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Assembly constituency 389 · Uttar Pradesh

Varanasi South is assembly constituency number 389 in Uttar Pradesh, in Varanasi district, and one of the segments of the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 50.9% of the vote, 10,722 votes ahead of Kameshwar Alias Kishan Dixit (SP).

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Varanasi South · 2022AC 389
  1. 01
    Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari
    BJP
    99,622
    50.88%
  2. 02
    Kameshwar Alias Kishan Dixit
    SP
    88,900
    45.41%
  3. 03
    Mudita Kapoor
    INC
    2,166
    1.11%
  4. 04
    Dinesh Kasaudhan
    BSP
    1,855
    0.95%
  5. 05
    Ajeet Singh
    AAP
    922
    0.47%
  6. 6 other candidates · 1,379 votesNOTA · 938 (0.48%)

Margin 10,722 votes · 5.48% of valid votes

3,23,551
Registered electors
2022 election
60.5%
Turnout
-3.0 pts vs 2017
10,722
Victory margin
5.5% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,95,782 valid votes, NOTA included.

Varanasi South 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr. Neelkanth TiwariMale · 50 yrsBJP99,622
50.88%
2Kameshwar Alias Kishan DixitMale · 40 yrsSP88,900
45.41%
3Mudita KapoorFemale · 46 yrsINC2,166
1.11%
4Dinesh KasaudhanMale · 47 yrsBSP1,855
0.95%
—NOTANOTA938
0.48%
5Ajeet SinghMale · 38 yrsAAP922
0.47%
6Parvez Quadir KhanMale · 51 yrsAIMIM590
0.30%
7Subhash Chandra ChaurasiyaMale · 49 yrsRTBGP265
0.14%
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8ReyazuddhinMale · 47 yrsIndependent163
0.08%
9Shiv Prasad GuptaMale · 50 yrsRTORP149
0.08%
10Virendra Kumar GuptaMale · 46 yrsASPKR109
0.06%
11Arpan PathakMale · 28 yrsLJPRV103
0.05%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 50.9%SP 45.4%INC 1.1%BSP 0.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Dr. Neelkanth TiwariBJP · 50.9% · margin 10,722Turnout60.5%
2017Dr. Neelkanth TiwariBJP · 51.8% · margin 17,226Turnout63.6%
2012Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (dada)BJP · 38.2% · margin 13,822Turnout55.5%

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

Varanasi South result 2017

Varanasi South 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr. Neelkanth TiwariBJP92,560
51.76%
2Rajesh MishraINC75,334
42.12%
3Rakesh TripathiBSP5,922
3.31%
4Satish Kumar AgrahariIndependent844
0.47%
5Rubi FatmaIndependent799
0.45%
6Shivnath YadavCPI(M)740
0.41%
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7Mu. Musa AnsariIndependent464
0.26%
—NOTANOTA457
0.26%
8Ritika RaniRKSP319
0.18%
9Haji Haris Maouz RajbeePECP259
0.14%
10Royal Ajeet SinghIndependent225
0.13%
11Vimlesh Kumar SharmaMADP196
0.11%
12Parvez Quadir KhanIndependent188
0.11%
13Abhishek Kumar SinghJANADIP127
0.07%
14Kishan SethIndependent120
0.07%
15Priya AgrawalMAJP106
0.06%
16Narendra Nath Dubey AdigBHAKALP91
0.05%
17ImranVIP86
0.05%

Varanasi South result 2012

Varanasi South 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (dada)BJP57,868
38.22%
2Dr. Dayashankar MishraINC44,046
29.09%
3Atahar Jamal LariQED20,454
13.51%
4Md. Istaqbal "babu"SP14,642
9.67%
5Kaisar Ameen AnsariBSP8,841
5.84%
6Niyaj Ali ManjuRLM1,263
0.83%
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7SabirIndependent1,209
0.80%
8Comred NijamuddinCPI993
0.66%
9Haji Margub AhamadRUC727
0.48%
10Vinod Kumar SethIndependent549
0.36%
11Dinanath Dev VanshiMaJP437
0.29%
12Kumar SaurabhPMSP371
0.25%
Map

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

  • Narendra ModiBJP97,878 53.9%
  • Ajay RaiINC81,732 45.0%
  • Ather Jamal LariBSP1,032 0.6%
  • Gagan Prakash YadavAPNDLK390 0.2%
  • Kolisetty Shiva KumarYGATLSIP388 0.2%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 16,146 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Varanasi South assembly seat in 2022?

Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Varanasi South in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 99,622 votes, which was 50.88% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Varanasi South?

The margin was 10,722 votes (5.48% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kameshwar Alias Kishan Dixit of the Samajwadi Party with 88,900 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Varanasi South in 2022?

Turnout was 60.54%: 1,95,869 of 3,23,551 registered electors voted, across 345 polling stations. That is 3.0 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Varanasi South part of?

Varanasi South 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 South a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Varanasi South?

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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