Varanasi North Assembly constituency
| Varanasi North | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 388 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Varanasi |
| Total electors | 4,04,345 (2019) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
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.[1]
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[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Sheikh Abdul Samad | Indian National Congress | |
| Lal Bahadur Singh | |||
| 1957 | Sheikh Abdul Samad | ||
| 1962 | Vishwanath Prasad | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Shankar Prasad Jaiswal | ||
| 1974 | Shafiur Rahman Ansari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Mushtaq Ahmad | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Shafiur Rahman Ansari | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Amarnath Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1996 | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2002 | |||
| 2005^ | Rabiya Begum | ||
| 2007 | Abdul Samad Ansari | ||
| 2012 | Ravindra Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ravindra Jaiswal | 134,471 | 54.61 | +3.66 | |
| SP | Ashfaque Ahmed | 93,695 | 38.05 | ||
| BSP | Shyam Prakash | 10,457 | 4.25 | −10.06 | |
| INC | Gulerana Sabassum | 3,102 | 1.26 | −29.71 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,532 | 0.62 | +0.13 | |
| Majority | 40,776 | 16.56 | −3.42 | ||
| Turnout | 246,225 | 57.65 | −1.55 | ||
| 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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ravindra Jaiswal | 116,017 | 50.95 | ||
| INC | Abdul Samad Ansari | 70,515 | 30.97 | ||
| BSP | Sujeet Kumar Maurya | 32,574 | 14.31 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,115 | 0.49 | ||
| Majority | 45,502 | 19.98 | |||
| Turnout | 227,695 | 59.2 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2012
| 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 | 2,336 | 1.29 | |||
| Turnout | 1,81,126 | 52.24 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
2007
| 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 | 2,199 | 2.48 | |||
| Turnout | 88,919 | 31.86 | |||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
| 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(K) | Mohammad Rafique Ansari | 588 | 0.61 | ||
| Majority | 15,998 | 16.84 | |||
| Turnout | 95,005 | 32.80 | |||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Varanasi North. Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
External links
- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.