Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)
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. 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 | |
 Narendra Modi, the present MP of Varanasi | |
| Incumbent | Narendra Modi |
| Parliamentary Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected Year | 2019 Election |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1952–present |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Total Electors | 1,854,540 |
| Assembly Constituencies | Rohaniya Varanasi North Varanasi South Varanasi Cantt. Sevapuri |
Vidhan Sabha Segments
| 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
| 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 (Indira) | |
| 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 | Rajesh Kumar Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
| Major boundary changes | |||
| 2009 | Murli Manohar Joshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014 | Narendra Modi | ||
| 2019 | |||
Election Results
General election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Narendra Modi | 6,74,664 | 63.62 | +7.25 | |
| SP | Shalini Yadav | 1,95,159 | 18.40 | -4.53 | |
| INC | Ajay Rai | 1,52,548 | 14.38 | +7.04 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,037 | 0.38 | +0.18 | |
| Majority | 4,79,505 | 45.22 | +9.15 | ||
| Turnout | 10,60,829 | 57.13 | -1.22 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +5.89 | |||
General election 2014
| 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 | 10,30,812 | 58.35 | +15.74 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +25.85 | |||
General election 2009
| 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
| 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 | +8.77 | |||
General election 1999
| 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
| 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
| 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 | ||
| AIIC(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
| 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 | ||
| JP | Shiv Devnarain Roy | 10,190 | 2.25 | ||
| Majority | 40,439 | 8.92 | |||
| Turnout | 4,53,402 | 43.30 | |||
| BJP gain from JD | Swing | ||||
General election 1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD | 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 | |||
| JD gain from INC | Swing | ||||
See also
- Varanasi district
- Varanasi (Mayoral Constituency)
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
External links
Notes
- https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html
- https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html
- "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 169. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 319. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 246. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
| Lok Sabha | ||
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| Vacant since 2004 (Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha) Title last held by Lucknow |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 2014-present |
Incumbent |
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