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#REDIRECT [[Varanasi Cantonment Assembly constituency]]
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{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
{{Redirect category shell|
| name              = Varanasi Cantonment
{{R from move}}
| 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}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{coord missing|Uttar Pradesh}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Varanasi]]
[[Category:Politics of Varanasi district]]
{{UttarPradesh-geo-stub}}

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