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 state in northern India.

Its present MP, since 2014, is the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

Assembly segments

In 2014, Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[1]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Number of electorates (2014)[2]
387 Rohaniya None Varanasi 3,64,612
388 Varanasi North None Varanasi 3,87,226
389 Varanasi South None Varanasi 2,90,986
390 Varanasi Cantt. None Varanasi 4,10,545
391 Sevapuri None Varanasi 3,13,118
Total: 17,66,487

Members of Parliament

Narendra Modi, Incumbent Member of Parliament from Varanasi

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ElectionMemberParty
1952 Raghunath Singh Indian National Congress
1957 Raghunath Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Raghunath Singh Indian National Congress
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 Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Rajesh Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress
2009 Murli Manohar Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party

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 N/A
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 N/A
Majority 3,71,784 36.07 +33.49
Turnout 10,30,685 58.35 +15.75
BJP hold Swing +25.85

General election 2009

Indian general election, 2009: Varanasi[3]
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 Ajai 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 6,65,450 42.60
BJP gain from INC Swing +6.91

General election 2004

Indian general election, 2004: Varanasi[4]
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
Majority 57,436 9.07 +0.60
Turnout 6,33,077
INC gain from BJP Swing +2.03

General election 1999

Indian general election, 1999: Varanasi[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shankar Prasad Jaiswal 2,11,955 33.95
INC Dr. 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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-43-Varanasi". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
  2. ↑ Parliamentary & Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of Electors in the Final Roll-2014
  3. ↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 169. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 319. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 246. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

Coordinates: 25°19′N 82°59′E / 25.32°N 82.99°E / 25.32; 82.99

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