Varanasi North (Assembly constituency)

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Varanasi North
Constituency details
Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Varanasi
Total electors4,04,345 (2019)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA Ravindra Jaiswal
Party Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2017

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.

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Varanasi North is one of five assembly constituencies in the Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 388 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of Legislative Assembly

YearMemberPolitical Party
1951Sheikh Abdul Samad Indian National Congress
1951Lal Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress
1957Abdus Samad Indian National Congress
1962Vishwanath Prasad Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1967Vishwanath Prasad Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1969 Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1974Shafiur Rahman Ansari Indian National Congress
1977Mushtaq Ahmad Janata Party
1980Shafiur Rahman Ansari Indian National Congress (I)
1985Shafiur Rahman Ansari Indian National Congress
1989Amarnath Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
1991Amarnath Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
1993Amarnath Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
1996Abdul Kalam Samajwadi Party
2002Abdul Kalam Samajwadi Party
2005Rabiya Kalam Samajwadi Party
2007Abdul Samad Ansari Samajwadi Party
2012 Ravindra Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party
2017 Ravindra Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Ravindra Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AAP Dr. Ashish Jaisawala [1]
AIMIM Harish Mishra
SP
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Ravindra Jaiswal who won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Indian National Congress candidate Abdul Samad Ansari by a margin of 45,502 votes. [2]

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Varanasi North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ravindra Jaiswal1,16,01750.95
INC Abdul Samad Ansari70,51530.97
BSP Sujeet Kumar Maurya32,57414.30
Independent Sujeet Singh Teeka1,9570.86
Independent Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh1,0750.47
NOTA None of the Above1,1150.49
Majority45,50219.98
Turnout 2,27,79659.23
BJP hold Swing
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Varanasi North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ravindra Jaiswal47,98026.49
BSP Sujeet Kumar Maurya45,64425.20
SP Abdul Samad Ansari37,43420.67
INC Rabiya Kalam31,02917.13
QED Ravikant Singh4,7092.60
Majority2,3361.29
Turnout 1,81,12652.24
BJP gain from SP Swing
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Varanasi North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Haji Abdul Samad Ansari26,54429.85
BJP Dr. Shivnath Yadav24,34527.37
Independent Rabiya Kalam17,65219.85
BSP Vijay Prakash Gupta7,3498.26
INC Sheikh Mohammad Shamim4,0684.57
Majority2,1992.48
Turnout 88,91931.86
SP hold Swing
U. P. Legislative Assembly By Election, 2005: Varanasi North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Rabiya Kalam48,86251.43
BJP Ravindra Jaiswal32,86434.59
INC Dr. Wakil Ahmed Ansari9,2079.69
BSP Kunwar Pramod Singh1,9532.05
AD Mohammad Rafique Ansari5880.61
Majority15,99816.84
Turnout 95,00532.80
SP hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.


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