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Members of Lok Sabha

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	{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency		{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
	\|Name = Varanasi		\|Name = Varanasi
	\|image = ~~File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi official portrait (2) (cropped).jpg~~		\|image =
	\|caption = Current MP, [[Narendra Modi]]		\|caption = Current MP, [[Narendra Modi]]
	\|Existence = 1952–present		\|Existence = 1952–present
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	\|Electorate = 1,854,540		\|Electorate = 1,854,540
	}}		}}
	'''[[Varanasi]]''' Lok Sabha constituency ~~({{lang-hi\|वाराणसी लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र}})~~ is one of the 80 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Uttar Pradesh]], a state in northern [[India]]. The city, one of the most ancient and holy places in Hinduism, is also known by the names Banaras and Kashi.		'''[[Varanasi]]''' Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Uttar Pradesh]], a state in northern [[India]]. The city, one of the most ancient and holy places in Hinduism, is also known by the names Banaras and Kashi.

	==Vidhan Sabha Segments==		==Vidhan Sabha Segments==

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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Varanasi
|image = File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi official portrait (2) (cropped).jpg
|caption = Current MP, [[Narendra Modi]]
|Existence = 1952–present
|CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|CurrentMP = [[Narendra Modi]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|State = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|SuccessfulParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (7 times)
|AssemblyConstituencies =
[[Rohaniya (Assembly constituency)|Rohaniya]] [[Varanasi North (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi North]] [[Varanasi South (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi South]] [[Varanasi Cantonment (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi Cantt.]] [[Sevapuri (Assembly constituency)|Sevapuri]]
|Electorate = 1,854,540
}}
'''[[Varanasi]]''' Lok Sabha constituency ({{lang-hi|वाराणसी लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र}}) is one of the 80 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Uttar Pradesh]], a state in northern [[India]]. The city, one of the most ancient and holy places in Hinduism, is also known by the names Banaras and Kashi.

==Vidhan Sabha Segments==
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
!width="150px" style="font-size:75%"|Number of electorates (2019)
!Colspan=2|Party
!MLA
|-
|387
|[[Rohaniya (Assembly constituency)|Rohaniya]]
|None
|[[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
|3,91,609
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Surendra Narayan Singh]]
|-
|388
|[[Varanasi North (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi North]]
|None
|[[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
|4,04,345
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Ravindra Jaiswal]]
|-
|389
|[[Varanasi South (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi South]]
|None
|[[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
|2,96,592
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Neelkanth Tiwari]]
|-
|390
|[[Varanasi Cantonment (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi Cantt.]]
|None
|[[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
|4,32,293
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]]
|-
|391
|[[Sevapuri (Assembly constituency)|Sevapuri]]
|None
|[[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
|3,31,952
|bgcolor=#FF33CC|
|[[Apna Dal (Sonelal)]]
|[[Neel Ratan Singh Patel]]
|-
|colspan="4" align="right" bgcolor="fff999"|Total:
|bgcolor="fff999"| 18,56,791
|Colspan=3 bgcolor="fff999"|
|}

==Members of Lok Sabha==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Election!!Member!!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]] (Two-member seat)
| [[Raghunath Singh]] (Central Banaras District)<ref>https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html</ref>
|rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Tribhuvan Narayan Singh (Banaras East) <ref>https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html</ref>
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1957|1957]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Raghunath Singh]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1962|1962]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1967|1967]]
| [[Satyanarayan Singh (U.P. politician)|Satya Narain Singh]]
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1971|1971]]
| [[Rajaram Shastri]]
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1977|1977]]
| Chandra Shekhar
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Lok Dal/meta/color}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1980|1980]]
| [[Kamalapati Tripathi]]
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress (I)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1984|1984]]
| [[Shyamlal Yadav]]
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1989|1989]]
| [[Anil Shastri]]
|style="background-color: {{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| [[Janata Dal]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1991|1991]]
| [[Shrish Chandra Dikshit]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="4"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1996|1996]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1998|1998]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1999|1999]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 2004|2004]]
| [[Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| colspan=4 align=center style="background-color: black"|[[Delimitation Commission of India|{{color|white|''Major boundary changes''}}]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 2009|2009]]
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
|rowspan="3"style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 2014|2014]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Narendra Modi]]
|-
| [[Indian general election, 2019|2019]]
|}

==Election Results==
{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of Winning candidates
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2019|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|63.62}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|56.37}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|30.52}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{Indian National Congress/meta/color }}|32.68}}
{{bar percent|1999|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|33.95}}
{{bar percent|1998|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|42.98}}
{{bar percent|1996|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|44.62}}
{{bar percent|1991|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|41.10}}
{{bar percent|1989|{{Janata Dal/meta/color }}|62.31}}
}}
===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]:
[[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Narendra Modi|Narendra Damodardas Modi]]|votes=6,74,664|percentage=63.62|change=+7.25}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Shalini Yadav|party=Samajwadi Party|votes=1,95,159|percentage=18.40|change=+14.01}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Ajay Rai]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1,52,548|percentage=14.38|change=+7.04}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above|None of the Above]]|votes=4,037|percentage=0.38|change=+0.18}}
{{Election box majority||votes=479,505|percentage=45.22|change=+9.15}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,060,829|percentage=57.13|change=-1.22}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +5.89
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Narendra Modi]]|votes=581,022|percentage=56.37|change=+25.85}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=[[Arvind Kejriwal]]|votes= 209,238|percentage=20.30|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Ajay Rai]]|votes=75,614|percentage=7.34|change=-2.64}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Vijay Prakash Jaiswal|votes=60,579|percentage=5.88|change=-22.06}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=Kailash Chaurasiya|votes=45,291|percentage=4.39|change=-14.22}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above]]|party=None of the above|votes=2,051|percentage=0.20|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=371,784|percentage=36.07|change=+33.49}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,030,812|percentage=58.35|change=+15.74}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +25.85
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Varanasi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|title=Constituency Wise Detailed Results |page=169|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi]]
|votes = 203,122
|percentage = 30.52
|change = +6.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Mukhtar Ansari]]
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 185,911
|percentage = 27.94
|change = +18.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Ajay Rai]]
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 123,874
|percentage = 18.61
|change = +9.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 66,386
|percentage = 9.98
|change = -22.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Vijay Prakash Jaiswal
|party = Apna Dal
|votes = 65,912
|percentage = 9.90
|change = -4.83
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,211
|percentage = 2.58
|change = -6.49
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 665,490
|percentage = 42.61
|change = +0.06
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = +6.91
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha|page=319|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]
|votes = 206,904
|percentage = 32.68
|change = +7.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 149,468
|percentage = 23.61
|change = -10.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Atahar Jamal Lari
|party = Apna Dal
|votes = 93,228
|percentage = 14.73
|change = +1.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Amir Chand Patel
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 59,518
|percentage = 9.40
|change = -2.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Anjana Prakash
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 59,104
|percentage = 9.34
|change = -3.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shailendra Kumar
|votes = 28,533
|percentage = 4.50
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 57,436
|percentage = 9.07
|change = +0.60
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 633,077
|percentage = 42.55
|change = -3.53
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +8.77
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General election 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha|page=246|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
|votes = 211,955
|percentage = 33.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]
|votes = 159,096
|percentage = 25.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Apna Dal
|candidate = Niranjan Rajbhar
|votes = 83,282
|percentage = 13.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Salman Bashar
|votes = 78,442
|percentage = 12.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Babu Lal Patel
|votes = 75,059
|percentage = 12.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 52,859
|percentage = 8.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 633,826
|percentage = 45.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 277,232
|percentage = 42.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Deena Nath Singh Yadav
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 125,286
|percentage = 19.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Dr. Awdhesh Singh
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 101,024
|percentage = 15.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rajdev Patel
|party = Apna Dal
|votes = 65,529
|percentage = 10.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Ratnakar Pandey|Dr. Ratnakar Pandey]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 64,154
|percentage = 9.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 151,946
|percentage = 23.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 645,044
|percentage = 46.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1996===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
|votes = 250,991
|percentage = 44.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Raj Kishore
|votes = 150,299
|percentage = 26.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kamala Rajbhar
|votes = 70,316
|percentage = 12.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Apna Dal
|candidate = Rajdev Patel
|votes = 26,797
|percentage = 4.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Doodh Nath Chaturvedi
|votes = 22,579
|percentage = 4.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rudra Prasad Singh
|party = All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
|votes = 7,615
|percentage = 1.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 100,692
|percentage = 17.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 562,564
|percentage = 39.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1991===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Shrish Chandra Dikshit]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 186,333
|percentage = 41.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Raj Kishore
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 145,894
|percentage = 32.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Lok Pati Tripathi
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 57,415
|percentage = 12.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kashi Nath Yadav
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 32,861
|percentage = 7.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shiv Devnarain Roy
|party = Janata Party
|votes = 10,190
|percentage = 2.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 40,439
|percentage = 8.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 453,402
|percentage = 43.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1989===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Anil Shastri]]
|party = Janata Dal
|votes = 268,196
|percentage = 62.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Shyamlal Yadav]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 96,593
|percentage = 22.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ganga Ram Gwal
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 32,574
|percentage = 7.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ram Das
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 12,420
|percentage = 2.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Ram Murat
|party = [[Doordarshi Party|DDP]]
|votes = 3,111
|percentage = 0.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 171,603
|percentage = 39.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 430,403
|percentage = 41.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Varanasi district]]
* [[Varanasi (Mayoral Constituency)]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

== External links ==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/uttar_pradesh/varanasi/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Varanasi lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]

*[https://resultuniversity.com/election/varanasi-lok-sabha Varanasi Lok Sabha - Result University]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Varanasi division topics}}

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{{s-vac|last=[[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lucknow]]|reason=since 2004 ''(Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha)''}}
{{s-ttl|title=Constituency represented by the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]|years=2014-present}}
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Varanasi district]]

Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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