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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency<br />
| name = Varanasi Cantonment<br />
| mla = Saurabh Srivastava<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| year = 2022<br />
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| district = [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 4,32,293 (2019)<br />
}}<br />
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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.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
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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><br />
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==Members of Legislative Assembly==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
|-<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Year<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Member<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Political Party<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 1967 || Varmeshwar Pandey || [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|| 1969 || Lal Bahadur Singh || [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party}}" |<br />
|| 1974 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 1977 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|| 1980 || Mandavi Prasad Singh || [[Indian National Congress (I)]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Lok Dal}}" |<br />
|| 1985 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Lok Dal]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |<br />
|| 1989 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Janata Dal]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 1991 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 1993 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 1996 || [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 2002 || [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 2007 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 2012 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 2017 || [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 2022 || [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
<!--Alphabetical order of Political party name. After results are declared, they will be arranged in decreasing order of votes. Names added without a reliable source will be removed.--><br />
<br />
=== 2022 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]]<br />
|votes = 1,47,833<br />
|percentage = 60.63<br />
|change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|candidate = Pooja Yadav<br />
|votes = 60,989<br />
|percentage = 25.01<br />
|change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Rajesh Mishra<br />
|votes = 23,807<br />
|percentage = 9.76<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Kaushik Pandey<br />
|votes = 7,068<br />
|percentage = 2.90<br />
|change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party<br />
|candidate = Rakesh Pandey<br />
|votes = 1,165<br />
|percentage = 0.48<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|votes = 1,522<br />
|percentage = 0.62<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 86,844<br />
|percentage = 35.62<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 2,43,847<br />
|percentage = 53.09<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2017===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 1,32,609<br />
|percentage = 58.26<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[Anil Srivastava]]<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 71,283<br />
|percentage = 31.32<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Rijwan Ahmad<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 14,118<br />
|percentage = 6.20<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Ajoy Mukherjee<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|votes = 1,515<br />
|percentage = 0.66<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate|<br />
|candidate = Dhurandhar Singh<br />
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br />
|votes = 991<br />
|percentage = 0.43<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|votes = 758<br />
|percentage = 0.33<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 61,326<br />
|percentage = 26.94<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 2,27,611<br />
|percentage = 55.20<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[Dr. Jyotsana Srivastava]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 57,918<br />
|percentage = 32.05<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[Anil Srivastava|Anil Kumar Srivastava]] <br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 45,066<br />
|percentage = 24.94<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Ashfaq Ahmad<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = 37,922<br />
|percentage = 20.99<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Chandra Kumar Mishra<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 22,162<br />
|percentage = 12.27<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Mohammad Saleem<br />
|party = Quami Ekta Dal<br />
|votes = 5,366<br />
|percentage = 2.97<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 12,852<br />
|percentage = 7.11<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,80,689<br />
|percentage = 51.70<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Jyotsana Srivastava<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 31,642<br />
|percentage = 26.04<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Manoj Rai<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = 26,163<br />
|percentage = 21.53<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Anil Srivastava<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 19,778<br />
|percentage = 16.27<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Raj Kumar Singh<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 17,193<br />
|percentage = 14.15<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Ashfaq Ahmad<br />
|party = Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 11,787<br />
|percentage = 9.70<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 5,479<br />
|percentage = 4.51<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,21,520<br />
|percentage = 31.58<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2002]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Harish Chandra Srivastava<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 41,426<br />
|percentage = 31.05<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Manoj Rai<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = 28,729<br />
|percentage = 21.54<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Mohammad Istaqbal Qureshi<br />
|party = Apna Dal<br />
|votes = 20,915<br />
|percentage = 15.68<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Shatrudra Prakash<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 18,041<br />
|percentage = 13.52<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Abhishek Yadav<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 15,595<br />
|percentage = 11.69<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 12,697<br />
|percentage = 9.51<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,33,405<br />
|percentage = 39.26<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1996: Varanasi Cantonment}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Harish Chandra Srivastava<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 55,240<br />
|percentage = 43.03<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Sunil Kumar Rai<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = 26,752<br />
|percentage = 20.84<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Anil Srivastava<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 25,651<br />
|percentage = 19.98<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Rajendra Singh<br />
|party = Janata Dal<br />
|votes = 7,879<br />
|percentage = 6.14<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Akaram<br />
|party = Apna Dal<br />
|votes = 6,360<br />
|percentage = 4.95<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 28,488<br />
|percentage = 22.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,28,366<br />
|percentage = 41.46<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1993: Varanasi Cantonment}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Jyotsana Srivastava<br />
|party =Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 51,388<br />
|percentage = 44.96<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Athar Jamal Lari<br />
|party = Janata Dal<br />
|votes = 35,388<br />
|percentage = 30.96<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Shatrudra Prakash<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = 13,559<br />
|percentage = 11.86<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = J. P. Singh<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 6,437<br />
|percentage = 5.63<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Meera Yadav<br />
|party = Lok Dal<br />
|votes = 1,000<br />
|percentage = 0.87<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 16,000<br />
|percentage = 14.00<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,14,288<br />
|percentage = 48.49<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1991: Varanasi Cantonment}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Jyotsana Srivastava<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 31,305<br />
|percentage = 37.39<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Athar Jamal Lari<br />
|party = Janata Dal<br />
|votes = 26,209<br />
|percentage = 31.31<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Anil Srivastava<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 10,091<br />
|percentage = 12.05<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Shatrudra Prakash<br />
|party = Janata Party<br />
|votes = 8,200<br />
|percentage = 9.79<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Mansha Ram<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 2,792<br />
|percentage = 3.34<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 5,096<br />
|percentage = 6.08<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 83,718<br />
|percentage = 39.46<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Janata Dal<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1989: Varanasi Cantonment}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Shatrudra Prakash<br />
|party = Janata Dal<br />
|votes = 35,173<br />
|percentage = 41.88<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Majumdar<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 17,111<br />
|percentage = 20.37<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Jyotsana Srivastava<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 13,262<br />
|percentage = 15.79<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Mahesh Kumar Yadav<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 5,445<br />
|percentage = 6.48<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Pramod<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 3,486<br />
|percentage = 4.15<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 18,062<br />
|percentage = 21.51<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 83,988<br />
|percentage = 40.32<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Janata Dal<br />
|loser = Lok Dal<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1985: Varanasi Cantonment}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Shatrudra Prakash<br />
|party = Lok Dal<br />
|votes = 17,721<br />
|percentage = 32.16<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Ganesh Prasad Jaiswal<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 15,414<br />
|percentage = 27.97<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Jeetendra Nath Dubey<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 6,538<br />
|percentage = 11.86<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Moti Lal Patel<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|votes = 3,412<br />
|percentage = 6.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Channu Lal Shastri<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 2,473<br />
|percentage = 4.49<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 2,307<br />
|percentage = 4.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 55,111<br />
|percentage = 37.11<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Lok Dal<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress (Indira)<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/92-uttar-pradesh/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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