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| 2 | Varanasi South (Assembly constituency) - Election results |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | - | BJP | Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari | 92,560 | 51.76 | - |
| 5 | - | INC | Rajesh Kumar Mishra | 75,334 | 42.12 | - |
| 6 | - | BSP | Rakesh Tripathi | 5,922 | 3.31 | - |
| 7 | - | IND. | Satish Kumar Agrahari | 844 | 0.47 | - |
| 8 | - | IND. | Rubi Fatma | 799 | 0.45 | - |
| 9 | - | NOTA | None of the Above | 457 | 0.26 | - |
| 10 | Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,226 | 9.64 | - |
| 11 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,78,837 | 63.58 | - |
| 12 | - | 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.