Constituency
493. Varanasi
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2024
IN-VARANASI
BJP 54.2%won by 13.5%INC 40.7%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.2% to 13.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
11,30,143
Margin
1,52,513
13.50%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1NARENDRA MODIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,12,97054.2%
- 2AJAY RAIIndian National Congress · INC4,60,45740.7%
- 3ATHER JAMAL LARIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP33,7663.0%
- 4NOTANOTA · NOTA8,4780.8%
- 5KOLISETTY SHIVA KUMARYTP · YTP5,7500.5%
- 6GAGAN PRAKASH YADAVApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD3,6340.3%
- 7DINESH KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND2,9170.3%
- 8SANJAY KUMAR TIWARIIndependent · IND2,1710.2%
Since 2019
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −35.7%
- BJP share
- 63.6% → 54.2%
- INC share
- 14.4% → 40.7%
- Turnout
- 57.1% → —