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{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
| name        = Varanasi Cantonment
| name        = Varanasi Cantonment
| map_image    = 390-Varanasi Cantonment.svg
| mla          = Saurabh Srivastava
| mla          = Saurabh Srivastava
| party        = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| party        = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| year        = 2022
| latest_election_year = 2022
| state        = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| state        = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| district    = [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
| district    = [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]
| reservation  = None
| reservation  = None
| electors = 4,32,293 (2019)
| electors = 4,32,293 (2019)
| type  = SLA
| constituency_no    =  390
}}
}}
 
'''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.<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 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.
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>
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 name="election2017">{{Cite web|url=https://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==
==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Year
!Member<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Varanasi Cantt. Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/varanasi-cantt.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Political Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|| 1967 || Varmeshwar Pandey || [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|| 1969 || Lal Bahadur Singh || [[Indian National Congress]]
|Varmeshwar Pandey
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party}}" |
|[[1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|| 1974 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]
|Lal Bahadur Singh
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|[[1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|| 1977 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Shatarudra Prakash]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Kranti Dal}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|| 1980 || Mandavi Prasad Singh || [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Lok Dal}}" |
|[[1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|| 1985 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Lok Dal]]
|Mandavi Prasad Singh
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|[[1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|| 1989 || [[Shatarudra Prakash]] || [[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Shatarudra Prakash]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Lok Dal}}" |
|[[Lok Dal]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
|| 1991 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|| 1993 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jyotsana Srivastava]]
| rowspan="8" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="8" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|| 1996 || [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|| 2002 || [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Harish Chandra Srivastava]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
|| 2007 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]
|| 2012 || [[Jyotsana Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jyotsana Srivastava]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
|| 2017 || [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|| 2022 || [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]]
|-
|-
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
|}
|}
==Election results==
==Election results==
<!--Alphabetical order of Political party name. After results are declared, they will be arranged in decreasing order of votes. Names added without a reliable source will be removed.-->


=== 2022 ===
=== 2022 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: }}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Varanasi Cantonment<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 candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |candidate  = [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]]
   |candidate  = [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]]
   |votes      = 1,47,833
   |votes      = {{formatnum:147833}}
   |percentage = 60.63
   |percentage = 60.63
   |change    =  
   |change    = +2.37
}}  
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
   |candidate  = Pooja Yadav
   |candidate  = Pooja Yadav
   |votes      = 60,989
   |votes      = {{formatnum:60989}}
   |percentage = 25.01
   |percentage = 25.01
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}  
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |candidate  = Rajesh Mishra
   |candidate  = Rajesh Mishra
   |votes      = 23,807
   |votes      = {{formatnum:23807}}
   |percentage = 9.76
   |percentage = 9.76
   |change    =  
   |change    = -21.56
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |candidate  = Kaushik Pandey
   |candidate  = Kaushik Pandey
   |votes      = 7,068
   |votes      = {{formatnum:7068}}
   |percentage = 2.90
   |percentage = 2.9
   |change    =  
   |change    = -3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Aam Aadmi Party
  |candidate  = Rakesh Pandey
  |votes      = 1,165
  |percentage = 0.48
  |change    =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |candidate  = [[None of the Above]]
   |party      = None of the above
   |party      = None of the above
   |votes      = 1,522
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
   |votes      = {{formatnum:1522}}
   |percentage = 0.62
   |percentage = 0.62
   |change    =  
   |change    = +0.29
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 86,844
  |votes      = {{formatnum:86844}}
  |percentage = 35.62
  |percentage = 35.62
  |change    =  
  |change    = +8.68
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 2,43,847
  |votes      = {{formatnum:243821}}
  |percentage = 53.09
  |percentage = 53.09
  |change    =  
  |change    = -2.11
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |  
  |swing      =  
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |swing      =  
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===2017===


{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
=== 2017 ===
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]<ref name="election2017"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  = [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]]
   |candidate  = [[Saurabh Srivastava (politician)|Saurabh Srivastava]]
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |votes      = 1,32,609
   |votes      = {{formatnum:132609}}
   |percentage = 58.26
   |percentage = 58.26
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |candidate  = [[Anil Srivastava]]
   |candidate  = [[Anil Srivastava]]
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |votes      = 71,283
   |votes      = {{formatnum:71283}}
   |percentage = 31.32
   |percentage = 31.32
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Rijwan Ahmad
   |candidate  = Rijwan Ahmad
   |party   = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |party     = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |votes      = 14,118
   |votes      = {{formatnum:14118}}
   |percentage = 6.20
   |percentage = 6.2
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Ajoy Mukherjee
   |party      = None of the above
   |party  = Communist Party of India
   |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
   |votes      = 1,515
   |votes      = {{formatnum:758}}
   |percentage = 0.66
   |percentage = 0.33
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate|
{{Election box majority
  |candidate  = Dhurandhar Singh
   |votes      = {{formatnum:61326}}
  |party  = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
   |percentage = 26.94
   |votes      = 991
   |percentage = 0.43
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box turnout
  |candidate  = [[None of the Above]]
   |votes      = {{formatnum:227600}}
  |party      = None of the above
   |percentage = 55.2
   |votes      = 758
   |percentage = 0.33
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box hold with party link
  |votes      = 61,326
  |  
  |percentage = 26.94
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |change    =
  |swing      =  
}}
{{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 end}}


===2012===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  = [[Dr. Jyotsana Srivastava]]
  |  
   |candidate  = [[Jyotsana Srivastava]]
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |votes      = 57,918
   |votes      = 57,918
   |percentage = 32.05
   |percentage = 32.05
   |change    =
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |candidate  = [[Anil Srivastava|Anil Kumar Srivastava]]  
  |  
   |candidate  = [[Anil Srivastava|Anil Kumar Srivastava]]
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |votes      = 45,066
   |votes      = 45,066
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Ashfaq Ahmad
   |candidate  = Ashfaq Ahmad
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Chandra Kumar Mishra
   |candidate  = Chandra Kumar Mishra
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |votes      = 22,162
   |votes      = 22,162
   |percentage = 12.27
   |percentage = 12.27
   |change    =
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Mohammad Saleem
   |candidate  = Mohammad Saleem
   |party      = Quami Ekta Dal
   |party      = Quami Ekta Dal
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 12,852
  |  
  |percentage = 7.11
  |votes      = 12,852
  |change    =  
  |percentage = 7.11
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 1,80,689
  |  
  |percentage = 51.70
  |votes      = 1,80,689
  |change    =  
  |percentage = 51.70
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |  
  |swing      =
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |swing      =  
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===2007===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Jyotsana Srivastava
  |  
   |candidate  = [[Jyotsana Srivastava]]
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |votes      = 31,642
   |votes      = 31,642
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Manoj Rai
   |candidate  = Manoj Rai
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Anil Srivastava
   |candidate  = Anil Srivastava
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Raj Kumar Singh
   |candidate  = Raj Kumar Singh
   |party   = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |party     = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |votes      = 17,193
   |votes      = 17,193
   |percentage = 14.15
   |percentage = 14.15
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Ashfaq Ahmad
   |candidate  = Ashfaq Ahmad
   |party      = Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
   |party      = Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 5,479
  |  
  |percentage = 4.51
  |votes      = 5,479
  |change    =  
  |percentage = 4.51
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 1,21,520
  |  
  |percentage = 31.58
  |votes      = 1,21,520
  |change    =
  |percentage = 31.58
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |  
  |swing      =
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |swing      =  
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===2002===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2002]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2002]]: [[Varanasi Cantonment]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Harish Chandra Srivastava
  |  
   |candidate  = [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]]
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |votes      = 41,426
   |votes      = 41,426
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Manoj Rai
  |  
   |candidate  = manoj rai
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
   |votes      = 28,729
   |votes      = 28,729
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Mohammad Istaqbal Qureshi
   |candidate  = Mohammad Istaqbal Qureshi
   |party      = Apna Dal
   |party      = Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)
   |votes      = 20,915
   |votes      = 20,915
   |percentage = 15.68
   |percentage = 15.68
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Shatrudra Prakash
   |candidate  = Shatrudra Prakash
   |party   = Indian National Congress
   |party     = Indian National Congress
   |votes      = 18,041
   |votes      = 18,041
   |percentage = 13.52
   |percentage = 13.52
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Abhishek Yadav
   |candidate  = Abhishek Yadav
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 12,697
  |  
  |percentage = 9.51
  |votes      = 12,697
  |change    =  
  |percentage = 9.51
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 1,33,405
  |  
  |percentage = 39.26
  |votes      = 1,33,405
  |change    =
  |percentage = 39.26
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |  
  |swing      =
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |swing      =  
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===1996===
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1996: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1996: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Harish Chandra Srivastava
  |  
   |candidate  = [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]]
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |votes      = 55,240
   |votes      = 55,240
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Sunil Kumar Rai
   |candidate  = Sunil Kumar Rai
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Anil Srivastava
   |candidate  = Anil Srivastava
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Rajendra Singh
   |candidate  = Rajendra Singh
   |party   = Janata Dal
   |party     = Janata Dal
   |votes      = 7,879
   |votes      = 7,879
   |percentage = 6.14
   |percentage = 6.14
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Akaram
   |candidate  = Akaram
   |party      = Apna Dal
   |party      = Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)
   |votes      = 6,360
   |votes      = 6,360
   |percentage = 4.95
   |percentage = 4.95
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 28,488
  |  
  |percentage = 22.19
  |votes      = 28,488
  |change    =  
  |percentage = 22.19
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 1,28,366
  |  
  |percentage = 41.46
  |votes      = 1,28,366
  |change    =
  |percentage = 41.46
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |  
  |swing      =
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |swing      =  
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===1993===
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1993: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1993: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Jyotsana Srivastava
  |  
   |party      =Bharatiya Janata Party
   |candidate  = [[Jyotsana Srivastava]]
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |votes      = 51,388
   |votes      = 51,388
   |percentage = 44.96
   |percentage = 44.96
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Athar Jamal Lari
   |candidate  = Athar Jamal Lari
   |party      = Janata Dal
   |party      = Janata Dal
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Shatrudra Prakash
   |candidate  = Shatrudra Prakash
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
   |party      = Samajwadi Party
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = J. P. Singh
   |candidate  = J. P. Singh
   |party   = Indian National Congress
   |party     = Indian National Congress
   |votes      = 6,437
   |votes      = 6,437
   |percentage = 5.63
   |percentage = 5.63
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Meera Yadav
   |candidate  = Meera Yadav
   |party      = Lok Dal
   |party      = Lok Dal
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 16,000
  |  
  |percentage = 14.00
  |votes      = 16,000
  |change    =  
  |percentage = 14.00
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 1,14,288
  |  
  |percentage = 48.49
  |votes      = 1,14,288
  |change    =
  |percentage = 48.49
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |  
  |swing      =
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |swing      =  
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===1991===
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1991: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1991: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Jyotsana Srivastava
  |  
   |candidate  = [[Jyotsana Srivastava]]
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |votes      = 31,305
   |votes      = 31,305
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Athar Jamal Lari
   |candidate  = Athar Jamal Lari
   |party      = Janata Dal
   |party      = Janata Dal
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Anil Srivastava
   |candidate  = Anil Srivastava
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Shatrudra Prakash
   |candidate  = Shatrudra Prakash
   |party   = Janata Party
   |party     = Janata Party
   |votes      = 8,200
   |votes      = 8,200
   |percentage = 9.79
   |percentage = 9.79
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Mansha Ram
   |candidate  = Mansha Ram
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 5,096
  |  
  |percentage = 6.08
  |votes      = 5,096
  |change    =  
  |percentage = 6.08
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 83,718
  |  
  |percentage = 39.46
  |votes      = 83,718
  |change    =
  |percentage = 39.46
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |  
  |loser       = Janata Dal
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |swing      =
  |loser     = Janata Dal
  |swing      =  
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===1989===
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1989: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1989: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Shatrudra Prakash
  |  
   |candidate  = [[Shatarudra Prakash]]
   |party      = Janata Dal
   |party      = Janata Dal
   |votes      = 35,173
   |votes      = 35,173
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Majumdar
   |candidate  = Majumdar
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Jyotsana Srivastava
   |candidate  = Jyotsana Srivastava
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Mahesh Kumar Yadav
   |candidate  = Mahesh Kumar Yadav
   |party   = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |party     = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |votes      = 5,445
   |votes      = 5,445
   |percentage = 6.48
   |percentage = 6.48
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Pramod
   |candidate  = Pramod
   |party      = Independent (politician)
   |party      = Independent (politician)
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 18,062
  |  
  |percentage = 21.51
  |votes      = 18,062
  |change    =  
  |percentage = 21.51
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 83,988
  |  
  |percentage = 40.32
  |votes      = 83,988
  |change    =
  |percentage = 40.32
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner    = Janata Dal
  |  
  |loser       = Lok Dal
  |winner    = Janata Dal
  |swing      =
  |loser     = Lok Dal
  |swing      =  
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
   
   
===1985===
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1985: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1985: Varanasi Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  = Shatrudra Prakash
  |  
   |candidate  = [[Shatarudra Prakash]]
   |party      = Lok Dal
   |party      = Lok Dal
   |votes      = 17,721
   |votes      = 17,721
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Ganesh Prasad Jaiswal
   |candidate  = Ganesh Prasad Jaiswal
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Jeetendra Nath Dubey
   |candidate  = Jeetendra Nath Dubey
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Moti Lal Patel
   |candidate  = Moti Lal Patel
   |party   = Communist Party of India
   |party     = Communist Party of India
   |votes   = 3,412
   |votes     = 3,412
   |percentage = 6.19
   |percentage = 6.19
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |  
   |candidate  = Channu Lal Shastri
   |candidate  = Channu Lal Shastri
   |party      = Independent (politician)
   |party      = Independent (politician)
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 2,307
  |  
  |percentage = 4.19
  |votes      = 2,307
  |change    =  
  |percentage = 4.19
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 55,111
  |  
  |percentage = 37.11
  |votes      = 55,111
  |change    =
  |percentage = 37.11
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner    = Lok Dal
  |  
  |loser       = Indian National Congress (Indira)
  |winner    = Lok Dal
  |swing      =
  |loser     = Indian National Congress (Indira)
  |swing      =  
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{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}}
* {{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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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Varanasi]]
[[Category:Varanasi]]
[[Category:Politics of Varanasi district]]
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Varanasi Cantonment
Constituency No. 390 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictVaranasi
Total electors4,32,293 (2019)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Saurabh Srivastava
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

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.[1]

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 Elections by defeating Indian National Congress candidate Anil Srivastava by a margin of 61,326 votes.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Member[3] Party
1967 Varmeshwar Pandey Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969 Lal Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress
1974 Shatarudra Prakash Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1977 Janata Party
1980 Mandavi Prasad Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Shatarudra Prakash Lok Dal
1989 Janata Dal
1991 Jyotsana Srivastava Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1996 Harish Chandra Srivastava
2002
2007 Jyotsana Srivastava
2012
2017 Saurabh Srivastava
2022

Election results[edit | edit source]

2022[edit | edit source]

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Varanasi Cantonment[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Saurabh Srivastava 147,833 60.63 +2.37
SP Pooja Yadav 60,989 25.01
INC Rajesh Mishra 23,807 9.76 −21.56
BSP Kaushik Pandey 7,068 2.9 −3.3
NOTA None of the above 1,522 0.62 +0.29
Majority 86,844 35.62 +8.68
Turnout 243,821 53.09 −2.11
BJP hold Swing


2017[edit | edit source]

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Varanasi Cantonment[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Saurabh Srivastava 132,609 58.26
INC Anil Srivastava 71,283 31.32
BSP Rijwan Ahmad 14,118 6.2
NOTA None of the above 758 0.33
Majority 61,326 26.94
Turnout 227,600 55.2
BJP hold Swing


2012[edit | edit source]

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Varanasi Cantonment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jyotsana Srivastava 57,918 32.05
INC Anil Kumar Srivastava 45,066 24.94
SP Ashfaq Ahmad 37,922 20.99
BSP Chandra Kumar Mishra 22,162 12.27
QED Mohammad Saleem 5,366 2.97
Majority 12,852 7.11
Turnout 1,80,689 51.70
BJP hold Swing


2007[edit | edit source]

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Varanasi Cantonment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jyotsana Srivastava 31,642 26.04
SP Manoj Rai 26,163 21.53
INC Anil Srivastava 19,778 16.27
BSP Raj Kumar Singh 17,193 14.15
SBSP Ashfaq Ahmad 11,787 9.70
Majority 5,479 4.51
Turnout 1,21,520 31.58
BJP hold Swing


2002[edit | edit source]

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2002: Varanasi Cantonment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Harish Chandra Srivastava 41,426 31.05
SP manoj rai 28,729 21.54
AD(K) Mohammad Istaqbal Qureshi 20,915 15.68
INC Shatrudra Prakash 18,041 13.52
BSP Abhishek Yadav 15,595 11.69
Majority 12,697 9.51
Turnout 1,33,405 39.26
BJP hold Swing

1996[edit | edit source]

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1996: Varanasi Cantonment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Harish Chandra Srivastava 55,240 43.03
SP Sunil Kumar Rai 26,752 20.84
INC Anil Srivastava 25,651 19.98
JD Rajendra Singh 7,879 6.14
AD(K) Akaram 6,360 4.95
Majority 28,488 22.19
Turnout 1,28,366 41.46
BJP hold Swing


1993[edit | edit source]

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1993: Varanasi Cantonment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jyotsana Srivastava 51,388 44.96
JD Athar Jamal Lari 35,388 30.96
SP Shatrudra Prakash 13,559 11.86
INC J. P. Singh 6,437 5.63
LKD Meera Yadav 1,000 0.87
Majority 16,000 14.00
Turnout 1,14,288 48.49
BJP hold Swing


1991[edit | edit source]

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1991: Varanasi Cantonment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jyotsana Srivastava 31,305 37.39
JD Athar Jamal Lari 26,209 31.31
INC Anil Srivastava 10,091 12.05
JP Shatrudra Prakash 8,200 9.79
BSP Mansha Ram 2,792 3.34
Majority 5,096 6.08
Turnout 83,718 39.46
BJP gain from JD Swing


1989[edit | edit source]

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1989: Varanasi Cantonment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Shatarudra Prakash 35,173 41.88
INC Majumdar 17,111 20.37
BJP Jyotsana Srivastava 13,262 15.79
BSP Mahesh Kumar Yadav 5,445 6.48
Independent Pramod 3,486 4.15
Majority 18,062 21.51
Turnout 83,988 40.32
JD gain from Lok Dal Swing


1985[edit | edit source]

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1985: Varanasi Cantonment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LKD Shatarudra Prakash 17,721 32.16
INC Ganesh Prasad Jaiswal 15,414 27.97
BJP Jeetendra Nath Dubey 6,538 11.86
CPI Moti Lal Patel 3,412 6.19
Independent Channu Lal Shastri 2,473 4.49
Majority 2,307 4.19
Turnout 55,111 37.11
Lok Dal gain from Indian National Congress (Indira) Swing


References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Varanasi Cantt. Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  4. ↑ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

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