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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 South<br />
| mla = [[Neelkanth Tiwari|Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| year = 2022<br />
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| district = [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 2,96,592 (2019)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Varanasi South''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Varanasi South in the [[Varanasi district]] of Uttar Pradesh, India.<br />
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Varanasi South is one of five assembly constituencies in the [[Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency]]. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 389 amongst 403 constituencies.<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|Socialist Party}}" |<br />
|| 1951 || [[Raj Narain]] || [[Socialist Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|| 1951 || [[Sampurnanand]] || [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|| 1957 || [[Sampurnanand]] || [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|| 1962 || Girdhari Lal || [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |<br />
|| 1967 || Rustam Satin || [[Communist Party of India]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |<br />
|| 1969 || [[Sachindra Nath Bakshi]] || [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |<br />
|| 1974 || Charan Das Seth || [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 1977 || Raj Bali Tiwari || [[Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|| 1980 || Kailash Tandon || [[Indian National Congress (I)]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|| 1985 || Rajni Kant Dutta || [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 1989 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 1991 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 1993 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 1996 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 2002 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 2007 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 2012 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 2017 || [[Neelkanth Tiwari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|| 2022 || [[Neelkanth Tiwari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
=== [https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS24389.htm?ac=389 2022] ===<br />
[[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate ''Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari'' who won in [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections]] by defeating [[Indian National Congress|Samajvadi Party]] candidate ''Kameshwar Nath Dixit alias Kishan'' by a margin of 10,722 votes.<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Neelkanth Tiwari]]<br />
|votes = 99,622<br />
|percentage = 50.88%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|candidate = [[Kameshwar Nath Dixit]]<br />
|votes = 88,900<br />
|percentage = 45.41%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Mudita Kapoor]]<br />
|votes = 2,166<br />
|percentage = 1.11%<br />
|change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = [[Dinesh Kasaudhan]]<br />
|votes = 1,855<br />
|percentage = 0.95<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party<br />
|candidate = [[Ajeet Singh]] <ref>{{cite web |title=List of Candidates in VARANASI SOUTH : VARANASI Uttar Pradesh 2022 |url=https://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2022/index.php?action=show_candidates&constituency_id=420 |website=myneta.info |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref><br />
|votes = 922<br />
|percentage = 0.47%<br />
|change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen<br />
|candidate = [[Parvez Quadir Khan]]<br />
|votes = 590<br />
|percentage = 0.30%<br />
|change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|votes = 938<br />
|percentage = 0.48<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 10,722<br />
|percentage = 5.47<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,95,869<br />
|percentage = 60.54<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = BJP<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===2017===<br />
[[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate ''Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari'' who won in [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections]] by defeating [[Indian National Congress]] candidate ''Rajesh Mishra'' by a margin of 17,226 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/varanasi-south.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|U. P. Assembly Election, 2017]]: Varanasi South}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[Neelkanth Tiwari|Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 92,560<br />
|percentage = 51.76<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]<br />
|party = Indian National Congress <br />
|votes = 75,334<br />
|percentage = 42.12<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Rakesh Tripathi<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 5,922<br />
|percentage = 3.31<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate|<br />
|candidate = Satish Kumar Agrahari<br />
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br />
|votes = 844<br />
|percentage = 0.47<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate|<br />
|candidate = Rubi Fatma<br />
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br />
|votes = 799<br />
|percentage = 0.45<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]<br />
|votes = 457<br />
|percentage = 0.26<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 17,226<br />
|percentage = 9.64<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,78,852<br />
|percentage = 63.58<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Assembly Election, 2012]]: Varanasi South}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=57,868|percentage=38.22|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Daya Shankar Mishra]] (Dayalu)|party=Indian National Congress|votes=44,046|percentage=29.09|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Atahar Jamal Lari|party=Quami Ekta Dal|votes=20,454|percentage=13.51|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Mohammad Istaqbal (Babu)|party=Samajwadi Party|votes=14,642|percentage=9.67|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Kaisar Ameen Ansari|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=8,841|percentage=5.84|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=13,822|percentage=9.13|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,51,400|percentage=55.49|change=}}<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. Assembly Election, 2007]]: Varanasi South}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 33,021<br />
|percentage = 46.24<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Dr. Dayashankar Mishra (Dayalu)<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 19,319<br />
|percentage = 27.05<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Dilip Kumar Day<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = 11,956<br />
|percentage = 16.74<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Vikram Vij (Vikki Punjabi)<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 4,400<br />
|percentage = 6.16<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate|<br />
|candidate = Sankata Prasad Pandey (Bumguru)<br />
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br />
|votes = 590<br />
|percentage = 0.82<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 13,702<br />
|percentage = 19.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 71,407<br />
|percentage = 31.18<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. Assembly Election, 2002: Varanasi South}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 43,458<br />
|percentage = 52.63<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Rakesh Jain<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = 22,653<br />
|percentage = 27.44<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Mani Shankar Pandey<br />
|party = Indian National Congress <br />
|votes = 11,705<br />
|percentage = 14.18<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Engineer Asalam Perwaze<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 2,080<br />
|percentage = 2.52<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Vijay<br />
|party = Rashtriya Kranti Party<br />
|votes = 837<br />
|percentage = 1.01<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 20,805<br />
|percentage = 25.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 82,567<br />
|percentage = 30.31<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. Assembly Election, 1996: Varanasi South}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 65,288<br />
|percentage = 68.06<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Devbrat Majumdar<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 28,006<br />
|percentage = 29.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Mahmood<br />
|party = Apna Dal<br />
|votes = 958<br />
|percentage = 1.00<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Amabrish Rai<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)<br />
|votes = 532<br />
|percentage = 0.55<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Ajay Shankar<br />
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh<br />
|votes = 471<br />
|percentage = 0.49<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 37,282<br />
|percentage = 38.87<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 95,933<br />
|percentage = 35.73<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<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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