VARANASI
Constituency no. 77 in Uttar Pradesh · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 1999
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
BJP
won 8 of 16
Margin, 1999
52,859
8.47% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
INCRajesh Kumar Mishra
- Votes
- 1,59,096
- Vote share
- 25.48%
- Behind by
- 52,859
Electors
14,07,844
Total votes polled
6,24,357
Valid votes
6,24,357
NOTA votes
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Turnout
44.4%
Full result, 1999
12 candidates · 6,24,357 valid votes
Shankar Prasad JaiswalBJPwon
2,11,955
34.0%
Rajesh Kumar MishraINC
1,59,096
25.5%
Niranjan RajbharAD
83,282
13.3%
Salman BasharSP
78,442
12.6%
Babu Lal PatelBSP
75,059
12.0%
Prof. Dipak MalikCPI
7,829
1.3%
RajpatPMSP
2,341
0.4%
Vijay Kumar Verma KushwahaSSD
1,980
0.3%
Rana Shah JaiswalABBP
1,634
0.3%
Anand KumarIND
1,253
0.2%
Uma Shankar SharmaAJBP
757
0.1%
Arvind Kumar TripathiSHS
729
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NARENDRA MODI | BJP | 6,12,970 | 54.24% | AJAY RAI | 1,52,513 |
| 2019 | NARENDRA MODI | BJP | 6,74,664 | 63.62% | SHALINI YADAV | 4,79,505 |
| 2014 | NARENDRA MODI | BJP | 5,81,022 | 56.37% | ARVIND KEJRIWAL | 3,71,784 |
| 2009 | DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI | BJP | 2,03,122 | 30.52% | MUKHTAR ANSARI | 17,211 |
| 2004 | DR. RAJESH KUMAR MISHRA | INC | 2,06,904 | 32.68% | SHANKAR PRASAD JAISWAL | 57,436 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the VARANASI constituency in 2024?
NARENDRA MODI (BJP) won VARANASI in 2024, by a margin of 1,52,513 votes.
Which party has won VARANASI the most times?
BJP, with 8 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has VARANASI gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2024.
Who has won VARANASI the most times?
NARENDRA MODI, with 3 wins between 2014 and 2024.
