# Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency

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 | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 387 | Rohaniya | Varanasi | Sunil Patel | Apna Dal (Soneylal) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 388 | Varanasi North | Varanasi | Ravindra Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 389 | Varanasi South | Varanasi | Neelkanth Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 390 | Varanasi Cantt. | Varanasi | Saurabh Srivastava | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 391 | Sevapuri | Varanasi | Neel Ratan Singh Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Raghunath Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1952 | Tribhuvan Narain 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 2019 | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### General election 2024

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2024 Indian general elections: Varanasi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ajay Rai | 15,60,457 | 40.74 | 26.36 |
| | Aam Admi Party | Athar Jamal Lari | 15,59,457 | 2.99 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 8,938 | 1.53 | 0.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32,00,000 | 13.50 | 31.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,130,143 | 56.57 | 0.56 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 35, 97,578 | | |
| | BJP hold | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Narendra Modi | 674,664 | 63.62 | 25.75 |
| | 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 | Majority | Majority | 479,505 | 45.22 | 9.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,060,829 | 57.13 | 1.22 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,856,868 | | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 25.75 | |
Joined Candidate From SP and BSP.

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Varanasi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Arvind Kejriwal | 20,09,238 | 10.30 | New |
| | INC | Ajay Rai | 75,614 | 3.34 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 871,784 | 78.07 | 75.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,730,812 | 58.35 | 15.74 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,767,486 | | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 58.85 | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Varanasi :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 17,211 | 2.58 | 6.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 665,490 | 42.61 | 0.06 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 6.91 | |

### General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Varanasi :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 57,436 | 9.07 | 0.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 633,077 | 42.55 | 3.53 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | 8.77 | |

### General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Varanasi :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 52,859 | 8.47 | 15.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 633,826 | 45.02 | 1.44 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Varanasi :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 151,946 | 23.56 | 5.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 645,044 | 46.46 | 6.86 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Varanasi :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 100,692 | 17.90 | 8.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 562,564 | 39.60 | 3.70 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Varanasi :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 40,439 | 8.92 | 30.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 453,402 | 43.30 | 1.97 |
| | BJP gain from JD | BJP gain from JD | Swing | | |

### General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Varanasi :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 171,603 | 39.87 | 14.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 430,403 | 41.33 | 13.61 |
| | JD gain from INC | JD gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Varanasi :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 94,430 | 25.65 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 368,112 | 54.94 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |