Varanasi South (Assembly constituency)
Election results

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
-
BJP
Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari
92,560
51.76
-
-
INC
Rajesh Kumar Mishra
75,334
42.12
-
-
BSP
Rakesh Tripathi
5,922
3.31
-
-
IND.
Satish Kumar Agrahari
844
0.47
-
-
IND.
Rubi Fatma
799
0.45
-
-
NOTA
None of the Above
457
0.26
-
Majority
Majority
Majority
17,226
9.64
-
Turnout
Turnout
Turnout
1,78,837
63.58
-
-
BJP hold
BJP hold
Swing
-
-

Question: Who were the top two finishers in the election, what party did each candidate represent, and what was the difference in votes between the two?
Answer: Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari won in Legislative Elections by defeating Indian National Congress candidate Rajesh Mishra by a margin of 17,226 votes.