above | 2,051 | 0.20 | New | |
Majority | 371,784 | 36.07 | 33.49 | ||
Turnout | 1,030,812 | 58.35 | 15.74 | ||
Registered electors | 1,767,486 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | 25.85 |
General election 2009 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Murli Manohar Joshi | 203,122 | 30.52 | 6.91 | |
BSP | Mukhtar Ansari | 185,911 | 27.94 | 18.54 | |
SP | Ajay Rai | 123,874 | 18.61 | 9.27 | |
INC | Rajesh Kumar Mishra | 66,386 | 9.98 | 22.70 | |
AD | Vijay Prakash Jaiswal | 65,912 | 9.90 | 4.83 | |
Majority | 17,211 | 2.58 | 6.49 | ||
Turnout | 665,490 | 42.61 | 0.06 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | 6.91 |
General election 2004 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Rajesh Kumar Mishra | 206,904 | 32.68 | 7.20 | |
BJP | Shankar Prasad Jaiswal | 149,468 | 23.61 | 10.34 | |
AD | Atahar Jamal Lari | 93,228 | 14.73 | 1.39 | |
BSP | Amir Chand Patel | 59,518 | 9.40 | 2.62 | |
SP | Anjana Prakash | 59,104 | 9.34 | 3.24 | |
Independent | Shailendra Kumar | 28,533 | 4.50 | N/A | |
Majority | 57,436 | 9.07 | 0.60 | ||
Turnout | 633,077 | 42.55 | 3.53 | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing | 8.77 |
General election 1999 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Shankar Prasad Jaiswal | 211,955 | 33.95 | 9.03 | |
INC | Rajesh Kumar Mishra | 159,096 | 25.48 | 15.53 | |
AD | Niranjan Rajbhar | 83,282 | 13.34 | 3.18 | |
SP | Salman Bashar | 78,442 | 12.56 | N/A | |
BSP | Babu Lal Patel | 75,059 | 12.02 | 3.64 | |
Majority | 52,859 | 8.47 | 15.09 | ||
Turnout | 633,826 | 45.02 | 1.44 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
General election 1998 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Shankar Prasad Jaiswal | 277,232 | 42.98 | 0.36 | |
CPI(M) | Deena Nath Singh Yadav | 125,286 | 19.42 | 7.30 | |
BSP | Dr. Awdhesh Singh | 101,024 | 15.66 | 3.16 | |
AD | Rajdev Patel | 65,529 | 10.16 | 5.40 | |
INC | Dr. Ratnakar Pandey | 64,154 | 9.95 | 5.94 | |
Majority | 151,946 | 23.56 | 5.66 | ||
Turnout | 645,044 | 46.46 | 6.86 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
General election 1996 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Shankar Prasad Jaiswal | 250,991 | 44.62 | 3.52 | |
CPI(M) | Raj Kishore | 150,299 | 26.72 | 5.46 | |
BSP | Kamala Rajbhar | 70,316 | 12.50 | 5.25 | |
AD | Rajdev Patel | 26,797 | 4.76 | New | |
INC | Doodh Nath Chaturvedi | 22,579 | 4.01 | 8.65 | |
AIIC(T) | Rudra Prasad Singh | 7,615 | 1.35 | New | |
Majority | 100,692 | 17.90 | 8.98 | ||
Turnout | 562,564 | 39.60 | 3.70 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
General election 1991 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Shrish Chandra Dikshit | 186,333 | 41.10 | N/A | |
CPI(M) | Raj Kishore | 145,894 | 32.18 | N/A | |
INC | Lok Pati Tripathi | 57,415 | 12.66 | 9.78 | |
BSP | Kashi Nath Yadav | 32,861 | 7.25 | 0.32 | |
JP | Shiv Devnarain Roy | 10,190 | 2.25 | N/A | |
Majority | 40,439 | 8.92 | 30.95 | ||
Turnout | 453,402 | 43.30 | 1.97 | ||
BJP gain from JD | Swing |
General election 1989 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JD | Anil Shastri | 268,196 | 62.31 | New | |
INC | Shyamlal Yadav | 96,593 | 22.44 | 19.14 | |
BSP | Ganga Ram Gwal | 32,574 | 7.57 | N/A | |
Independent | Ram Das | 12,420 | 2.89 | N/A | |
DDP | Ram Murat | 3,111 | 0.72 | N/A | |
Majority | 171,603 | 39.87 | 14.22 | ||
Turnout | 430,403 | 41.33 | 13.61 | ||
JD gain from INC | Swing |
General election 1984 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Shyamlal Yadav | 153,076 | 41.58 | --- | |
CPI(M) | Udal | 58,646 | 15.93 | --- | |
JP | Atahar Jamal Lari | 50,329 | 13.67 | --- | |
BJP | Om Prakash Singh | 46,904 | 12.74 | --- | |
Lokdal | Gauri Shankar | 40,281 | 10.94 | --- | |
Majority | 94,430 | 25.65 | |||
Turnout | 368,112 | 54.94 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
- ^ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
- ^ "'Heart Is Broken, Spirit Isn't': EC Rejects Shyam Rangeela's Nomination from Varanasi".
- ^ "Shyam Rangeela's nomination from Varanasi rejected 'for not taking oath'".
- ^ "किन्नर महामंडलेश्वर हेमांगी सखी ने कहा, फैलाया जा रहा भ्रम, मैं BJP नहीं ज्वॉइन कर रही" [Kinnar Mahamandaleshwar Hemangi Sakhi said, confusion is being spread, I am not joining BJP].
- ^ "Transgenders Protest Hemangi Sakhi's Candidature For LS Polls".
- ^ "Modi is the most powerful and Tiwari is the most educated in Varanasi".
- ^ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 169. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 319. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 246. Retrieved 30 April 2014.