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	'''Varanasi Cantonment''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Varanasi Cantonment in the [[Varanasi district]] of Uttar Pradesh, India.		'''Varanasi Cantonment''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Varanasi Cantonment in the [[Varanasi district]] of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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	! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"\|Political Party		! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"\|Political Party
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	\|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|
	\|\| 1967 \|\| Varmeshwar Pandey \|\| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]		\|\| 1967 \|\| Varmeshwar Pandey \|\| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \|
	\|\| 1969 \|\| Lal Bahadur Singh \|\| [[Indian National Congress]]		\|\| 1969 \|\| Lal Bahadur Singh \|\| [[Indian National Congress]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Socialist Party~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Socialist Party}}" \|
	\|\| 1974 \|\| [[Shatarudra Prakash]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]		\|\| 1974 \|\| [[Shatarudra Prakash]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Janata Party~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Janata Party}}" \|
	\|\| 1977 \|\| [[Shatarudra Prakash]] \|\| [[Janata Party]]		\|\| 1977 \|\| [[Shatarudra Prakash]] \|\| [[Janata Party]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \|
	\|\| 1980 \|\| Mandavi Prasad Singh \|\| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]		\|\| 1980 \|\| Mandavi Prasad Singh \|\| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Lok Dal~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Lok Dal}}" \|
	\|\| 1985 \|\| [[Shatarudra Prakash]] \|\| [[Lok Dal]]		\|\| 1985 \|\| [[Shatarudra Prakash]] \|\| [[Lok Dal]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Janata Dal~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Janata Dal}}" \|
	\|\| 1989 \|\| [[Shatarudra Prakash]] \|\| [[Janata Dal]]		\|\| 1989 \|\| [[Shatarudra Prakash]] \|\| [[Janata Dal]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|
	\|\| 1991 \|\| [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]		\|\| 1991 \|\| [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|
	\|\| 1993 \|\| [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]		\|\| 1993 \|\| [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|
	\|\| 1996 \|\| [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]		\|\| 1996 \|\| [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|
	\|\| 2002 \|\| [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]		\|\| 2002 \|\| [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|
	\|\| 2007 \|\| [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]		\|\| 2007 \|\| [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|
	\|\| 2012 \|\| [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]		\|\| 2012 \|\| [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|
	\|\| 2017 \|\| [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)\|Saurabh Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]		\|\| 2017 \|\| [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)\|Saurabh Srivastava]] \|\| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2017}}
{{one source|date=September 2018}}

{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Varanasi Cantonment
| map =
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
| electorate =
| year = 1967
| reserved = None
| mla = Saurabh Srivastava
| last_election = 2017
| party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]
}}

'''Varanasi Cantonment''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Varanasi Cantonment in the [[Varanasi district]] of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Varanasi Cantonment is one of five assembly constituencies in the [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 390 amongst 403 constituencies.

As of now, this seat belongs to [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate ''Saurabh Srivastava'' who won in [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections]] by defeating [[Indian National Congress]] candidate ''Anil Srivastava'' by a margin of 61,326 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/varanasi-cantt.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable" width=80%
|-
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Political Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|| 1967 || Varmeshwar Pandey || [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|| 1969 || Lal Bahadur Singh || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Socialist Party/meta/color}}" |
|| 1974 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|| 1977 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|| 1980 || Mandavi Prasad Singh || [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Lok Dal/meta/color}}" |
|| 1985 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Lok Dal]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
|| 1989 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Janata Dal]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|| 1991 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|| 1993 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|| 1996 || [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|| 2002 || [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|| 2007 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|| 2012 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|| 2017 || [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 1,32,609
|percentage = 58.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Anil Srivastava]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 71,283
|percentage = 31.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rijwan Ahmad
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 14,118
|percentage = 6.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ajoy Mukherjee
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 1,515
|percentage = 0.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Dhurandhar Singh
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
|votes = 991
|percentage = 0.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 758
|percentage = 0.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 61,326
|percentage = 26.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,27,611
|percentage = 55.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Dr. Jyotsana Srivastava]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 57,918
|percentage = 32.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Anil Srivastava|Anil Kumar Srivastava]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 45,066
|percentage = 24.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ashfaq Ahmad
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 37,922
|percentage = 20.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Chandra Kumar Mishra
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 22,162
|percentage = 12.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mohammad Saleem
|party = Quami Ekta Dal
|votes = 5,366
|percentage = 2.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,852
|percentage = 7.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,80,689
|percentage = 51.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jyotsana Srivastava
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 31,642
|percentage = 26.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Manoj Rai
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 26,163
|percentage = 21.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Anil Srivastava
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 19,778
|percentage = 16.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Raj Kumar Singh
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 17,193
|percentage = 14.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ashfaq Ahmad
|party = Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
|votes = 11,787
|percentage = 9.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,479
|percentage = 4.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,21,520
|percentage = 31.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2002]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Harish Chandra Srivastava
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 41,426
|percentage = 31.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Manoj Rai
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 28,729
|percentage = 21.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mohammad Istaqbal Qureshi
|party = Apna Dal
|votes = 20,915
|percentage = 15.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shatrudra Prakash
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 18,041
|percentage = 13.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Abhishek Yadav
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 15,595
|percentage = 11.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,697
|percentage = 9.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,33,405
|percentage = 39.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1996: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Harish Chandra Srivastava
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 55,240
|percentage = 43.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sunil Kumar Rai
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 26,752
|percentage = 20.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Anil Srivastava
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 25,651
|percentage = 19.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rajendra Singh
|party = Janata Dal
|votes = 7,879
|percentage = 6.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Akaram
|party = Apna Dal
|votes = 6,360
|percentage = 4.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 28,488
|percentage = 22.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,28,366
|percentage = 41.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1993: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jyotsana Srivastava
|party =Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 51,388
|percentage = 44.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Athar Jamal Lari
|party = Janata Dal
|votes = 35,388
|percentage = 30.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shatrudra Prakash
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 13,559
|percentage = 11.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = J. P. Singh
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 6,437
|percentage = 5.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Meera Yadav
|party = Lok Dal
|votes = 1,000
|percentage = 0.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,000
|percentage = 14.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,14,288
|percentage = 48.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1991: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jyotsana Srivastava
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 31,305
|percentage = 37.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Athar Jamal Lari
|party = Janata Dal
|votes = 26,209
|percentage = 31.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Anil Srivastava
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 10,091
|percentage = 12.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shatrudra Prakash
|party = Janata Party
|votes = 8,200
|percentage = 9.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mansha Ram
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 2,792
|percentage = 3.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,096
|percentage = 6.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 83,718
|percentage = 39.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1989: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shatrudra Prakash
|party = Janata Dal
|votes = 35,173
|percentage = 41.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Majumdar
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 17,111
|percentage = 20.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jyotsana Srivastava
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 13,262
|percentage = 15.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mahesh Kumar Yadav
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 5,445
|percentage = 6.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Pramod
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 3,486
|percentage = 4.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18,062
|percentage = 21.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 83,988
|percentage = 40.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal
|loser = Lok Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1985: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shatrudra Prakash
|party = Lok Dal
|votes = 17,721
|percentage = 32.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ganesh Prasad Jaiswal
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 15,414
|percentage = 27.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jeetendra Nath Dubey
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 6,538
|percentage = 11.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Moti Lal Patel
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 3,412
|percentage = 6.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Channu Lal Shastri
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 2,473
|percentage = 4.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,307
|percentage = 4.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 55,111
|percentage = 37.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Lok Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress (Indira)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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