Varanasi North Assembly constituency

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Varanasi North
Constituency No. 388 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Varanasi
Total electors4,04,345 (2019)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2022

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]

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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

YearMember [2] Party
1952 Sheikh Abdul Samad Indian National Congress
Lal Bahadur Singh
1957 Sheikh Abdul Samad
1962 Vishwanath Prasad Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967
1969 Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
1974 Shafiur Rahman Ansari Indian National Congress
1977 Mushtaq Ahmad Janata Party
1980 Shafiur Rahman Ansari Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indian National Congress
1989 Amarnath Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1993
1996 Abdul Kalam Samajwadi Party
2002
2005^Rabiya Begum
2007 Abdul Samad Ansari
2012 Ravindra Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Varanasi North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ravindra Jaiswal 134,471 54.61
SP Ashfaque Ahmed93,69538.05
BSP Shyam Prakash10,4574.25
INC Gulerana Sabassum3,1021.26
NOTA None of the Above 1,5320.62
Majority 40,77616.56
Turnout 246,22557.65
BJP hold Swing

2017

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.

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Varanasi North [4]
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
Majority 45,50219.98
Turnout 2,27,79659.23
BJP hold Swing

2012

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
Majority 2,3361.29
Turnout 1,81,12652.24
BJP gain from SP Swing

2007

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
Majority 2,1992.48
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(K) Mohammad Rafique Ansari5880.61
Majority 15,99816.84
Turnout 95,00532.80
SP hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Varanasi North. Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ↑ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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