Varanasi North
Winner — 2012
Varanasi North was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 2,336 votes separated winner from runner-up.
6 of 28 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.24 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
28 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAVINDRA JAISWAL | NDA (NDA) | 47,980 | 26.5% |
| 2 | SUJIT KUMAR MAURYA | BSP | 45,644 | 25.2% |
| 3 | ABDUL SAMAD | Samajwadi Party | 37,434 | 20.7% |
| 4 | RABIYA KALAM | INC | 31,029 | 17.1% |
| 5 | RAVIKANT SINGH ALIAS RAVI | QED | 4,709 | 2.6% |
| 6 | GYANENDRA PRATAP SINGH D.D. | PECP | 3,877 | 2.1% |
| 7 | HARISHCHANDRA SRIVASTAVA | IJP | 1,491 | 0.8% |
| 8 | S.P. SRIVASTAVA |  AITC | 773 | 0.4% |
| 9 | NAWAB ACHCHHE MIRZA ALIAS JABBU HASAN | LPSP | 743 | 0.4% |
| 10 | SUBHASH RAJBHAR | IND | 725 | 0.4% |
| 11 | UDAI PRATAP VERMA | IND | 645 | 0.4% |
| 12 | ANAND VIJAY SINGH | IND | 629 | 0.3% |
| 13 | VINAY KUMAR DUBEY | 574 | 0.3% | |
| 14 | RAJENDRA PRASAD SONKAR ALIAS KAVI JI | IND | 522 | 0.3% |
| 15 | ANITA SRIVASTAVA | IND | 495 | 0.3% |
| 16 | DR. MANJULATA TRIPATHI | SM | 437 | 0.2% |
| 17 | ARUN KESHARI | 422 | 0.2% | |
| 18 | MOHD. IKRAM | RUC | 369 | 0.2% |
| 19 | RAMRATAN DEVI | 335 | 0.2% | |
| 20 | OM PRAKASH SINGH ALIAS O.P. SINGH | IND | 315 | 0.2% |
| 21 | NARENDRA NATH DUBEY ADIG ADVOCATE | LD | 293 | 0.2% |
| 22 | ARVIND CHATTAN | IND | 284 | 0.2% |
| 23 | JAI PRAKASH GUPTA | IND | 276 | 0.1% |
| 24 | K.K. UPADHAYAY | IND | 261 | 0.1% |
| 25 | PRAMOD KUMAR SINGH | IND | 245 | 0.1% |
| 26 | ANWARUL HUQ WARSI | RKSP | 234 | 0.1% |
| 27 | ISRAR ALI | PMSP | 204 | 0.1% |
| 28 | DINESH UPADHAYAY | IND | 181 | 0.1% |
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DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (300th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.24 Cr
A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
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5 locations
Ancient Buddhist site known as Chaukhandi stupa
Ancient Buddhist site known as Chaukhandi stupa
Pahladpur inscribed Lat(monolith pillar)
Pahladpur inscribed Lat(monolith pillar)
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