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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
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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                 = Narendra Modi at a rally in Varanasi on 7 May 2014.jpg
  |caption           = Current MP, [[Narendra Modi]]
  |caption               = Narendra Modi at a rally in Varanasi
  |Existence        = 1952–present
  |CurrentMP              = [[Narendra Modi]]
|CurrentMPParty    = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
  |CurrentMPParty         = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
  |CurrentMP         = [[Narendra Modi]]
  |ElectedByYear         = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
  |ElectedByYear     = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|Existence              = 1952–present
  |State             = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|Reservation            = General
  |SuccessfulParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (7 times)
  |State                 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
  |AssemblyConstituencies =
|Electorate            = 1,854,540
[[Rohaniya (Assembly constituency)|Rohaniya]]<br>[[Varanasi North (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi North]]<br>[[Varanasi South (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi South]]<br>[[Varanasi Cantonment (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi Cantt.]]<br>[[Sevapuri (Assembly constituency)|Sevapuri]]
|FormerMP              = [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
|Electorate        = 1,854,540
  |SuccessfulParty       = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (7 times)
  |AssemblyConstituencies = [[Rohaniya (Assembly constituency)|Rohaniya]]<br>
[[Varanasi North (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi North]]<br>[[Varanasi South (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi South]]<br>[[Varanasi Cantonment (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi Cantt.]]<br>[[Sevapuri (Assembly constituency)|Sevapuri]]
}}
}}
'''[[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''' ({{lang-hi|वाराणसी लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र}}) is one of the 80 [[Lok Sabha]] ([[Parliament of India|parliamentary]]) constituencies in [[Uttar Pradesh]], a [[Federated state|state]] in northern [[India]]. [[Narendra Modi]] has been twice elected from this constituency to become the [[prime minister of India]].


==Vidhan Sabha Segments==
==Vidhan Sabha Segments==
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
!width="150px"|Name
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|-
|-
|389
|389
|[[Varanasi South (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi South]]
|[[Varanasi South (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi South]]
|None
|None
|[[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
|[[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
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|-
|-
|391
|391
|[[Sevapuri (Assembly constituency)|Sevapuri]]  
|[[Sevapuri (Assembly constituency)|Sevapuri]]
|None
|None
|[[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
|[[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
|3,31,952
|3,31,952
|bgcolor=#FF33CC|
|bgcolor=#0000FF|
|[[Apna Dal (Sonelal)]]
|[[Apna Dal (Sonelal)]]
|[[Neel Ratan Singh Patel]]
|[[Neel Ratan Singh Patel]]
|-
|-
|colspan="4" align="right" bgcolor="fff999"|Total:
|colspan="4" align="right" bgcolor="FF9999"|Total:
|bgcolor="fff999"| 18,56,791
|bgcolor="FF9999"| 18,56,791
|Colspan=3 bgcolor="fff999"|
|Colspan=3 bgcolor="FF9999"|
|}
|}


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|rowspan="2"| [[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]] <br/>(Two-member seat)
|rowspan="2"| [[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]] <br/>(Two-member seat)
| [[Raghunath Singh]] (Central Banaras District)<ref>https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html</ref>
| [[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" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
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| [[Indian general election, 1967|1967]]
| [[Indian general election, 1967|1967]]
| [[Satyanarayan Singh (U.P. politician)|Satya Narain Singh]]
| [[Satyanarayan Singh (U.P. politician)|Satya Narain Singh]]
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1971|1971]]
| [[Indian general election, 1971|1971]]
| [[Rajaram Shastri]]
| [[Rajaram Shastri]]
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1977|1977]]
| [[Indian general election, 1977|1977]]
| Chandra Shekhar
| Chandra Shekhar
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Lok Dal/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Lok Dal}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
| [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1980|1980]]
| [[Indian general election, 1980|1980]]
| [[Kamalapati Tripathi]]
| [[Kamalapati Tripathi]]
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress (I)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1984|1984]]
| [[Indian general election, 1984|1984]]
| [[Shyamlal Yadav]]
| [[Shyamlal Yadav]]
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1989|1989]]
| [[Indian general election, 1989|1989]]
| [[Anil Shastri]]
| [[Anil Shastri]]
|style="background-color: {{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[Janata Dal]]
| [[Janata Dal]]
|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1991|1991]]
| [[Indian general election, 1991|1991]]
| [[Shrish Chandra Dikshit]]
| [[Shrish Chandra Dikshit]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="8" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="4"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="8"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1996|1996]]
| [[Indian general election, 1996|1996]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 1998|1998]]
| [[Indian general election, 1998|1998]]
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|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 2004|2004]]
| [[Indian general election, 2004|2004]]
| [[Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]
| [[Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|- congress
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| colspan=4 align=center style="background-color: black"|<small>[[Delimitation Commission of India|{{color|white|''Major boundary changes''}}]]</small>
|-
| [[Indian general election, 2009|2009]]
| [[Indian general election, 2009|2009]]
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
|rowspan="3"style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 2014|2014]]
| [[Indian general election, 2014|2014]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Narendra Modi]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Narendra Modi]] (Prime Minister)
|-
|-
| [[Indian general election, 2019|2019]]
| [[Indian general election, 2019|2019]]
|}
|}


==Election Results==
==Election results==
{{bar box
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|bars=
{{bar percent|2019|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|63.62}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|63.62}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|56.37}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|56.37}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|30.52}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|30.52}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{Indian National Congress/meta/color }}|32.68}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|32.68}}
{{bar percent|1999|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|33.95}}
{{bar percent|1999|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|33.95}}
{{bar percent|1998|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|42.98}}
{{bar percent|1998|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|42.98}}
{{bar percent|1996|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|44.62}}
{{bar percent|1996|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|44.62}}
{{bar percent|1991|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|41.10}}
{{bar percent|1991|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|41.10}}
{{bar percent|1989|{{Janata Dal/meta/color }}|62.31}}
{{bar percent|1989|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|62.31}}
}}  
}}
 
===General election 2019===
===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]:
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]:
[[Varanasi]]}}
[[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 winning candidate with party link||party=BJP|candidate=[[Narendra Modi]] (''[[Prime Minister|PM]] [[Candidate]]'')|votes=674,664|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=Shalini Yadav|party=Samajwadi Party|votes=195,159|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||candidate=[[Ajay Rai]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=152,548|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 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 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 turnout||votes=1,060,829|percentage=57.13|change=-1.22}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
   |winner  = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |winner  = BJP
   |swing  = +5.89
 
   |swing  = +7.25
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
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===General election 2014===
===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{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 winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Narendra Modi]] (''[[Prime Minister|PM]] [[Candidate]]'')|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=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=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Ajay Rai]]|votes=75,614|percentage=7.34|change=-2.64}}
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=== General election 2009===
=== 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 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|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |candidate  = [[Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi]]
   |candidate  = [[Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi]]
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}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
   |candidate  = [[Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]  
   |candidate  = [[Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |votes      = 66,386
   |votes      = 66,386
   |percentage = 9.98
   |percentage = 9.98
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}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
   |candidate  = Vijay Prakash Jaiswal  
   |candidate  = Vijay Prakash Jaiswal
   |party      = Apna Dal  
   |party      = Apna Dal
   |votes      = 65,912
   |votes      = 65,912
   |percentage = 9.90
   |percentage = 9.90
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}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link|
   |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party  
   |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |loser        = Indian National Congress
   |loser        = Indian National Congress
   |swing      = +6.91
   |swing      = +6.91
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=== General election 2004===
=== 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 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|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |candidate  = [[Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]
   |candidate  = [[Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]
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}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
   |candidate  = Atahar Jamal Lari
   |candidate  = Atahar Jamal Lari
   |party      = Apna Dal
   |party      = Apna Dal
   |votes      = 93,228
   |votes      = 93,228
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}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
   |candidate  = Amir Chand Patel  
   |candidate  = Amir Chand Patel
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |votes      = 59,518
   |votes      = 59,518
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=== General election 1999===
=== 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 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|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |candidate  = [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]  
   |candidate  = [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
   |votes      = 211,955
   |votes      = 211,955
   |percentage = 33.95
   |percentage = 33.95
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Apna Dal
   |party      = Apna Dal
   |candidate  = Niranjan Rajbhar  
   |candidate  = Niranjan Rajbhar
   |votes      = 83,282
   |votes      = 83,282
   |percentage = 13.34
   |percentage = 13.34
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===General election 1998===
===General election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |candidate  = [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
   |candidate  = [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
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===General election 1996===
===General election 1996===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |candidate  = [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
   |candidate  = [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]]
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===General election 1991===
===General election 1991===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |candidate  = [[Shrish Chandra Dikshit]]
   |candidate  = [[Shrish Chandra Dikshit]]
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
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===General election 1989===
===General election 1989===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Indian general election]]: [[Varanasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |candidate  = [[Anil Shastri]]
   |candidate  = [[Anil Shastri]]
   |party      = Janata Dal
   |party      = Janata Dal
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* [[Varanasi (Mayoral Constituency)]]
* [[Varanasi (Mayoral Constituency)]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
==Notes==
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
== 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://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]
*[https://resultuniversity.com/election/varanasi-lok-sabha Varanasi Lok Sabha - Result University]
==Notes==
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Varanasi district]]
[[Category:Politics of Varanasi district]]

Latest revision as of 10:22, 12 January 2022


Varanasi
Lok Sabha Constituency
Narendra Modi at a rally in Varanasi on 7 May 2014.jpg
Narendra Modi at a rally in Varanasi
IncumbentNarendra Modi
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952–present
ReservationGeneral
StateUttar Pradesh
Total Electors1,854,540
Former MPMurli Manohar Joshi
Most Successful PartyBJP (7 times)
Assembly ConstituenciesRohaniya
Varanasi North
Varanasi South
Varanasi Cantt.
Sevapuri

Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: वाराणसी लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India. Narendra Modi has been twice elected from this constituency to become the prime minister of India.

Vidhan Sabha Segments[edit]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Number of electorates (2019) Party MLA
387 Rohaniya None Varanasi 3,91,609 Bharatiya Janata Party Surendra Narayan Singh
388 Varanasi North None Varanasi 4,04,345 Bharatiya Janata Party Ravindra Jaiswal
389 Varanasi South None Varanasi 2,96,592 Bharatiya Janata Party Neelkanth Tiwari
390 Varanasi Cantt. None Varanasi 4,32,293 Bharatiya Janata Party Saurabh Srivastava
391 Sevapuri None Varanasi 3,31,952 Apna Dal (Sonelal) Neel Ratan Singh Patel
Total: 18,56,791

Members of Lok Sabha[edit]

Election Member Party
1952
(Two-member seat) 		Raghunath Singh (Central Banaras District)[1] Indian National Congress
Tribhuvan Narayan Singh (Banaras East) [2]
1957 Raghunath Singh
1962
1967 Satya Narain Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971 Rajaram Shastri Indian National Congress
1977 Chandra Shekhar Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Kamalapati Tripathi Indian National Congress
1984 Shyamlal Yadav Indian National Congress
1989 Anil Shastri Janata Dal
1991 Shrish Chandra Dikshit Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
1998
1999
2004 Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra
2009 Murli Manohar Joshi
2014 Narendra Modi (Prime Minister)
2019

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates
2019
 
 63.62%
2014
 
 56.37%
2009
 
 30.52%
2004
 
 32.68%
1999
 
 33.95%
1998
 
 42.98%
1996
 
 44.62%
1991
 
 41.10%
1989
 
 62.31%

General election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Varanasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
[[BJP|Template:BJP/meta/shortname]] Narendra Modi (PM Candidate) 674,664 63.62 +7.25
SP Shalini Yadav 195,159 18.40 +14.01
INC Ajay Rai 152,548 14.38 +7.04
NOTA None of the Above 4,037 0.38 +0.18
Majority 479,505 45.22 +9.15
Turnout 1,060,829 57.13 -1.22
[[BJP|Template:BJP/meta/shortname]] hold Swing +7.25

General election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Varanasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Narendra Modi (PM Candidate) 581,022 56.37 +25.85
AAP Arvind Kejriwal 209,238 20.30 New
INC Ajay Rai 75,614 7.34 -2.64
BSP Vijay Prakash Jaiswal 60,579 5.88 -22.06
SP Kailash Chaurasiya 45,291 4.39 -14.22
NOTA None of the above 2,051 0.20 New
Majority 371,784 36.07 +33.49
Turnout 1,030,812 58.35 +15.74
BJP hold Swing +25.85

General election 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Varanasi[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi 203,122 30.52 +6.91
BSP Mukhtar Ansari 185,911 27.94 +18.54
SP Ajay Rai 123,874 18.61 +9.27
INC Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra 66,386 9.98 -22.70
AD Vijay Prakash Jaiswal 65,912 9.90 -4.83
Majority 17,211 2.58 -6.49
Turnout 665,490 42.61 +0.06
BJP gain from INC Swing +6.91

General election 2004[edit]

2004 Indian general election: Varanasi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra 206,904 32.68 +7.20
BJP Shankar Prasad Jaiswal 149,468 23.61 -10.34
AD Atahar Jamal Lari 93,228 14.73 +1.39
BSP Amir Chand Patel 59,518 9.40 -2.62
SP Anjana Prakash 59,104 9.34 -3.24
Independent Shailendra Kumar 28,533 4.50 N/A
Majority 57,436 9.07 +0.60
Turnout 633,077 42.55 -3.53
INC gain from BJP Swing +8.77

General election 1999[edit]

1999 Indian general election: Varanasi[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shankar Prasad Jaiswal 211,955 33.95
INC Rajesh Kumar Mishra 159,096 25.48
AD Niranjan Rajbhar 83,282 13.34
SP Salman Bashar 78,442 12.56
BSP Babu Lal Patel 75,059 12.02
Majority 52,859 8.47
Turnout 633,826 45.02
BJP hold Swing

General election 1998[edit]

1998 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shankar Prasad Jaiswal 277,232 42.98
CPI (M) Deena Nath Singh Yadav 125,286 19.42
BSP Dr. Awdhesh Singh 101,024 15.66
AD Rajdev Patel 65,529 10.16
INC Dr. Ratnakar Pandey 64,154 9.95
Majority 151,946 23.56
Turnout 645,044 46.46
BJP hold Swing

General election 1996[edit]

1996 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shankar Prasad Jaiswal 250,991 44.62
CPI (M) Raj Kishore 150,299 26.72
BSP Kamala Rajbhar 70,316 12.50
AD Rajdev Patel 26,797 4.76
INC Doodh Nath Chaturvedi 22,579 4.01
AIIC(T) Rudra Prasad Singh 7,615 1.35
Majority 100,692 17.90
Turnout 562,564 39.60
BJP hold Swing

General election 1991[edit]

1991 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shrish Chandra Dikshit 186,333 41.10
CPI (M) Raj Kishore 145,894 32.18
INC Lok Pati Tripathi 57,415 12.66
BSP Kashi Nath Yadav 32,861 7.25
JP Shiv Devnarain Roy 10,190 2.25
Majority 40,439 8.92
Turnout 453,402 43.30
BJP gain from JD Swing

General election 1989[edit]

1989 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Anil Shastri 268,196 62.31
INC Shyamlal Yadav 96,593 22.44
BSP Ganga Ram Gwal 32,574 7.57
Independent Ram Das 12,420 2.89
DDP Ram Murat 3,111 0.72
Majority 171,603 39.87
Turnout 430,403 41.33
JD gain from INC Swing

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html
  2. ↑ https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html
  3. ↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 169. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 319. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 246. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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