Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi : वाराणसी लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र ) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh , a state in northern India . The city, one of the most ancient and holy places in Hinduism, is also known by the names Banaras and Kashi.
Vidhan Sabha Segments
Constituency number
Name
Reserved for (SC /ST /None)
District
Number of electorates (2019)
Party
MLA
387
Rohaniya
None
Varanasi
3,91,609
Bharatiya Janata Party
Surendra Narayan Singh
388
Varanasi North
None
Varanasi
4,04,345
Bharatiya Janata Party
Ravindra Jaiswal
389
Varanasi South
None
Varanasi
2,96,592
Bharatiya Janata Party
Neelkanth Tiwari
390
Varanasi Cantt.
None
Varanasi
4,32,293
Bharatiya Janata Party
Saurabh Srivastava
391
Sevapuri
None
Varanasi
3,31,952
Apna Dal (Sonelal)
Neel Ratan Singh Patel
Total:
18,56,791
Members of Lok Sabha
Election Results
Vote share of Winning candidates
2019
63.62%
2014
56.37%
2009
30.52%
2004
32.68%
1999
33.95%
1998
42.98%
1996
44.62%
1991
41.10%
1989
62.31%
General election 2019
2019 Indian general elections :
Varanasi
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BJP
Narendra Modi
6,74,664
63.62
+7.25
SP
Shalini Yadav
1,95,159
18.40
-4.53
INC
Ajay Rai
1,52,548
14.38
+7.04
NOTA
None of the Above
4,037
0.38
+0.18
Majority
4,79,505
45.22
+9.15
Turnout
10,60,829
57.13
-1.22
BJP hold
Swing
+5.89
General election 2014
2014 Indian general elections : Varanasi
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BJP
Narendra Modi
5,81,022
56.37
+25.85
AAP
Arvind Kejriwal
2,09,238
20.30
New
INC
Ajay Rai
75,614
7.34
-2.64
BSP
Vijay Prakash Jaiswal
60,579
5.88
-22.06
SP
Kailash Chaurasiya
45,291
4.39
-14.22
NOTA
None of the above
2,051
0.20
New
Majority
3,71,784
36.07
+33.49
Turnout
10,30,812
58.35
+15.74
BJP hold
Swing
+25.85
General election 2009
2009 Indian general elections : Varanasi [3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BJP
Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
2,03,122
30.52
+6.91
BSP
Mukhtar Ansari
1,85,911
27.94
+18.54
SP
Ajay Rai
1,23,874
18.61
+9.27
INC
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra
66,386
9.98
-22.70
AD
Vijay Prakash Jaiswal
65,912
9.90
-4.83
Majority
17,211
2.58
-6.49
Turnout
6,65,490
42.61
+0.06
BJP gain from INC
Swing
+6.91
General election 2004
2004 Indian general election : Varanasi [4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
INC
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra
2,06,904
32.68
+7.20
BJP
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
1,49,468
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
57,436
9.07
+0.60
Turnout
6,33,077
42.55
-3.53
INC gain from BJP
Swing
+8.77
General election 1999
1999 Indian general election : Varanasi [5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BJP
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
2,11,955
33.95
INC
Rajesh Kumar Mishra
1,59,096
25.48
AD
Niranjan Rajbhar
83,282
13.34
SP
Salman Bashar
78,442
12.56
BSP
Babu Lal Patel
75,059
12.02
Majority
52,859
8.47
Turnout
6,33,826
45.02
BJP hold
Swing
General election 1998
1998 Indian general election : Varanasi
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BJP
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
2,77,232
42.98
CPI (M)
Deena Nath Singh Yadav
1,25,286
19.42
BSP
Dr. Awdhesh Singh
1,01,024
15.66
AD
Rajdev Patel
65,529
10.16
INC
Dr. Ratnakar Pandey
64,154
9.95
Majority
1,51,946
23.56
Turnout
6,45,044
46.46
BJP hold
Swing
General election 1996
1996 Indian general election : Varanasi
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BJP
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
2,50,991
44.62
CPI (M)
Raj Kishore
1,50,299
26.72
BSP
Kamala Rajbhar
70,316
12.50
AD
Rajdev Patel
26,797
4.76
INC
Doodh Nath Chaturvedi
22,579
4.01
AIIC(T)
Rudra Prasad Singh
7,615
1.35
Majority
1,00,692
17.90
Turnout
5,62,564
39.60
BJP hold
Swing
General election 1991
1991 Indian general election : Varanasi
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
BJP
Shrish Chandra Dikshit
1,86,333
41.10
CPI (M)
Raj Kishore
1,45,894
32.18
INC
Lok Pati Tripathi
57,415
12.66
BSP
Kashi Nath Yadav
32,861
7.25
JP
Shiv Devnarain Roy
10,190
2.25
Majority
40,439
8.92
Turnout
4,53,402
43.30
BJP gain from JD
Swing
General election 1989
1989 Indian general election : Varanasi
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
JD
Anil Shastri
2,68,196
62.31
INC
Shyamlal Yadav
96,593
22.44
BSP
Ganga Ram Gwal
32,574
7.57
Independent
Ram Das
12,420
2.89
DDP
Ram Murat
3,111
0.72
Majority
1,71,603
39.87
Turnout
4,30,403
41.33
JD gain from INC
Swing
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Lok Sabha
Vacant since 2004 (Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha)
Title last held by
Lucknow
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 2014-present
Incumbent
Coordinates : 25°19′N 82°59′E / 25.32°N 82.99°E / 25.32; 82.99