Constituency
493. Varanasi
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-VARANASI
BJP 30.5%won by 2.6%BSP 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 2.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 23.6% to 30.5% of the vote here (+6.9%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
15,61,854
Turnout
42.6%
Valid votes
6,65,490
Margin
17,211
2.59%
Candidates
15 contested · winner BJP- 1DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,03,12230.5%
- 2MUKHTAR ANSARIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,85,91127.9%
- 3AJAY RAISamajwadi Party · SP1,23,87418.6%
- 4DR. RAJESH KUMAR MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC66,38610.0%
- 5VIJAY PRAKASH JAISWALApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD65,9129.9%
- 6SATYA PRAKASH SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND5,2790.8%
- 7NARENDRA NATH DUBEY ADIGIndependent · IND2,8260.4%
- 8RAJESH BHARTIIndependent · IND2,1160.3%
- 9PUSHP RAJ SAHUIndependent · IND1,8300.3%
- 10KISHUN LALIJP · IJP1,6270.2%
- 11AWADHESH KUMAR KUSHWAHARSMD · RSMD1,6070.2%
- 12ER. SHYAM LAL VISHWAKARMAMADP · MADP1,5820.2%
- 13ANAND KUMAR AMBASTHAIndependent · IND1,4540.2%
- 14PARVEZ QUADIR KHANIndependent · IND1,2430.2%
- 15USHA SINGHRAD · RAD7210.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–BSP swing
- −11.6%
- BJP share
- 23.6% → 30.5%
- BSP share
- 9.4% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- 42.5% → 42.6%