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Varanasi

Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Bharatiya Janata Party has won it 4 times in a row, holding it since 2009. It has not changed hands since 2009.

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Results, 2009–2024

YearWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
2024Narendra ModiBharatiya Janata Party (NDA), 6,12,970 votesAjay RaiIndian National Congress, 4,60,457 votes1,52,51313.6%56.6%
2019Narendra ModiBharatiya Janata Party (NDA), 6,74,664 votesShalini YadavSamajwadi Party, 1,95,159 votes4,79,50545.4%57.1%
2014Narendra ModiBharatiya Janata Party (NDA), 5,81,022 votesArvind KejriwalAam Aadmi Party, 2,09,238 votes3,71,78436.1%58.4%
2009Dr. Murli Manohar JoshiBharatiya Janata Party (NDA), 2,03,122 votesMukhtar AnsariBahujan Samaj Party, 1,85,911 votes17,2112.6%42.6%

Source: Election Commission of India statistical reports (2009–2019 via the India Data Portal). Seat names follow the current ECI spelling.

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