Varanasi South Assembly constituency

(Redirected from Varanasi South (Assembly constituency)) Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India

Varanasi South
Constituency No. 389 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Varanasi
Total electors	2,96,592 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Varanasi South is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Varanasi South in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Varanasi South is one of five assembly constituencies in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 389 amongst 403 constituencies.

Overview

The constituency has a preponderance of voters belonging to Kayastha and Brahmin caste. The Bengali stand second only to the twin caste of Kayastha-Brahmin in population, in this constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	Raj Narain	Socialist Party
1952	Sampurnanand	Indian National Congress
1957	Sampurnanand
1962	Girdhari Lal
1967	Rustom Satin	Communist Party of India
1969	Sachindra Bakshi	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1974	Charan Das Seth	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977	Raj Bali Tiwari	Janata Party
1980	Kailash Tandon	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Rajni Kant Dutta	Indian National Congress
1989	Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari	Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1993
1996
2002
2007
2012
2017	Neelkanth Tiwari
2022	Neelkanth Tiwari

Election results

2022

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari won in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajvadi Party candidate Kameshwar Nath Dixit alias Kishan by a margin of 10,722 votes.

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Varanasi South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Neelkanth Tiwari	99,622	50.88%
	SP	Kameshwar Nath Dixit	88,900	45.41%
	INC	Mudita Kapoor	2,166	1.11%
	BSP	Dinesh Kasaudhan	1,855	0.95
	AAP	Ajeet Singh	922	0.47%
	AIMIM	Parvez Quadir Khan	590	0.30%
	RRP	Shiv Prasad Gupta	149	0.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	938	0.48
Majority			10,722	5.47
Turnout			1,95,869	60.54
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Indian National Congress candidate Rajesh Mishra by a margin of 17,226 votes.

U. P. Assembly Election, 2017: Varanasi South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari	92,560	51.76
	INC	Rajesh Kumar Mishra	75,334	42.12
	BSP	Rakesh Tripathi	5,922	3.31
	IND.	Satish Kumar Agrahari	844	0.47
	IND.	Rubi Fatma	799	0.45
	NOTA	None of the Above	457	0.26
Majority			17,226	9.64
Turnout			1,78,852	63.58
	BJP hold		Swing

2012

U. P. Assembly Election, 2012: Varanasi South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)	57,868	38.22
	INC	Daya Shankar Mishra (Dayalu)	44,046	29.09
	QED	Atahar Jamal Lari	20,454	13.51
	SP	Mohammad Istaqbal (Babu)	14,642	9.67
	BSP	Kaisar Ameen Ansari	8,841	5.84
Majority			13,822	9.13
Turnout			1,51,400	55.49
	BJP hold		Swing

2007

U. P. Assembly Election, 2007: Varanasi South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)	33,021	46.24
	INC	Dr. Dayashankar Mishra (Dayalu)	19,319	27.05
	SP	Dilip Kumar Day	11,956	16.74
	BSP	Vikram Vij (Vikki Punjabi)	4,400	6.16
	IND.	Sankata Prasad Pandey (Bumguru)	590	0.82
Majority			13,702	19.19
Turnout			71,407	31.18
	BJP hold		Swing

2002

U. P. Assembly Election, 2002: Varanasi South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)	43,458	52.63
	SP	Rakesh Jain	22,653	27.44
	INC	Mani Shankar Pandey	11,705	14.18
	BSP	Engineer Asalam Perwaze	2,080	2.52
	RTKP	Vijay	837	1.01
Majority			20,805	25.19
Turnout			82,567	30.31
	BJP hold		Swing

1996

U. P. Assembly Election, 1996: Varanasi South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)	65,288	68.06
	INC	Devbrat Majumdar	28,006	29.19
	AD	Mahmood	958	1.00
	CPI(ML)L	Amabrish Rai	532	0.55
	Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	Ajay Shankar	471	0.49
Majority			37,282	38.87
Turnout			95,933	35.73
	BJP hold		Swing

References

"Varanasi North. Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
2022
"List of Candidates in VARANASI SOUTH : VARANASI Uttar Pradesh 2022". myneta.info. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
"Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 25 May 2022.
"Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

External links

"Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

v t e Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
Current constituencies	A Agra Cantt. Agra North Agra Rural Agra South Ajagara Akbarpur Akbarpur-Raniya Alapur Aliganj Aligarh Amanpur Amethi Amritpur Amroha Anupshahr Aonla Arya Nagar Asmoli Atrauli Atraulia Aurai Auraiya Ayah Shah Ayodhya Azamgarh B Babaganj Baberu Babina Bachhrawan Badaun Badlapur Baghpat Bah Baheri Bahraich Bairia Bakshi Ka Talab Balamau Baldev Balha Ballia Nagar Balrampur Banda Bangarmau Bansdih Bansgaon Bansi Bara Barabanki Barauli Baraut Bareilly Bareilly Cantt. Barhaj Barhapur Barkhera Basti Sadar Behat Belthara Road Bhadohi Bhagwantnagar Bharthana Bhatpar Rani Bhinga Bhognipur Bhojipura Bhojpur Bhongaon Bidhuna Bijnor Bikapur Bilari Bilaspur Bilgram-Mallanwan Bilhaur Bilsi Bindki Bisalpur Bisauli Biswan Bithari Chainpur Bithoor Budhana Bulandshahr C Caimpiyarganj Chail Chakia Chamraua Chandausi Chandpur Charkhari Charthawal Chaubepur Chauri-Chaura Chhanbey Chhaprauli Chharra Chhata Chhibramau Chillupar Chitrakoot Chunar Colonelganj D Dadraul Dadri Dariyabad Dataganj Debai Deoband Deoria Dhampur Dhanaura Dhanghata Dhaurahra Dholana Dibiyapur Didarganj Domariyaganj Duddhi E Etah Etawah Etmadpur F Faridpur Farrukhabad Fatehabad Fatehpur Sikri Fatehpur Fazilnagar Firozabad G Gainsari Gangoh Garautha Garhmukteshwar Gaura Gauriganj Ghatampur Ghaziabad Ghazipur Sadar Ghorawal Ghosi Gola Gokrannath Gonda Gopalpur Gopamau Gorakhpur Rural Gorakhpur Urban Goshainganj Goverdhan Govind Nagar Gunnaur Gyanpur H Haidergarh Hamirpur Handia Hapur Harchandpur Hardoi Hargaon Harraiya Hasanpur Hastinapur Hata Hathras Husainganj I Iglas Isauli Itwa J Jagdishpur Jahanabad Jakhanian Jalalabad Jalalpur Jalesar Jangipur Jasrana Jaswantnagar Jaunpur Jewar Jhansi Nagar K Kadipur Kaimganj Kairana Kaiserganj Kalpi Kalyanpur Kannauj Kanpur Cantt. Kanth Kapilvastu Kaptanganj Karachhana Karhal Kasganj Kasta Katehari Katra Katra Bazar Kerakat Khadda Khaga Khair Khajani Khalilabad Khatauli Kheragarh Khurja Kidwai Nagar Kishni Kithore Koil Koraon Kunda Kundarki Kursi Kushinagar L Laharpur Lakhimpur Lalganj Lalitpur Lambhua Loni Lucknow Cantt. Lucknow Central Lucknow East Lucknow North Lucknow West M Machhlishahr Madhogarh Madhuban Mahadewa Maharajganj Maharajpur Mahasi Mahmoodabad Mahoba Maholi Mainpuri Majhawan Malhani Malihabad Manikpur Manjhanpur Mankapur Mant Marhara Marihan Mariyahu Matera Mathura Mau Mauranipur Meerapur Meerganj Meerut Meerut Cantt. Meerut South Mehnagar Mehnaun Mehroni Meja Menhdawal Milak Milkipur Mirzapur Misrikh Modinagar Mohammadabad Mohammdi Mohan Mohanlalganj Moradabad Nagar Moradabad Rural Mubarakpur Mughalsarai Muhammadabad-Gohna Mungra Badshahpur Muradnagar Muzaffarnagar N Nagina Najibabad Nakur Nanpara Naraini Naugawan Sadat Nautanwa Nawabganj Nehtaur Nighasan Nizamabad Noida Noorpur O Obra Orai P Padrauna Palia Paniyara Pathardeva Patiyali Patti Payagpur Phaphamau Pharenda Phephana Phoolpur Pawai Phulpur Pilibhit Pindra Pipraich Powayan Pratapgarh Pratappur Prayagraj North Prayagraj South Prayagraj West Puranpur Purqazi Purwa R Raebareli Ram Nagar Ramkola Rampur Rampur Karkhana Rampur Khas Rampur Maniharan Raniganj Rasara Rasulabad Rath Robertsganj Rohaniya Rudauli Rudhauli Rudrapur S Sadabad Safipur Sagri Sahajanwa Saharanpur Saharanpur Nagar Sahaswan Sahibabad Saidpur Saiyadraja Sakaldiha Salempur Salon Sambhal Sandi Sandila Sardhana Sareni Sarojini Nagar Sawaijpur Sevapuri Sevata Shahabad Shahganj Shahjahanpur Shamli Shekhupur Shikarpur Shikohabad Shivpur Shohratgarh Shravasti Sidhauli Sikanderpur Sikandra Sikandra Rao Sikandrabad Sirathu Sirsaganj Sishamau Siswa Sitapur Siwalkhas Soraon Sri Nagar Suar Sultanpur Sultanpur Sadar Syana T Tamkuhi Raj Tanda Tarabganj Thakurdwara Thana Bhawan Tilhar Tiloi Tindwari Tirwa Tulsipur Tundla U Unchahar Unnao Utraula V Varanasi Cantt. Varanasi North Varanasi South Vishwanathganj Z Zafrabad Zahoorabad Zaidpur Zamania
Former constituencies	Agra East Agra West Baghra Derapur Doaba Garwara Generalganj Harora Ikauna Kandhla Kasia Kolsala Maniram Muzaffarabad Nawabganj (Allahabad) Nawabganj (Barabanki) Ranikhet South Sarsawa Sataon

Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

Current
constituencies

A: Agra Cantt.; Agra North; Agra Rural; Agra South; Ajagara; Akbarpur; Akbarpur-Raniya; Alapur; Aliganj; Aligarh; Amanpur; Amethi; Amritpur; Amroha; Anupshahr; Aonla; Arya Nagar; Asmoli; Atrauli; Atraulia; Aurai; Auraiya; Ayah Shah; Ayodhya; Azamgarh
B: Babaganj; Baberu; Babina; Bachhrawan; Badaun; Badlapur; Baghpat; Bah; Baheri; Bahraich; Bairia; Bakshi Ka Talab; Balamau; Baldev; Balha; Ballia Nagar; Balrampur; Banda; Bangarmau; Bansdih; Bansgaon; Bansi; Bara; Barabanki; Barauli; Baraut; Bareilly; Bareilly Cantt.; Barhaj; Barhapur; Barkhera; Basti Sadar; Behat; Belthara Road; Bhadohi; Bhagwantnagar; Bharthana; Bhatpar Rani; Bhinga; Bhognipur; Bhojipura; Bhojpur; Bhongaon; Bidhuna; Bijnor; Bikapur; Bilari; Bilaspur; Bilgram-Mallanwan; Bilhaur; Bilsi; Bindki; Bisalpur; Bisauli; Biswan; Bithari Chainpur; Bithoor; Budhana; Bulandshahr
C: Caimpiyarganj; Chail; Chakia; Chamraua; Chandausi; Chandpur; Charkhari; Charthawal; Chaubepur; Chauri-Chaura; Chhanbey; Chhaprauli; Chharra; Chhata; Chhibramau; Chillupar; Chitrakoot; Chunar; Colonelganj
D: Dadraul; Dadri; Dariyabad; Dataganj; Debai; Deoband; Deoria; Dhampur; Dhanaura; Dhanghata; Dhaurahra; Dholana; Dibiyapur; Didarganj; Domariyaganj; Duddhi
E: Etah; Etawah; Etmadpur
F: Faridpur; Farrukhabad; Fatehabad; Fatehpur Sikri; Fatehpur; Fazilnagar; Firozabad
G: Gainsari; Gangoh; Garautha; Garhmukteshwar; Gaura; Gauriganj; Ghatampur; Ghaziabad; Ghazipur Sadar; Ghorawal; Ghosi; Gola Gokrannath; Gonda; Gopalpur; Gopamau; Gorakhpur Rural; Gorakhpur Urban; Goshainganj; Goverdhan; Govind Nagar; Gunnaur; Gyanpur
H: Haidergarh; Hamirpur; Handia; Hapur; Harchandpur; Hardoi; Hargaon; Harraiya; Hasanpur; Hastinapur; Hata; Hathras; Husainganj
I: Iglas; Isauli; Itwa
J: Jagdishpur; Jahanabad; Jakhanian; Jalalabad; Jalalpur; Jalesar; Jangipur; Jasrana; Jaswantnagar; Jaunpur; Jewar; Jhansi Nagar
K: Kadipur; Kaimganj; Kairana; Kaiserganj; Kalpi; Kalyanpur; Kannauj; Kanpur Cantt.; Kanth; Kapilvastu; Kaptanganj; Karachhana; Karhal; Kasganj; Kasta; Katehari; Katra; Katra Bazar; Kerakat; Khadda; Khaga; Khair; Khajani; Khalilabad; Khatauli; Kheragarh; Khurja; Kidwai Nagar; Kishni; Kithore; Koil; Koraon; Kunda; Kundarki; Kursi; Kushinagar
L: Laharpur; Lakhimpur; Lalganj; Lalitpur; Lambhua; Loni; Lucknow Cantt.; Lucknow Central; Lucknow East; Lucknow North; Lucknow West
M: Machhlishahr; Madhogarh; Madhuban; Mahadewa; Maharajganj; Maharajpur; Mahasi; Mahmoodabad; Mahoba; Maholi; Mainpuri; Majhawan; Malhani; Malihabad; Manikpur; Manjhanpur; Mankapur; Mant; Marhara; Marihan; Mariyahu; Matera; Mathura; Mau; Mauranipur; Meerapur; Meerganj; Meerut; Meerut Cantt.; Meerut South; Mehnagar; Mehnaun; Mehroni; Meja; Menhdawal; Milak; Milkipur; Mirzapur; Misrikh; Modinagar; Mohammadabad; Mohammdi; Mohan; Mohanlalganj; Moradabad Nagar; Moradabad Rural; Mubarakpur; Mughalsarai; Muhammadabad-Gohna; Mungra Badshahpur; Muradnagar; Muzaffarnagar
N: Nagina; Najibabad; Nakur; Nanpara; Naraini; Naugawan Sadat; Nautanwa; Nawabganj; Nehtaur; Nighasan; Nizamabad; Noida; Noorpur
O: Obra; Orai
P: Padrauna; Palia; Paniyara; Pathardeva; Patiyali; Patti; Payagpur; Phaphamau; Pharenda; Phephana; Phoolpur Pawai; Phulpur; Pilibhit; Pindra; Pipraich; Powayan; Pratapgarh; Pratappur; Prayagraj North; Prayagraj South; Prayagraj West; Puranpur; Purqazi; Purwa
R: Raebareli; Ram Nagar; Ramkola; Rampur; Rampur Karkhana; Rampur Khas; Rampur Maniharan; Raniganj; Rasara; Rasulabad; Rath; Robertsganj; Rohaniya; Rudauli; Rudhauli; Rudrapur
S: Sadabad; Safipur; Sagri; Sahajanwa; Saharanpur; Saharanpur Nagar; Sahaswan; Sahibabad; Saidpur; Saiyadraja; Sakaldiha; Salempur; Salon; Sambhal; Sandi; Sandila; Sardhana; Sareni; Sarojini Nagar; Sawaijpur; Sevapuri; Sevata; Shahabad; Shahganj; Shahjahanpur; Shamli; Shekhupur; Shikarpur; Shikohabad; Shivpur; Shohratgarh; Shravasti; Sidhauli; Sikanderpur; Sikandra; Sikandra Rao; Sikandrabad; Sirathu; Sirsaganj; Sishamau; Siswa; Sitapur; Siwalkhas; Soraon; Sri Nagar; Suar; Sultanpur; Sultanpur Sadar; Syana
T: Tamkuhi Raj; Tanda; Tarabganj; Thakurdwara; Thana Bhawan; Tilhar; Tiloi; Tindwari; Tirwa; Tulsipur; Tundla
U: Unchahar; Unnao; Utraula
V: Varanasi Cantt.; Varanasi North; Varanasi South; Vishwanathganj
Z: Zafrabad; Zahoorabad; Zaidpur; Zamania

Former
constituencies

Elections in Uttar Pradesh

General elections

Legislative Assembly

Local elections

Municipal	... 2007 2012 2017 2023
Panchayat	... 2010 2015 2021