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Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Narendra Modi (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 479,505 votes over Shalini Yadav. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Raghunath Singh Indian National Congress 131,087 54.4% Sheomangal Ram (Independent) 71,926 (29.8 pts)
1962 Raghunath Singh Indian National Congress 104,682 40.0% Raghuvira (Jharkhand Party) 45,907 (17.5 pts)
1967 S. N. Singh CPI (Marxist) 105,784 37.5% R. Singh (Indian National Congress) 18,167 (6.5 pts)
1971 Raja Ram Shastri Indian National Congress 138,789 47.0% Kamla Prasad Singh (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 85,848 (29.0 pts)
1977 Chandra Shekher Bharatiya Lok Dal 233,194 66.2% Raja Ram (Indian National Congress) 171,854 (48.8 pts)
1980 Kamalapati Congress (I) 129,063 36.9% Raj Narain (Janata Party (Secular)) 24,735 (7.1 pts)
1984 Shyam Lal Yadava Indian National Congress 153,076 41.6% Udal (Communist Party of India) 94,430 (25.7 pts)
1989 Anil Shastri Janata Dal 268,196 62.3% Shyam Lal Yadav (Indian National Congress) 171,603 (39.9 pts)
1991 Sheesh Chandra Dixit Bharatiya Janata Party 186,333 41.1% Raj Kishore (CPI (Marxist)) 40,439 (8.9 pts)
1996 Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 250,991 44.6% Raj Kishore (CPI (Marxist)) 100,692 (17.9 pts)
1998 Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 277,232 43.0% Deena Nath Singh Yadav (CPI (Marxist)) 151,946 (23.6 pts)
1999 Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 211,955 33.9% Rajesh Kumar Mishra (Indian National Congress) 52,859 (8.5 pts)
2004 Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress 206,904 32.7% Shankar Prasad Jaiswal (Bharatiya Janata Party) 57,436 (9.1 pts)
2009 Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 203,122 30.5% Mukhtar Ansari (Bahujan Samaj Party) 17,211 (2.6 pts)
2014 Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party 581,022 56.4% Arvind Kejriwal (Aam Aadmi Party) 371,784 (36.1 pts)
2019 Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party 674,664 63.9% Shalini Yadav (Samajwadi Party) 479,505 (45.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raghunath Singh Indian National Congress 131,087 54.4%
Sheomangal Ram Independent 59,161 24.5%
B. L. Atreya Bharatiya Jana Sangh 28,829 12.0%
Vishwa Nath Singh RRP 21,920 9.1%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raghunath Singh Indian National Congress 104,682 40.0%
Raghuvira Jharkhand Party 58,775 22.5%
Satya Narain Singh Communist Party of India 58,285 22.3%
Lalta Prasad Socialist Party 31,637 12.1%
Kanhaiya Lal Gupta Independent 4,816 1.8%
Bal Chand RRP 3,522 1.3%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. N. Singh CPI (Marxist) 105,784 37.5%
R. Singh Indian National Congress 87,617 31.1%
V. Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 77,078 27.4%
S. Mangal Independent 6,195 2.2%
P. Chaubey Independent 5,071 1.8%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raja Ram Shastri Indian National Congress 138,789 47.0%
Kamla Prasad Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 52,941 17.9%
Rustam Satin Communist Party of India 48,892 16.5%
Lok Nath BKD 26,192 8.9%
Satya Narayan Singh CPI (Marxist) 6,477 2.2%
Raghu Nath Singh Congress (O) 5,826 2.0%
Panna Lal Independent 3,550 1.2%
Kedar Independent 3,405 1.2%
Nagendra Singh Independent 3,166 1.1%
Krishna Kant Srivastava RPK 2,140 0.7%
Kamaruddin Independent 1,853 0.6%
Damoder Singh Independent 974 0.3%
Vijaikrishna Independent 709 0.2%
Jai Narain Upadhya Independent 598 0.2%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chandra Shekher Bharatiya Lok Dal 233,194 66.2%
Raja Ram Indian National Congress 61,340 17.4%
Udal Communist Party of India 39,013 11.1%
Ram Lakhan Independent 7,854 2.2%
Shambhu Independent 2,652 0.8%
Lakshman Chaitanya Brahmachari RRP 2,280 0.6%
Balram Independent 1,876 0.5%
Girijashanker Singh Independent 1,132 0.3%
Mahanth Sri Krishna Giri Independent 1,030 0.3%
Kishori Lal Independent 955 0.3%
Shiv Nath Independent 847 0.2%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamalapati Congress (I) 129,063 36.9%
Raj Narain Janata Party (Secular) 104,328 29.8%
Om Prakash Janata Party 82,293 23.5%
Jagdish Chandra Purve Independent 7,827 2.2%
Niyaj Uddin RPK 3,554 1.0%
Nand Lal Singh Kashyap Independent 3,016 0.9%
Ram Narain Independent 2,528 0.7%
Karuna Nidhan Roy Independent 2,404 0.7%
Ram Kailash Singh Bhaduriya Independent 2,184 0.6%
Girija Shanker Singh Independent 1,760 0.5%
Ahmad Hasan Independent 1,726 0.5%
Vijay Narin Misra Independent 1,440 0.4%
Nand Lal Independent 1,111 0.3%
Kamal Prakash Srivastava Independent 1,104 0.3%
Miltan Charan Independent 992 0.3%
Ramji Independent 976 0.3%
Ram Lakhan Gupta Independent 871 0.2%
Lalji Independent 779 0.2%
Ram Bali Misra Vyas RRP 758 0.2%
Shambhu Nath Misra Independent 379 0.1%
Baij Nath Gupta Jaiswal Independent 295 0.1%
Panna Lal Jaiswal Independent 248 0.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shyam Lal Yadava Indian National Congress 153,076 41.6%
Udal Communist Party of India 58,646 15.9%
Atahar Jamal Lari Janata Party 50,329 13.7%
Om Prakash Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 46,904 12.7%
Gauri Shankar LKD 40,281 10.9%
Banarsi Independent 2,617 0.7%
Pramod Chand Independent 2,100 0.6%
Ram Murat DDP 2,097 0.6%
Gaja Nand Independent 1,756 0.5%
Surendra Pathak Independent 1,655 0.4%
Dilip Kumar Independent 1,355 0.4%
Gyan Das Independent 1,336 0.4%
Chandi Prasad Mishra Alias Chandi Guru Independent 1,283 0.3%
Ramji Divedi Pankaj Independent 1,044 0.3%
Vijai Kumar Shrivastava Independent 1,003 0.3%
Rana Sangram Independent 842 0.2%
Shiva Charan Independent 804 0.2%
Shatrughan Independent 753 0.2%
Mohan Swarup Independent 231 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anil Shastri Janata Dal 268,196 62.3%
Shyam Lal Yadav Indian National Congress 96,593 22.4%
Ganga Ram "Gwal" Bahujan Samaj Party 32,574 7.6%
Ram Das Independent 12,420 2.9%
Ram Murat DDP 3,111 0.7%
Nanhe Independent 2,461 0.6%
Ram Bali Hisra Byas RRP 2,103 0.5%
Raj Nath Pandey LKD (B) 2,077 0.5%
Amar Nath Gupta Independent 2,042 0.5%
Gaja Nand Das Independent 1,822 0.4%
Mohan Swaroop Verma SOP 1,522 0.4%
Indrajeet Independent 1,298 0.3%
Pramod Kumar Pandey Independent 1,021 0.2%
Krishna Kumar Tiwari Independent 840 0.2%
Ratan Chandra Verma Independent 692 0.2%
V. T. R. Veerappa Gounder Independent 617 0.1%
Rama Shanker Naruang Shah Independent 582 0.1%
Paras Nath Independent 432 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sheesh Chandra Dixit Bharatiya Janata Party 186,333 41.1%
Raj Kishore CPI (Marxist) 145,894 32.2%
Lok Pati Tripathi Indian National Congress 57,415 12.7%
Kashi Nath Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party 32,861 7.2%
Shiv Devnarain Roy Janata Party 10,190 2.2%
Bhai Ram Independent 2,657 0.6%
Mohan Swarup Verma Independent 2,624 0.6%
Ram Haran Independent 2,590 0.6%
Gulab Independent 2,259 0.5%
Vinod Independent 1,683 0.4%
Rajnath LKD 1,322 0.3%
Pushkar Naraiyan Independent 1,301 0.3%
Kishun Independent 1,095 0.2%
Ram Murat DDP 912 0.2%
Rambali Mishra Vyas Independent 763 0.2%
Mohan Lal Tiwari Independent 588 0.1%
Ram Nihore Independent 565 0.1%
Aslam Alias Machhanni Independent 532 0.1%
Amar Nath Gupta Independent 434 0.1%
Uttam Kumar Kediya UPRP 388 0.1%
Ram Prakash Parashar Independent 342 0.1%
Bhabani Shankar Independent 324 0.1%
Ramesh Chandra Kushwaha Independent 166 0.0%
Ramashankar Independent 164 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 250,991 44.6%
Raj Kishore CPI (Marxist) 150,299 26.7%
Kamala Rajbhar Bahujan Samaj Party 70,316 12.5%
Rajdeo Patel AD 26,797 4.8%
Doodh Nath Chaturvedi Indian National Congress 22,579 4.0%
Rudra Prasad Singh AIIC(T) 7,615 1.4%
Ram Harkh Independent 4,230 0.8%
Chander Prakash Independent 2,629 0.5%
Gulab Sonkar Independent 2,031 0.4%
Mustari Independent 1,962 0.3%
Mangala Independent 1,607 0.3%
Santosh Independent 1,495 0.3%
Tiger Ashok Singh Shiv Sena 1,327 0.2%
Krishna Nigam Independent 1,294 0.2%
Rakesh "Nyayik" Independent 1,045 0.2%
Amar Nath Gupta RMEP 1,012 0.2%
V.C.Rai Independent 979 0.2%
Raj Kumar Maurya Independent 944 0.2%
Anil Kumar Rai Independent 850 0.2%
Sukkhu RPI 724 0.1%
Madina Begam Independent 664 0.1%
Kamala Prasad Bind PMSP 643 0.1%
Gopal Rai Independent 633 0.1%
Thufif IDP 624 0.1%
Shambhoo Nath PSSS 622 0.1%
Quadir Jamal Independent 604 0.1%
Ashok Independent 586 0.1%
Akash Yadava Independent 583 0.1%
Uma Shankar Independent 524 0.1%
Ballu Ram Independent 518 0.1%
Raj Kumar Independent 503 0.1%
Vijay Narain Independent 463 0.1%
Krishna Nand Independent 460 0.1%
Anil Sarawagi Independent 448 0.1%
Om Prakash S/O Late Shankar Independent 408 0.1%
Harihar Independent 386 0.1%
Durga Dutt Shukla @ Krishna Maharaj Independent 384 0.1%
Rambali Independent 373 0.1%
Amar Nath Singh Independent 340 0.1%
Abhijit Das Independent 337 0.1%
Atul Mehra Independent 315 0.1%
Ramchandar Independent 315 0.1%
Ram Vikash Independent 281 0.0%
Ram Murat Independent 258 0.0%
Om Prkash S/O Shiva Shankar Independent 230 0.0%
Alok Independent 179 0.0%
Namwar Shastri Vyas ABRRP 157 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 277,232 43.0%
Deena Nath Singh Yadav CPI (Marxist) 125,286 19.4%
Dr. Awdhesh Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 101,024 15.7%
Rajdev Patel AD 65,529 10.2%
Dr. Ratnakar Pandey Indian National Congress 64,154 9.9%
Aslam Ansari Independent 3,672 0.6%
Munna Independent 1,942 0.3%
Dr. Moin Ahamad Ansari Independent 1,673 0.3%
Panna Lal Sonkar Independent 1,134 0.2%
Shambhu Nath Independent 974 0.2%
Raj Kumar Sharma Independent 971 0.2%
Rana Shah Jayasawal Independent 832 0.1%
Gopal Krishna Mishra (Raju Mishra) Independent 621 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 211,955 33.9%
Rajesh Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress 159,096 25.5%
Niranjan Rajbhar AD 83,282 13.3%
Salman Bashar Samajwadi Party 78,442 12.6%
Babu Lal Patel Bahujan Samaj Party 75,059 12.0%
Prof. Dipak Malik Communist Party of India 7,829 1.3%
Rajpat PMSP 2,341 0.4%
Vijay Kumar Verma Kushwaha SSD 1,980 0.3%
Rana Shah Jaiswal ABBP 1,634 0.3%
Anand Kumar Independent 1,253 0.2%
Uma Shankar Sharma AJBP 757 0.1%
Arvind Kumar Tripathi Shiv Sena 729 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress 206,904 32.7%
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 149,468 23.6%
Atahar Jamal Lari AD 93,228 14.7%
Amir Chand Patel Bahujan Samaj Party 59,518 9.4%
Anjana Prakash Samajwadi Party 59,104 9.3%
Shalendra Kumar Alias "Ex Dy. S.P" Independent 28,533 4.5%
Kanhaya SBSP 7,550 1.2%
Dr. Heera Lal Yadav CPI (Marxist) 6,379 1.0%
Ram Prasad Bavla Independent 5,878 0.9%
Suresh Singh Alias Suresh Independent 2,733 0.4%
Narendra Nath Dubey Adig Independent 2,477 0.4%
Dinesh Chandra Pandey PMSP 2,110 0.3%
Dev Raj Independent 2,091 0.3%
Ramji Independent 2,006 0.3%
Kamal Chand GGP 1,824 0.3%
Khagendra Nath Pandey Independent 1,297 0.2%
Ganesh Ram Independent 1,069 0.2%
Lalji Ram PTSS 908 0.1%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 203,122 30.5%
Mukhtar Ansari Bahujan Samaj Party 185,911 27.9%
Ajay Rai Samajwadi Party 123,874 18.6%
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress 66,386 10.0%
Vijay Prakash Jaiswal AD 65,912 9.9%
Satya Prakash Srivastava Independent 5,279 0.8%
Narendra Nath Dubey Adig Independent 2,826 0.4%
Rajesh Bharti Independent 2,116 0.3%
Pushp Raj Sahu Independent 1,830 0.3%
Kishun Lal IJP 1,627 0.2%
Awadhesh Kumar Kushwaha RSMD 1,607 0.2%
Er. Shyam Lal Vishwakarma MADP 1,582 0.2%
Anand Kumar Ambastha Independent 1,454 0.2%
Parvez Quadir Khan Independent 1,243 0.2%
Usha Singh RAD 721 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party 581,022 56.4%
Arvind Kejriwal Aam Aadmi Party 209,238 20.3%
Ajay Rai Indian National Congress 75,614 7.3%
Vijay Prakash Jaisawal Bahujan Samaj Party 60,579 5.9%
Kailash Chaurasiya Samajwadi Party 45,291 4.4%
Rajesh Bharti Surya RAD 4,327 0.4%
Arun BSCP 3,634 0.4%
Sarvesh Kumar Gupta Independent 3,023 0.3%
Baseer Kinnar Independent 2,850 0.3%
Indira Tiwari All India Trinamool Congress 2,674 0.3%
Hiralal Yadav CPI (Marxist) 2,457 0.2%
Iftekhar Kuraishi Independent 2,323 0.2%
Narendra Nath Dubey Adig JSEP 2,277 0.2%
None Of The Above Independent 2,051 0.2%
A.K. Aggarwal AJP 2,037 0.2%
Shivhari Agarwal BNP 2,000 0.2%
Pramod Kumar Independent 1,807 0.2%
Devi Prasad Nand MAP 1,740 0.2%
Abhimanyu Singh Patel BMP 1,644 0.2%
Johnson Thomas Independent 1,524 0.1%
Santosh Kumar RVMP 1,434 0.1%
Ram Lakhan Gupta Janata Party 1,376 0.1%
Rajendra Prasad (Garib Das) Independent 1,367 0.1%
Prakash Prasad Independent 1,361 0.1%
Narendra Bahadur Singh Independent 1,306 0.1%
Hemant Kumar Yadav INL 1,202 0.1%
Bachchan Prasad Yadav Independent 1,192 0.1%
Bachchelal LSP 1,172 0.1%
Ghanshyam Independent 1,151 0.1%
Om Guru Charan Das Alias Vimal Kumar Singh SSRD 1,144 0.1%
Prabhat Kumar Independent 1,089 0.1%
Manoj Kumar Chaubey Independent 1,074 0.1%
Ravindra Kumar Independent 1,012 0.1%
Lallan MJP 997 0.1%
Ahmed Sohel Siddiqui Independent 937 0.1%
Usman RAD 878 0.1%
Hari Lal RIP 838 0.1%
Rajiv Kumar Mishra Independent 677 0.1%
Satyaprakash Srivastava Independent 599 0.1%
Mahendra Mishra Independent 573 0.1%
Satish Shankar Jayaswal Independent 459 0.0%
Rampyare Singh Independent 423 0.0%
Shiv Kumar Shah Independent 312 0.0%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party 674,664 63.9%
Shalini Yadav Samajwadi Party 195,159 18.5%
Ajay Rai Indian National Congress 152,548 14.4%
Surendra Rajbhar SBSP 8,892 0.8%
Anil Kumar Chaurasiya JKP 2,758 0.3%
Manohar Anandrao Patil Independent 2,134 0.2%
Heena Shahid JBP 1,914 0.2%
Dr. Shekh Siraj Baba RMP 1,771 0.2%
Tirbhuwan Sharma BRSP 1,695 0.2%
Advocate Prem Nath Sharma MAP 1,606 0.2%
Maanav Independent 1,435 0.1%
Hari Bhai Patel AJP(I) 1,340 0.1%
Rajesh Bharti Surya RAD 1,258 0.1%
Ramsharan VIP 1,237 0.1%
Sunil Kumar Independent 1,097 0.1%
Dr. Rakesh Pratap BJKD(D) 907 0.1%
Ateek Ahmad Independent 855 0.1%
Brajendra Dutt Tripathi ACP 838 0.1%
Sunnam Istari Independent 798 0.1%
Ishwar Dayal Singh Seth Independent 657 0.1%
Umesh Chandra Katiyar AHP 637 0.1%
Amresh Mishra BPP 555 0.1%
Aashin U. S. IGP 504 0.0%
Ashutosh Kumar Pandey MARD 499 0.0%
Manish Shrivastava Independent 350 0.0%
Chandrika Prasad Independent 331 0.0%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Indian National Congress margin 29.8 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 17.5 pts 1967: CPI (Marxist) margin 6.5 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 29.0 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 48.8 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 7.1 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 25.7 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 39.9 pts 1991: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 8.9 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 17.9 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 23.6 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 8.5 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 9.1 pts 2009: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 2.6 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 36.1 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 45.4 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Varanasi has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, CPI (Marxist), Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Varanasi in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Narendra Modi (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019 with 674,664 votes (63.9%), a margin of 479,505 votes over Shalini Yadav.

Which parties have won Varanasi since 1957?

Since 1957, Varanasi has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Varanasi?

The closest result on record for Varanasi was 2009, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Bahujan Samaj Party by just 17,211 votes (2.6 percentage points).

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