Varanasi North is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Varanasi North in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
| Varanasi North | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 388 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Varanasi |
| Total electors | 4,04,345 (2019) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Varanasi North is one of five assembly constituencies in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency has been numbered 388 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly edit
| Year | Member | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Sheikh Abdul Samad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1951 | Lal Bahadur Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Abdus Samad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Vishwanath Prasad | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 1967 | Vishwanath Prasad | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 1969 | Shankar Prasad Jaiswal | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 1974 | Shafiur Rahman Ansari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Mushtaq Ahmad | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Shafiur Rahman Ansari | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Shafiur Rahman Ansari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Amarnath Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1991 | Amarnath Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Amarnath Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2002 | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2005 | Rabiya Kalam | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2007 | Abdul Samad Ansari | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2012 | Ravindra Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | Ravindra Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Ravindra Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results edit
2022 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ravindra Jaiswal | ||||
| SP | |||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,46,422 | 57.69 | |||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2017 edit
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Ravindra Jaiswal won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Indian National Congress candidate Abdul Samad Ansari by a margin of 45,502 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ravindra Jaiswal | 1,16,017 | 50.95 | ||
| INC | Abdul Samad Ansari | 70,515 | 30.97 | ||
| BSP | Sujeet Kumar Maurya | 32,574 | 14.30 | ||
| Independent | Sujeet Singh Teeka | 1,957 | 0.86 | ||
| Independent | Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh | 1,075 | 0.47 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,115 | 0.49 | ||
| Majority | 45,502 | 19.98 | |||
| Turnout | 2,27,796 | 59.23 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2012 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ravindra Jaiswal | 47,980 | 26.49 | ||
| BSP | Sujeet Kumar Maurya | 45,644 | 25.20 | ||
| SP | Abdul Samad Ansari | 37,434 | 20.67 | ||
| INC | Rabiya Kalam | 31,029 | 17.13 | ||
| QED | Ravikant Singh | 4,709 | 2.60 | ||
| Majority | 2,336 | 1.29 | |||
| Turnout | 1,81,126 | 52.24 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
2007 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Haji Abdul Samad Ansari | 26,544 | 29.85 | ||
| BJP | Dr. Shivnath Yadav | 24,345 | 27.37 | ||
| Independent | Rabiya Kalam | 17,652 | 19.85 | ||
| BSP | Vijay Prakash Gupta | 7,349 | 8.26 | ||
| INC | Sheikh Mohammad Shamim | 4,068 | 4.57 | ||
| Majority | 2,199 | 2.48 | |||
| Turnout | 88,919 | 31.86 | |||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Rabiya Kalam | 48,862 | 51.43 | ||
| BJP | Ravindra Jaiswal | 32,864 | 34.59 | ||
| INC | Dr. Wakil Ahmed Ansari | 9,207 | 9.69 | ||
| BSP | Kunwar Pramod Singh | 1,953 | 2.05 | ||
| AD | Mohammad Rafique Ansari | 588 | 0.61 | ||
| Majority | 15,998 | 16.84 | |||
| Turnout | 95,005 | 32.80 | |||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
References edit
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
External links edit
- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.