Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency

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Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency
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Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies Rohaniya
Varanasi North
Varanasi South
Varanasi Cantt.
Sevapuri
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.jpg
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg   BJP
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2024
Preceded by Murli Manohar Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg   BJP

Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency (colloquially Varanasi) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh state in north India. Narendra Modi has been thrice elected from this constituency to become the prime minister of India. His party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is the most successful in Varanasi, having won a total of 8 terms since the constituency was established in 1952.

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Vidhan Sabha segments

NoNameDistrictMemberParty
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

BJP is the most successful political party in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha elections.

   INC (7 terms) (38.89%)
   BJP (8 terms) (44.44%)
   CPIM (1 terms) (5.56%)
   JP (1 terms) (5.56%)
   JD (1 terms) (5.56%)


Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1952 Raghunath Singh [lower-alpha 1] [1] Indian National Congress
Tribhuvan Narain Singh [lower-alpha 2] [2]
1957 Raghunath Singh
1962
1967 Satya Narain Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971 Rajaram Shastri Indian National Congress
1977 Chandra Shekhar Janata Party
1980 Kamalapati Tripathi Indian National Congress
1984 Shyamlal Yadav Indian National Congress
1989 Anil Shastri Janata Dal
1991 Shrish Chandra Dikshit Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
1998
1999
2004 Rajesh Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress
2009 Murli Manohar Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Narendra Modi
2019
2024
  1. Central Banaras District
  2. Banaras East



Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Varanasi [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 612,970 54.24 Decrease2.svg9.38
INC Ajay Rai 460,45740.74Increase2.svg26.36
BSP Athar Jamal Lari33,7662.99New
NOTA None of the Above 8,9381.53Increase2.svg0.37
Majority152,51313.50Decrease2.svg31.72
Turnout 1,130,14356.57Decrease2.svg0.56
Registered electors 1,997,578
BJP hold Swing Decrease2.svg17.87

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2477.htm

(#): Joint candidate of SP and INC

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Varanasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 674,664 63.62 Increase2.svg7.25
SP Shalini Yadav195,15918.40Increase2.svg14.01
INC Ajay Rai 152,54814.38Increase2.svg7.04
NOTA None of the Above 4,0370.38Increase2.svg0.18
Majority479,50545.22Increase2.svg9.15
Turnout 1,060,82957.13Decrease2.svg1.22
Registered electors 1,856,868
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg7.25

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Varanasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 581,022 56.37 Increase2.svg25.85
AAP Arvind Kejriwal 209,23820.30New
INC Ajay Rai 75,6147.34Decrease2.svg2.64
BSP Vijay Prakash Jaiswal60,5795.88Decrease2.svg22.06
SP Kailash Chaurasiya45,2914.39Decrease2.svg14.22
AITC Indira Tiwari2,6740.26New
NOTA None of the above 2,0510.20New
Majority371,78436.07Increase2.svg33.49
Turnout 1,030,81258.35Increase2.svg15.74
Registered electors 1,767,486
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg25.85

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Varanasi [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Murli Manohar Joshi 203,122 30.52 Increase2.svg 6.91
BSP Mukhtar Ansari 185,91127.94Increase2.svg18.54
SP Ajay Rai 123,87418.61Increase2.svg9.27
INC Rajesh Kumar Mishra 66,3869.98Decrease2.svg22.70
AD Vijay Prakash Jaiswal65,9129.90Decrease2.svg4.83
Majority17,2112.58Decrease2.svg6.49
Turnout 665,49042.61Increase2.svg0.06
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg6.91

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Varanasi [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rajesh Kumar Mishra 206,904 32.68 Increase2.svg7.20
BJP Shankar Prasad Jaiswal 149,46823.61Decrease2.svg10.34
AD Atahar Jamal Lari93,22814.73Increase2.svg1.39
BSP Amir Chand Patel59,5189.40Decrease2.svg2.62
SP Anjana Prakash59,1049.34Decrease2.svg3.24
Independent Shailendra Kumar28,5334.50N/A
Majority57,4369.07Increase2.svg0.60
Turnout 633,07742.55Decrease2.svg3.53
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase2.svg8.77

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Varanasi [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shankar Prasad Jaiswal 211,955 33.95 Decrease2.svg9.03
INC Rajesh Kumar Mishra 159,09625.48Increase2.svg15.53
AD Niranjan Rajbhar83,28213.34Increase2.svg3.18
SP Salman Bashar78,44212.56N/A
BSP Babu Lal Patel75,05912.02Decrease2.svg3.64
Majority52,8598.47Decrease2.svg15.09
Turnout 633,82645.02Decrease2.svg1.44
BJP hold Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Varanasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shankar Prasad Jaiswal 277,232 42.98 Increase2.svg0.36
CPI(M) Deena Nath Singh Yadav125,28619.42Decrease2.svg7.30
BSP Dr. Awdhesh Singh101,02415.66Increase2.svg3.16
AD Rajdev Patel65,52910.16Increase2.svg5.40
INC Dr. Ratnakar Pandey 64,1549.95Increase2.svg5.94
Majority151,94623.56Increase2.svg5.66
Turnout 645,04446.46Increase2.svg6.86
BJP hold Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Varanasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shankar Prasad Jaiswal 250,991 44.62 Increase2.svg3.52
CPI(M) Raj Kishore150,29926.72Decrease2.svg5.46
BSP Kamala Rajbhar70,31612.50Increase2.svg5.25
AD Rajdev Patel26,7974.76New
INC Doodh Nath Chaturvedi22,5794.01Decrease2.svg8.65
AIIC(T) Rudra Prasad Singh7,6151.35New
Majority100,69217.90Increase2.svg8.98
Turnout 562,56439.60Decrease2.svg3.70
BJP hold Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Varanasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shrish Chandra Dikshit 186,333 41.10 N/A
CPI(M) Raj Kishore145,89432.18N/A
INC Lok Pati Tripathi57,41512.66Decrease2.svg9.78
BSP Kashi Nath Yadav32,8617.25Decrease2.svg0.32
JP Shiv Devnarain Roy10,1902.25N/A
Majority40,4398.92Decrease2.svg30.95
Turnout 453,40243.30Increase2.svg1.97
BJP gain from JD Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Varanasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD Anil Shastri 268,196 62.31 New
INC Shyamlal Yadav 96,59322.44Decrease2.svg19.14
BSP Ganga Ram Gwal32,5747.57N/A
Independent Ram Das12,4202.89N/A
DDP Ram Murat3,1110.72N/A
Majority171,60339.87Increase2.svg14.22
Turnout 430,40341.33Decrease2.svg13.61
JD gain from INC Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Varanasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Shyamlal Yadav 153,076 41.58 −−−
CPI(M) Udal 58,64615.93−−−
JP Atahar Jamal Lari50,32913.67−−−
BJP Om Prakash Singh 46,90412.74−−−
LokdalGauri Shankar40,28110.94−−−
Majority94,43025.65
Turnout 368,11254.94
INC hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  2. "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  3. The Hindu. "PM Narendra Modi wins from Varanasi for third consecutive term, victory margin lowest". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  4. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 169. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 319. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 246. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
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