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#REDIRECT [[Varanasi South Assembly constituency]]
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{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name              = Varanasi South
| map                =
| state              = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| union_territory    =
| district          = [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
| electorate        = 2,81,290 (2017)
| year              = 2017
| reserved          = None
| mla                = [[Neelkanth Tiwari|Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari]]
| party              = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
}}
 
'''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.
 
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.
 
As of now, this seat belongs to [[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>
 
==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: {{party color|Socialist Party}}" |
|| 1951 || [[Raj Narain]] || [[Socialist Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|| 1951 || [[Sampurnanand|Sampurnanand Ji]] || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|| 1957 || [[Sampurnanand|Sampurnanand Ji]] || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|| 1962 || Girdhari Lal || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|| 1967 || Rustam Satin || [[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
|| 1969 || [[Sachindra Nath Bakshi]] || [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
|| 1974 || Charan Das Seth || [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|| 1977 || Raj Bali Tiwari || [[Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|| 1980 || Kailash Tandon || [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|| 1985 || Rajni Kant Dutta || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|| 1989 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|| 1991 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|| 1993 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|| 1996 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|| 2002 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|| 2007 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|| 2012 || [[Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|| 2017 || [[Neelkanth Tiwari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|}


==Election results==
{{Redirect category shell|
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|U. P. Assembly Election, 2017]]: Varanasi South}}
{{R from move}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = [[Neelkanth Tiwari|Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari]]
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |votes      = 92,560
  |percentage = 51.76
  |change    =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = [[Rajesh Kumar Mishra]]
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |votes      = 75,334
  |percentage = 42.12
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Rakesh Tripathi
  |party  = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |votes      = 5,922
  |percentage = 3.31
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
  |candidate  = Satish Kumar Agrahari
  |party  = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
  |votes      = 844
  |percentage = 0.47
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
  |candidate  = Rubi Fatma
  |party  = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
  |votes      = 799
  |percentage = 0.45
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party    = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the Above]]
  |votes      = 457
  |percentage = 0.26
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 17,226
  |percentage = 9.64
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 1,78,852
  |percentage = 63.58
  |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. Assembly Election, 2012]]: Varanasi South}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |votes      = 57,868
  |percentage = 38.22
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Dr. Dayashankar Mishra (Dayalu)
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |votes      = 44,046
  |percentage = 29.09
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Atahar Jamal Lari
  |party      = Quami Ekta Dal
  |votes      = 20,454
  |percentage = 13.51
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Mohammad Istaqbal (Babu)
  |party      = Samajwadi Party
  |votes      = 14,642
  |percentage = 9.67
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Kaisar Ameen Ansari
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |votes      = 8,841
  |percentage = 5.84
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 13,822
  |percentage = 9.13
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 1,51,400
  |percentage = 55.49
  |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. Assembly Election, 2007]]: Varanasi South}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |votes      = 33,021
  |percentage = 46.24
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Dr. Dayashankar Mishra (Dayalu)
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |votes      = 19,319
  |percentage = 27.05
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Dilip Kumar Day
  |party      = Samajwadi Party
  |votes      = 11,956
  |percentage = 16.74
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Vikram Vij (Vikki Punjabi)
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |votes      = 4,400
  |percentage = 6.16
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
  |candidate  = Sankata Prasad Pandey (Bumguru)
  |party      = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
  |votes      = 590
  |percentage = 0.82
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 13,702
  |percentage = 19.19
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 71,407
  |percentage = 31.18
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Assembly Election, 2002: Varanasi South}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |votes      = 43,458
  |percentage = 52.63
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Rakesh Jain
  |party      = Samajwadi Party
  |votes      = 22,653
  |percentage = 27.44
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Mani Shankar Pandey
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |votes      = 11,705
  |percentage = 14.18
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Engineer Asalam Perwaze
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |votes      = 2,080
  |percentage = 2.52
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Vijay
  |party      = Rashtriya Kranti Party
  |votes      = 837
  |percentage = 1.01
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 20,805
  |percentage = 25.19
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 82,567
  |percentage = 30.31
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Assembly Election, 1996: Varanasi South}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |votes      = 65,288
  |percentage = 68.06
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Devbrat Majumdar
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |votes      = 28,006
  |percentage = 29.19
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Mahmood
  |party      = Apna Dal
  |votes      = 958
  |percentage = 1.00
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Amabrish Rai
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
  |votes      = 532
  |percentage = 0.55
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Ajay Shankar
  |party      = Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh
  |votes      = 471
  |percentage = 0.49
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 37,282
  |percentage = 38.87
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 95,933
  |percentage = 35.73
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |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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