Varanasi North Assembly constituency

Varanasi North
Constituency No. 388 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictVaranasi
Total electors4,04,345 (2019)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Ravindra Jaiswal
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2022

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

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Varanasi North[3]
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.

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Varanasi North[4]
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

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Varanasi North
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

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Varanasi North
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
U. P. Legislative Assembly By Election, 2005: Varanasi North
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

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Varanasi North. Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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