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{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Varanasi North
| map_image = 388-Varanasi North.svg
| mla = [[Ravindra Jaiswal]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]
| latest_election_year = 2022
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| district = [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
| reservation = None
| electors = 4,04,345 (2019)
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 388
}}

'''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.<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>

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==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Member<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Varanasi North. Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/varanasi-north.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Sheikh Abdul Samad
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|Lal Bahadur Singh
|-
|[[1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Sheikh Abdul Samad
|-
|[[1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| rowspan="2" |Vishwanath Prasad
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|[[1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|-
|[[1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|[[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
|-
|[[1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|Shafiur Rahman Ansari
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Mushtaq Ahmad
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |Shafiur Rahman Ansari
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
| rowspan="3" |Amarnath Yadav
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|-
|[[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Abdul Kalam (Varanasi politician)|Abdul Kalam]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Samajwadi Party]]
|-
|[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
|-
|2005^
|Rabiya Begum
|-
|[[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]
|Abdul Samad Ansari
|-
|[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Ravindra Jaiswal]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|-
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
|}
==Election results==

=== 2022 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Varanasi North<ref name="results2022">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14185-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2022/ |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |title=State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=4 March 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ravindra Jaiswal]]
|votes = {{formatnum:134471}}
|percentage = 54.61
|change = +3.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Ashfaque Ahmed
|votes = {{formatnum:93695}}
|percentage = 38.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Shyam Prakash
|votes = {{formatnum:10457}}
|percentage = 4.25
|change = -10.06
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Gulerana Sabassum
|votes = {{formatnum:3102}}
|percentage = 1.26
|change = -29.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1532}}
|percentage = 0.62
|change = +0.13
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:40776}}
|percentage = 16.56
|change = -3.42
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:246225}}
|percentage = 57.65
|change = -1.55
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Varanasi North<ref name="results2017">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3471-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2017/ |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |title=State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=26 March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = Ravindra Jaiswal
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:116017}}
|percentage = 50.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Abdul Samad Ansari
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:70515}}
|percentage = 30.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sujeet Kumar Maurya
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = {{formatnum:32574}}
|percentage = 14.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1115}}
|percentage = 0.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:45502}}
|percentage = 19.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:227695}}
|percentage = 59.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2012===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012]]: Varanasi North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Ravindra Jaiswal
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 47,980
|percentage = 26.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Sujeet Kumar Maurya
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 45,644
|percentage = 25.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Abdul Samad Ansari
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 37,434
|percentage = 20.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Rabiya Kalam
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 31,029
|percentage = 17.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Ravikant Singh
|party = Quami Ekta Dal
|votes = 4,709
|percentage = 2.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes = 2,336
|percentage = 1.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 1,81,126
|percentage = 52.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Samajwadi Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2007===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007]]: Varanasi North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Haji Abdul Samad Ansari
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 26,544
|percentage = 29.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Dr. Shivnath Yadav
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 24,345
|percentage = 27.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Rabiya Kalam
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 17,652
|percentage = 19.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Vijay Prakash Gupta
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 7,349
|percentage = 8.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Sheikh Mohammad Shamim
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 4,068
|percentage = 4.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes = 2,199
|percentage = 2.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 88,919
|percentage = 31.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly By Election, 2005: Varanasi North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Rabiya Kalam
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 48,862
|percentage = 51.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Ravindra Jaiswal
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 32,864
|percentage = 34.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Dr. Wakil Ahmed Ansari
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 9,207
|percentage = 9.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Kunwar Pramod Singh
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 1,953
|percentage = 2.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Mohammad Rafique Ansari
|party = Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)
|votes = 588
|percentage = 0.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes = 15,998
|percentage = 16.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 95,005
|percentage = 32.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/92-uttar-pradesh/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

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{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Varanasi]]
[[Category:Politics of Varanasi district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]

Varanasi North Assembly constituency - Revision history

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