# Varanasi North Assembly constituency

Varanasi North is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Varanasi North in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Varanasi North is one of five assembly constituencies in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency has been numbered 388 amongst 403 constituencies.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Sheikh Abdul Samad | Indian National Congress |
| 1952 | Lal Bahadur Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Sheikh Abdul Samad | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Vishwanath Prasad | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1967 | Vishwanath Prasad | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1969 | Shankar Prasad Jaiswal | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1974 | Shafiur Rahman Ansari | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Mushtaq Ahmad | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Shafiur Rahman Ansari | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Shafiur Rahman Ansari | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Amarnath Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1991 | Amarnath Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Amarnath Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party |
| 2002 | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party |
| 2005^ | Rabiya Begum | Samajwadi Party |
| 2007 | Abdul Samad Ansari | Samajwadi Party |
| 2012 | Ravindra Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2017 | Ravindra Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Ravindra Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Varanasi North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Ravindra Jaiswal | 134,471 | 54.61 |
| | SP | Ashfaque Ahmed | 93,695 | 38.05 |
| | BSP | Shyam Prakash | 10,457 | 4.25 |
| | INC | Gulerana Sabassum | 3,102 | 1.26 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,532 | 0.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 40,776 | 16.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 246,225 | 57.65 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Ravindra Jaiswal won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Indian National Congress candidate Abdul Samad Ansari by a margin of 45,502 votes.
2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Varanasi North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Ravindra Jaiswal | 1,16,017 | 50.95 |
| | INC | Abdul Samad Ansari | 70,515 | 30.97 |
| | BSP | Sujeet Kumar Maurya | 32,574 | 14.30 |
| | Independent | Sujeet Singh Teeka | 1,957 | 0.86 |
| | Independent | Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh | 1,075 | 0.47 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,115 | 0.49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45,502 | 19.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,27,796 | 59.23 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2012

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Varanasi North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Ravindra Jaiswal | 47,980 | 26.49 |
| | BSP | Sujeet Kumar Maurya | 45,644 | 25.20 |
| | SP | Abdul Samad Ansari | 37,434 | 20.67 |
| | INC | Rabiya Kalam | 31,029 | 17.13 |
| | QED | Ravikant Singh | 4,709 | 2.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,336 | 1.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,81,126 | 52.24 |
| | BJP gain from SP | BJP gain from SP | Swing | |

### 2007

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Varanasi North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | Haji Abdul Samad Ansari | 26,544 | 29.85 |
| | BJP | Dr. Shivnath Yadav | 24,345 | 27.37 |
| | Independent | Rabiya Kalam | 17,652 | 19.85 |
| | BSP | Vijay Prakash Gupta | 7,349 | 8.26 |
| | INC | Sheikh Mohammad Shamim | 4,068 | 4.57 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,199 | 2.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,919 | 31.86 |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | |
U. P. Legislative Assembly By Election, 2005: Varanasi North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | Rabiya Kalam | 48,862 | 51.43 |
| | BJP | Ravindra Jaiswal | 32,864 | 34.59 |
| | INC | Dr. Wakil Ahmed Ansari | 9,207 | 9.69 |
| | BSP | Kunwar Pramod Singh | 1,953 | 2.05 |
| | AD | Mohammad Rafique Ansari | 588 | 0.61 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,998 | 16.84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,005 | 32.80 |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | |