Assembly Segments
Constituency number |
Name |
Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
District |
Number of electorates (2017) |
387 |
Rohaniya |
None |
Varanasi |
3,79,258 |
388 |
Varanasi North |
None |
Varanasi |
3,84,603 |
389 |
Varanasi South |
None |
Varanasi |
2,81,290 |
390 |
Varanasi Cantt. |
None |
Varanasi |
4,12,316 |
391 |
Sevapuri |
None |
Varanasi |
3,18,423 |
Total: |
17,75,890 |
Election results
General election 2014
Indian general election, 2014: Varanasi
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
BJP |
Narendra Modi |
5,81,022 |
56.37 |
+25.85 |
|
AAP |
Arvind Kejriwal |
2,09,238 |
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 |
3,71,784 |
36.07 |
+33.49 |
Turnout |
10,30,685 |
58.35 |
+15.74 |
|
BJP hold |
Swing |
+25.85 |
|
General election 2009
Indian general election, 2009: Varanasi[1]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
BJP |
Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi |
2,03,122 |
30.52 |
+6.91 |
|
BSP |
Mukhtar Ansari |
1,85,911 |
27.94 |
+18.54 |
|
SP |
Ajay Rai |
1,23,874 |
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 |
6,65,490 |
42.61 |
+0.06 |
|
BJP gain from INC |
Swing |
+6.91 |
|
General election 2004
Indian general election, 2004: Varanasi[2]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
INC |
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra |
2,06,904 |
32.68 |
+7.20 |
|
BJP |
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal |
1,49,468 |
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 |
6,33,077 |
42.55 |
-3.53 |
|
INC gain from BJP |
Swing |
+2.03 |
|
General election 1999
Indian general election, 1999: Varanasi[3]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
BJP |
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal |
2,11,955 |
33.95 |
|
|
INC |
Rajesh Kumar Mishra |
1,59,096 |
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 |
6,33,826 |
45.02 |
|
|
BJP hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1998
Indian general election, 1998: Varanasi
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
BJP |
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal |
2,77,232 |
42.98 |
|
|
CPI(M) |
Deena Nath Singh Yadav |
1,25,286 |
19.42 |
|
|
BSP |
Dr. Awdhesh Singh |
1,01,024 |
15.66 |
|
|
AD |
Rajdev Patel |
65,529 |
10.16 |
|
|
INC |
Dr. Ratnakar Pandey |
64,154 |
9.95 |
|
Majority |
1,51,946 |
23.56 |
|
Turnout |
6,45,044 |
46.46 |
|
|
BJP hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1996
Indian general election, 1996: Varanasi
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
BJP |
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal |
2,50,991 |
44.62 |
|
|
CPI(M) |
Raj Kishore |
1,50,299 |
26.72 |
|
|
BSP |
Kamala Rajbhar |
70,316 |
12.50 |
|
|
AD |
Rajdev Patel |
26,797 |
4.76 |
|
|
INC |
Doodh Nath Chaturvedi |
22,579 |
4.01 |
|
|
IC(T) |
Rudra Prasad Singh |
7,615 |
1.35 |
|
Majority |
1,00,692 |
17.90 |
|
Turnout |
5,62,564 |
39.60 |
|
|
BJP hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1991
Indian general election, 1991: Varanasi
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
BJP |
Shrish Chandra Dikshit |
1,86,333 |
41.10 |
|
|
CPI(M) |
Raj Kishore |
1,45,894 |
32.18 |
|
|
INC |
Lok Pati Tripathi |
57,415 |
12.66 |
|
|
BSP |
Kashi Nath Yadav |
32,861 |
7.25 |
|
|
Janata Party |
Shiv Devnarain Roy |
10,190 |
2.25 |
|
Majority |
40,439 |
8.92 |
|
Turnout |
4,53,402 |
43.30 |
|
|
BJP gain from Janata Dal |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1989
Indian general election, 1989: Varanasi
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Janata Dal |
Anil Shastri |
2,68,196 |
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 |
1,71,603 |
39.87 |
|
Turnout |
4,30,403 |
41.33 |
|
|
Janata Dal gain from INC |
Swing |
|
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See also |
- Cities and towns in Chandauli district
- Cities and towns in Ghazipur district
- Cities and towns in Jaunpur district
- Cities and towns in Varanasi district
- Villages in Chandauli district
- Villages in Ghazipur district
- Villages in Jaunpur district
- Villages in Varanasi district
- People from Chandauli
- People from Ghazipur
- People from Jaunpur
- People from Varanasi
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Other Divisions |
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- Azamgarh
- Bareilly
- Basti
- Chitrakoot
- Devipatan
- Faizabad
- Gorakhpur
- Jhansi
- Kanpur
- Lucknow
- Meerut
- Mirzapur
- Moradabad
- Saharanpur
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