Uttar Pradesh · PC 77

Varanasi

Name: Varanasi
Address: Uttar Pradesh, IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1996

← Lok Sabha General Election 1996 · Uttar Pradesh

1,420,576

Electors

562,564

Votes polled

39.60%

Turnout

100,692

Margin

Winner

Shankar Prasad Jaiswal

Male

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Alliance: —
Votes: 250,991
Vote share: 44.62%
Margin: 100,692

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Won Male	BJP	250,991	44.62%
2	Raj Kishore Male	CPM	150,299	26.72%
3	Kamala Rajbhar Male	BSP	70,316	12.50%
4	Rajdeo Patel Male	AD	26,797	4.76%
5	Doodh Nath Chaturvedi Male	INC	22,579	4.01%
6	Rudra Prasad Singh Male	AIIC(T)	7,615	1.35%
7	Ram Harkh Male	IND	4,230	0.75%
8	Chander Prakash Male	IND	2,629	0.47%
9	Gulab Sonkar Male	IND	2,031	0.36%
10	Mustari Female	IND	1,962	0.35%
11	Mangala Male	IND	1,607	0.29%
12	Santosh Male	IND	1,495	0.27%
13	Tiger Ashok Singh Male	SHS	1,327	0.24%
14	Krishna Nigam Female	IND	1,294	0.23%
15	Rakesh "nyayik" Male	IND	1,045	0.19%
16	Amar Nath Gupta Male	RMEP	1,012	0.18%
17	V.C.Rai Male	IND	979	0.17%
18	Raj Kumar Maurya Male	IND	944	0.17%
19	Anil Kumar Rai Male	IND	850	0.15%
20	Sukkhu Male	RPI	724	0.13%
21	Madina Begam Female	IND	664	0.12%
22	Kamala Prasad Bind Male	PMSP	643	0.11%
23	Gopal Rai Male	IND	633	0.11%
24	Thufif Male	IDP	624	0.11%
25	Shambhoo Nath Male	PSSS	622	0.11%
26	Quadir Jamal Male	IND	604	0.11%
27	Ashok Male	IND	586	0.10%
28	Akash Yadava Male	IND	583	0.10%
29	Uma Shankar Male	IND	524	0.09%
30	Ballu Ram Male	IND	518	0.09%
31	Raj Kumar Male	IND	503	0.09%
32	Vijay Narain Male	IND	463	0.08%
33	Krishna Nand Male	IND	460	0.08%
34	Anil Sarawagi Male	IND	448	0.08%
35	Om Prakash S/o Late Shankar Male	IND	408	0.07%
36	Harihar	IND	386	0.07%
37	Durga Dutt Shukla @ Krishna Maharaj Male	IND	384	0.07%
38	Rambali Male	IND	373	0.07%
39	Amar Nath Singh Male	IND	340	0.06%
40	Abhijit Das Male	IND	337	0.06%
41	Atul Mehra Male	IND	315	0.06%
42	Ramchandar Male	IND	315	0.06%
43	Ram Vikash Male	IND	281	0.05%
44	Ram Murat Male	IND	258	0.05%
45	Om Prkash S/o Shiva Shankar Male	IND	230	0.04%
46	Alok Male	IND	179	0.03%
47	Namwar Shastri Vyas Male	ABRRP	157	0.03%

Party Wise Vote Share

Overall vote % (Pie)

Voter Participation by Gender

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Varanasi Constituency Results by Year

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2024	Narendra Modi Male BJP	54.16%	Ajay Rai Male INC	40.68%
2019	Narendra Modi Male BJP	63.60%	Shalini Yadav Female SP	18.40%
2014	Narendra Modi Male BJP	56.37%	Arvind Kejriwal Male AAAP	20.30%
2009	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi BJP	30.52%	Mukhtar Ansari BSP	27.94%
2004	Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra INC	32.68%	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Male BJP	23.61%
1999	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Male BJP	33.95%	Rajesh Kumar Mishra Male INC	25.48%
1998	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Male BJP	42.98%	Deena Nath Singh Yadav Male CPM	19.42%
1996	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Male BJP	44.62%	Raj Kishore Male CPM	26.72%
1991	Sheesh Chandra Dixit Male BJP	41.10%	Raj Kishore Male CPM	32.18%
1989	Anil Shastri Male JD	62.31%	Shyam Lal Yadav Male INC	22.44%
1984	Shyam Lal Yadava Male INC	41.58%	Udal Male CPI	15.93%
1980	Kamalapati Male INC(I)	36.91%	Raj Narain Male JNP(S)	29.84%
1977	Chandra Shekher Male BLD	66.22%	Raja Ram Male INC	17.42%
1971	Raja Ram Shastri Male INC	46.97%	Kamla Prasad Singh Male BJS	17.92%
1967	S. N. Singh Male CPM	37.55%	R. Singh Male INC	31.10%
1962	Raghunath Singh INC	40.00%	Raghuvira Male JS	22.46%
1957	Raghunath Singh INC	54.39%	Sheomangal Ram IND	24.55%