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 [ edit ] 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
3,65,519
388
Varanasi North None
Varanasi
3,87,164
389
Varanasi South None
Varanasi
2,90,968
390
Varanasi Cantt. None
Varanasi
4,09,794
391
Sevapuri None
Varanasi
3,13,042
Total:
17,66,487
Members of Parliament [ edit ] .
Election results [ edit ] General election 2014 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
General
Mythology, history
Districts
Rivers, dams, lakes
Languages, people
Transport
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See also
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Coordinates : 25°19′N 82°59′E / 25.32°N 82.99°E / 25.32; 82.99
