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Assembly constituency 388 · Uttar Pradesh

Varanasi North is assembly constituency number 388 in Uttar Pradesh, in Varanasi district, and one of the segments of the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Ravindra Jaiswal of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 54.6% of the vote, 40,776 votes ahead of Ashfaque (SP).

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Varanasi North · 2022AC 388
  1. 01
    Ravindra Jaiswal
    BJP
    1,34,471
    54.61%
  2. 02
    Ashfaque
    SP
    93,695
    38.05%
  3. 03
    Shyam Prakash
    BSP
    10,457
    4.25%
  4. 04
    Gulerana Sabassum
    INC
    3,102
    1.26%
  5. 05
    Harish Mishra
    AIMIM
    1,643
    0.67%
  6. 2 other candidates · 1,325 votesNOTA · 1,532 (0.62%)

Margin 40,776 votes · 16.56% of valid votes

4,27,134
Registered electors
2022 election
57.7%
Turnout
-1.5 pts vs 2017
40,776
Victory margin
16.6% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 7 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,46,225 valid votes, NOTA included.

Varanasi North 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ravindra JaiswalMale · 55 yrsBJP1,34,471
54.61%
2AshfaqueMale · 58 yrsSP93,695
38.05%
3Shyam PrakashMale · 50 yrsBSP10,457
4.25%
4Gulerana SabassumFemale · 46 yrsINC3,102
1.26%
5Harish MishraMale · 34 yrsAIMIM1,643
0.67%
—NOTANOTA1,532
0.62%
6Dr. Ashish Kumar JaiswalMale · 38 yrsAAP979
0.40%
7Asif IqbalMale · 32 yrsIndependent346
0.14%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 54.6%SP 38.0%BSP 4.3%INC 1.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Ravindra JaiswalBJP · 54.6% · margin 40,776Turnout57.7%
2017Ravindra JaiswalBJP · 51.0% · margin 45,502Turnout59.2%
2012Ravindra JaiswalBJP · 26.5% · margin 2,336Turnout52.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Varanasi North result 2017

Varanasi North 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ravindra JaiswalBJP1,16,017
50.95%
2Abdul Samad AnsariINC70,515
30.97%
3Sujeet Kumar MauryaBSP32,574
14.31%
4Sujeet Singh TeekaIndependent1,957
0.86%
—NOTANOTA1,115
0.49%
5Dr. Ashok Kumar SinghIndependent1,075
0.47%
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6Suvrat KoshikIndependent778
0.34%
7Vibya Kumar Alias Divya Kumar GuptaRLD768
0.34%
8Vinod Kumar YadavNJAP490
0.22%
9Amaan AkhtarCPI(ML)(L)407
0.18%
10Vishal MishraSAJPCS385
0.17%
11Vinod Kumar AgrahariRBCP370
0.16%
12Rajendra Kumar GuptRVMP277
0.12%
13Kundan PandeyMAJP267
0.12%
14KiranBHASP220
0.10%
15Narendra Nath Dubey AdigBHAKALP185
0.08%
16Narendra Bahadur SinghMAKM178
0.08%
17Ashutosh SinghNLIP117
0.05%

Varanasi North result 2012

Varanasi North 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ravindra JaiswalBJP47,980
26.49%
2Sujit Kumar MauryaBSP45,644
25.20%
3Abdul SamadSP37,434
20.67%
4Rabiya KalamINC31,029
17.13%
5Ravikant Singh Alias RaviQED4,709
2.60%
6Gyanendra Pratap Singh D.D.PECP3,877
2.14%
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7Harishchandra SrivastavaIJP1,491
0.82%
8S.P. SrivastavaTMC773
0.43%
9Nawab Achchhe Mirza Alias Jabbu HasanLPSP743
0.41%
10Subhash RajbharIndependent725
0.40%
11Udai Pratap VermaIndependent645
0.36%
12Anand Vijay SinghIndependent629
0.35%
13Vinay Kumar DubeyNCP574
0.32%
14Rajendra Prasad Sonkar Alias Kavi JiIndependent522
0.29%
15Anita SrivastavaIndependent495
0.27%
16Dr. Manjulata TripathiSM437
0.24%
17Arun KeshariRLM422
0.23%
18Mohd. IkramRUC369
0.20%
19Ramratan DeviJD(U)335
0.18%
20Om Prakash Singh Alias O.P. SinghIndependent315
0.17%
21Narendra Nath Dubey Adig AdvocateLD293
0.16%
22Arvind ChattanIndependent284
0.16%
23Jai Prakash GuptaIndependent276
0.15%
24K.K. UpadhayayIndependent261
0.14%
25Pramod Kumar SinghIndependent245
0.14%
26Anwarul Huq WarsiRKSP234
0.13%
27Israr AliPMSP204
0.11%
28Dinesh UpadhayayIndependent181
0.10%
Map

Varanasi North outlined in orange among the other Uttar Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Varanasi district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Varanasi North is one of the assembly segments of Varanasi. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Varanasi candidates.

  • Narendra ModiBJP1,31,241 54.9%
  • Ajay RaiINC1,01,731 42.5%
  • Ather Jamal LariBSP4,173 1.7%
  • Kolisetty Shiva KumarYGATLSIP867 0.4%
  • Gagan Prakash YadavAPNDLK381 0.2%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 29,510 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Varanasi North.

Who won the Varanasi North assembly seat in 2022?

Ravindra Jaiswal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Varanasi North in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 1,34,471 votes, which was 54.61% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Varanasi North?

The margin was 40,776 votes (16.56% of valid votes). The runner-up was Ashfaque of the Samajwadi Party with 93,695 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Varanasi North in 2022?

Turnout was 57.69%: 2,46,422 of 4,27,134 registered electors voted, across 439 polling stations. That is 1.5 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Varanasi North part of?

Varanasi North is an assembly segment of the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Narendra Modi got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Varanasi North a reserved constituency?

No. Varanasi North is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Varanasi North?

The Uttar Pradesh assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 and 2012 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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