Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively ← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 21:02, 20 September 2024 editFlyJet777 (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users15,508 editsmNo edit summary← Previous edit		Latest revision as of 16:53, 3 January 2025 edit undo103.55.72.25 (talk)No edit summaryTags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
(6 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 10:		Line 10:
	\| incumbent_image = Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.jpg		\| incumbent_image = Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.jpg
	\| mp = ]<Br>{{Small\|]}}		\| mp = ]<Br>{{Small\|]}}
	\| party = ] {{Party index link\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}		\| party = {{Party index link\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
	\| alliance = ]		\| alliance = ]
	\| latest_election_year = ]		\| latest_election_year = ]
Line 17:		Line 17:
	\| state = ]		\| state = ]
	\| electors = <!--19,97,578 (source?)--->		\| electors = <!--19,97,578 (source?)--->
	\| preceded_by = ], ] {{Party index link\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}		\| preceded_by = ], {{Party index link\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
	\| assembly_cons = ]<br>		\| assembly_cons = ]<br>
	]<br>]<br>]<br>]		]<br>]<br>]<br>]
Line 31:		Line 31:
	!Member		!Member
	!colspan=2\|Party		!colspan=2\|Party
			!colspan=2\|2024 Lead
	\|-		\|-
	\|387		\|387
Line 36:		Line 37:
	\|rowspan="5"\| ]		\|rowspan="5"\| ]
	\|]		\|]
	\|{{Full party name with color\|Apna Dal (~~Soneylal~~)~~\|dab=yes~~}}		\|{{Full party name with color\|Apna Dal (Sonelal)}}
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
	\|-		\|-
	\|388		\|388
	\|]		\|]
	\|]		\|]
	\|{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party~~\|rowspan=4~~}}		\|{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
	\|-		\|-
	\|389		\|389
	\|]		\|]
	\|]		\|]
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
	\|-		\|-
	\|390		\|390
	\|]		\|]
	\|]		\|]
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
	\|-		\|-
	\|391		\|391
	\|]		\|]
	\|]		\|]
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
	\|-		\|-
	\|}		\|}
Line 60:		Line 69:
	\| label1 = ] (8 terms)		\| label1 = ] (8 terms)
	\| label2 = ] (7 terms)		\| label2 = ] (7 terms)
	\| label3 = ] (1 ~~terms~~)		\| label3 = ] (1 term)
	\| label4 = ] (1 ~~terms~~)		\| label4 = ] (1 term)
	\| label5 = ] (1 ~~terms~~)		\| label5 = ] (1 term)
	\| value1 = 38.89		\| value1 = 44.44
	\| value2 = 44.44		\| value2 = 38.89
	\| value3 = 5.56		\| value3 = 5.56
	\| value4 = 5.56		\| value4 = 5.56
	\| value5 = 5.56		\| value5 = 5.56
	\| color1 = {{party color\|~~Indian~~ ~~National~~ ~~Congress~~}}		\| color1 = {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
	\| color2 = {{party color\|~~Bharatiya~~ ~~Janata~~ ~~Party~~}}		\| color2 = {{party color\|Indian National Congress}}
	\| color3 = {{party color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}		\| color3 = {{party color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
	\| color4 = {{party color\|Janata Party}}		\| color4 = {{party color\|Janata Party}}
	\| color5 = {{party color\|Janata Dal}}		\| color5 = {{party color\|Janata Dal}}
	\|caption = ] is the most successful political party in Varanasi ~~(Uttar Pradesh)~~ Lok Sabha elections.		\| caption = ] is the most successful political party in Varanasi Lok Sabha elections
	}}		}}
	<br>

	== Members of Parliament ==		== Members of Parliament ==
Line 149:		Line 157:
	===General election 2024===		===General election 2024===
	{{Election box begin \| title=]: ]<ref name="PM Narendra Modi wins from Varanasi for third consecutive term, victory margin lowest">{{cite news \|last1=The Hindu \|title=PM Narendra Modi wins from Varanasi for third consecutive term, victory margin lowest \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/election-results-2024-pm-narendra-modi-wins-from-varanasi-for-third-consecutive-term-victory-margin-lowest/article68251070.ece \|access-date=4 June 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604163752/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/election-results-2024-pm-narendra-modi-wins-from-varanasi-for-third-consecutive-term-victory-margin-lowest/article68251070.ece \|archive-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>}}		{{Election box begin \| title=]: ]<ref name="PM Narendra Modi wins from Varanasi for third consecutive term, victory margin lowest">{{cite news \|last1=The Hindu \|title=PM Narendra Modi wins from Varanasi for third consecutive term, victory margin lowest \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/election-results-2024-pm-narendra-modi-wins-from-varanasi-for-third-consecutive-term-victory-margin-lowest/article68251070.ece \|access-date=4 June 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604163752/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/election-results-2024-pm-narendra-modi-wins-from-varanasi-for-third-consecutive-term-victory-margin-lowest/article68251070.ece \|archive-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>}}
	{{Election box winning candidate with party link\|\|party=Bharatiya Janata Party\|candidate=]\|votes=~~6,12~~,970\|percentage=54.24\|change={{decrease}}9.38}}		{{Election box winning candidate with party link\|
			\|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
			\|candidate = ]
			\|votes = 612,970
			\|percentage = 54.24
			\|change = {{decrease}}9.38
			}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|\|party=Indian National Congress\|candidate=]\|votes=460,457\|percentage=40.74\|change={{increase}}26.36}}		{{Election box candidate with party link\|\|party=Indian National Congress\|candidate=]\|votes=460,457\|percentage=40.74\|change={{increase}}26.36}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|\|party=Bahujan Samaj Party\|candidate=Athar Jamal Lari\|votes=33,766\|percentage=2.99\|change=''New''}}		{{Election box candidate with party link\|\|party=Bahujan Samaj Party\|candidate=Athar Jamal Lari\|votes=33,766\|percentage=2.99\|change=''New''}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|\|party=~~None of the above~~\|candidate=]\|votes=8,~~938~~\|percentage=1.53\|change=~~{{increase}}0.37~~}}		{{Election box candidate with party link\|\|party=Independent\|candidate=Sanjay Kumar Tiwari\|votes=2,171\|percentage=0.19\|change=''New''}}
			{{Election box candidate with party link\|\|party=None of the above (India)\|candidate=]\|votes=8,938\|percentage=1.53\|change={{increase}}0.37}}
	{{Election box majority\|\|votes=152,513\|percentage=13.50\|change={{decrease}}31.72}}		{{Election box majority\|\|votes=152,513\|percentage=13.50\|change={{decrease}}31.72}}
	{{Election box turnout\|\|votes=1,130,143\|percentage=56.57\|change={{decrease}}0.56}}		{{Election box turnout\|\|votes=1,130,143\|percentage=56.57\|change={{decrease}}0.56}}
	{{Election box registered electors \|reg. electors = ~~{{formatnum:1997578}}~~ ~~\|ref=~~ }}		{{Election box registered electors
			\|reg. electors = 1,997,578
			\|ref =
			}}

	{{Election box hold with party link\|		{{Election box hold with party link\|
	\|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party		\|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
	\|loser = Indian National Congress		\|loser = Indian National Congress
	\|swing = {{decrease}}17.87		\|swing = {{decrease}}17.87
	}}		}}
	{{Election box end}}		{{Election box end}}

Latest revision as of 16:53, 3 January 2025

Constituency of the Indian parliament in Uttar Pradesh This article is about Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, one of 80 parliamentary constituencies in state of Uttar Pradesh. For others, see List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha.

Varanasi UP-77
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Rohaniya Varanasi North Varanasi South Varanasi Cantt. Sevapuri
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha

Incumbent Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Murli Manohar Joshi, BJP

Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh state in India. Narendra Modi has been elected thrice from this constituency to become the Prime Minister of India. His party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is the most successful in Varanasi, having won a total of 8 terms since the constituency was established in 1952.

Vidhan Sabha segments

No	Name	District	Member
387	Rohaniya	Varanasi	Sunil Patel	Apna Dal	Bharatiya Janata Party
388	Varanasi North		Ravindra Jaiswal	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
389	Varanasi South		Neelkanth Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
390	Varanasi Cantt.		Saurabh Srivastava	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
391	Sevapuri		Neel Ratan Singh Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP is the most successful political party in Varanasi Lok Sabha elections

BJP (8 terms) (44.44%) INC (7 terms) (38.89%) CPI(M) (1 term) (5.56%) JP (1 term) (5.56%) JD (1 term) (5.56%)

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952	Raghunath Singh	Indian National Congress
1952	Tribhuvan Narain Singh
1957	Raghunath Singh
1962	Raghunath Singh
1967	Satya Narain Singh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	Rajaram Shastri	Indian National Congress
1977	Chandra Shekhar	Janata Party
1980	Kamalapati Tripathi	Indian National Congress (I)
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
2009	Murli Manohar Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Narendra Modi
2019
2024

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narendra Modi	612,970	54.24	9.38
	INC	Ajay Rai	460,457	40.74	26.36
	BSP	Athar Jamal Lari	33,766	2.99	New
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar Tiwari	2,171	0.19	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,938	1.53	0.37
Majority			152,513	13.50	31.72
Turnout			1,130,143	56.57	0.56
Registered electors			1,997,578
	BJP hold		Swing	17.87

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2477.htm

(#): Joint candidate of SP and INC

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narendra Modi	674,664	63.62	7.25
	SP	Shalini Yadav	195,159	18.40	14.01
	INC	Ajay Rai	152,548	14.38	7.04
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,037	0.38	0.18
Majority			479,505	45.22	9.15
Turnout			1,060,829	57.13	1.22
Registered electors			1,856,868
	BJP hold		Swing	7.25

Joined Candidate From SP and BSP.

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narendra Modi	581,022	56.37	25.85
	AAP	Arvind Kejriwal	209,238	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
	AITC	Indira Tiwari	2,674	0.26	New
	NOTA	None of the above	2,051	0.20	New
Majority			371,784	36.07	33.49
Turnout			1,030,812	58.35	15.74
Registered electors			1,767,486
	BJP hold		Swing	25.85

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Murli Manohar Joshi	203,122	30.52	6.91
	BSP	Mukhtar Ansari	185,911	27.94	18.54
	SP	Ajay Rai	123,874	18.61	9.27
	INC	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			665,490	42.61	0.06
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	6.91

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajesh Kumar Mishra	206,904	32.68	7.20
	BJP	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal	149,468	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			633,077	42.55	3.53
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	8.77

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal	211,955	33.95	9.03
	INC	Rajesh Kumar Mishra	159,096	25.48	15.53
	AD	Niranjan Rajbhar	83,282	13.34	3.18
	SP	Salman Bashar	78,442	12.56	N/A
	BSP	Babu Lal Patel	75,059	12.02	3.64
Majority			52,859	8.47	15.09
Turnout			633,826	45.02	1.44
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal	277,232	42.98	0.36
	CPI(M)	Deena Nath Singh Yadav	125,286	19.42	7.30
	BSP	Dr. Awdhesh Singh	101,024	15.66	3.16
	AD	Rajdev Patel	65,529	10.16	5.40
	INC	Dr. Ratnakar Pandey	64,154	9.95	5.94
Majority			151,946	23.56	5.66
Turnout			645,044	46.46	6.86
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal	250,991	44.62	3.52
	CPI(M)	Raj Kishore	150,299	26.72	5.46
	BSP	Kamala Rajbhar	70,316	12.50	5.25
	AD	Rajdev Patel	26,797	4.76	New
	INC	Doodh Nath Chaturvedi	22,579	4.01	8.65
	AIIC(T)	Rudra Prasad Singh	7,615	1.35	New
Majority			100,692	17.90	8.98
Turnout			562,564	39.60	3.70
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shrish Chandra Dikshit	186,333	41.10	*N/A*
	CPI(M)	Raj Kishore	145,894	32.18	N/A
	INC	Lok Pati Tripathi	57,415	12.66	9.78
	BSP	Kashi Nath Yadav	32,861	7.25	0.32
	JP	Shiv Devnarain Roy	10,190	2.25	N/A
Majority			40,439	8.92	30.95
Turnout			453,402	43.30	1.97
	BJP gain from JD		Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Anil Shastri	268,196	62.31	*New*
	INC	Shyamlal Yadav	96,593	22.44	19.14
	BSP	Ganga Ram Gwal	32,574	7.57	N/A
	Independent	Ram Das	12,420	2.89	N/A
	DDP	Ram Murat	3,111	0.72	N/A
Majority			171,603	39.87	14.22
Turnout			430,403	41.33	13.61
	JD gain from INC		Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Varanasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shyamlal Yadav	153,076	41.58	−−−
	CPI(M)	Udal	58,646	15.93	−−−
	JP	Atahar Jamal Lari	50,329	13.67	−−−
	BJP	Om Prakash Singh	46,904	12.74	−−−
	Lokdal	Gauri Shankar	40,281	10.94	−−−
Majority			94,430	25.65
Turnout			368,112	54.94
	INC hold		Swing

References

"Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
"1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
"1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
The Hindu. "PM Narendra Modi wins from Varanasi for third consecutive term, victory margin lowest". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
"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.

Central Banaras District
Banaras East

Notes

External links

Varanasi Lok Sabha - Result University

Lok Sabha
Vacantsince 2004 (Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha)Title last held byLucknow	Constituency represented by the prime minister 2014-present	Incumbent

v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
Current	Agra Akbarpur Aligarh Ayodhya Ambedkar Nagar Amethi Amroha Aonla Azamgarh Badaun Baghpat Bahraich Ballia Banda Bansgaon Barabanki Bareilly Basti Bhadohi Bijnor Bulandshahr Chandauli Deoria Dhaurahra Domariyaganj Etah Etawah Farrukhabad Fatehpur Fatehpur Sikri Firozabad Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghaziabad Ghazipur Ghosi Gonda Gorakhpur Hamirpur Hardoi Hathras Jalaun Jaunpur Jhansi Kairana Kaiserganj Kannauj Kanpur Kaushambi Kheri Kushi Nagar Lalganj Lucknow Machhlishahr Maharajganj Mainpuri Mathura Meerut Mirzapur Misrikh Mohanlalganj Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Nagina Phulpur Pilibhit Pratapgarh Allahabad (Prayagraj) Rae Bareli Rampur Robertsganj Saharanpur Salempur Sambhal Sant Kabir Nagar Shahjahanpur Shravasti Sitapur Sultanpur Unnao Varanasi
Defunct	Balrampur Bilhaur Chail Dehradun Jalesar Ghatampur Hapur Khurja Padrauna Rasanehighat Saidpur Shahabad

v t e Varanasi division topics
General	Purvanchal Banaras Hindu University Varanasi Nagar Nigam
Mythology, history	2006 Varanasi bombings 2010 Varanasi bombing Jaunpur Sultanate
Districts	Chandauli Ghazipur Jaunpur Varanasi
Tehsils	Kerakat Jaunpur
Rivers, dams, lakes	Ganges Karmanasa Gomati
Transport	NH 2 Grand Trunk Road NH 29 NH 68 Howrah–Delhi main line Varanasi Junction railway station Jaunpur Junction Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Malviya Bridge Shahi Bridge, Jaunpur
Lok Sabha constituencies	Chandauli Ghazipur Jaunpur Machhlishahr Varanasi
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Kerakat Assembly constituency
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 district People from Varanasi
Other Divisions	Agra Aligarh Ayodhya Azamgarh Bareilly Basti Chitrakoot Devipatan Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Prayagraj Saharanpur

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

Categories: