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	5,64,612
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

	Member	Party
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	581,022	56.37	+25.85
	AAP	Arvind Kejriwal	209,238	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			371,784	36.07	+33.49
Turnout			1,030,685	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	203,122	30.52	+6.91
	BSP	Mukhtar Ansari	185,911	27.94	+18.54
	SP	Ajai Rai	123,874	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			665,450	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	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
Majority			57,436	9.07	+0.60
Turnout			633,077
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	+2.03

General election 1999

Indian general election, 1999: Varanasi^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal	211,955	33.95
	INC	Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra	159,096	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			633,826	45.02
	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	Rajdeo 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

Notes

↑ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-43-Varanasi". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
↑ Parliamentary & Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of Electors in the Final Roll-2014
↑ "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 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

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

Languages, people	Bhojpuri Hindustani Khariboli Jaunpuri Standard Hindi Urdu

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 (Vidhan Sabha 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 People from Varanasi

Other Divisions	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Azamgarh Bareilly Basti Chitrakoot Devipatan Faizabad Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Saharanpur

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

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