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 | |
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 | ||
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 | 40,776 | 16.56 | |||
Turnout | 246,225 | 57.65 | |||
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 | 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 | 45,502 | 19.98 | |||
Turnout | 2,27,796 | 59.23 | |||
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 | 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.