BJP leader Ravindra Jaiswal was leading the Varanasi North Assembly constituency in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) with 1,33,464 votes. Samajwadi Party's (SP) Ashfaque was a distant second with 92,915 votes followed by Congress' Gulerana Sabassum with 92,915 votes.

Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Shyam Prakash got 10,278 votes, as per data on the EC website.

Varanasi North is an Assembly constituency in the Varanasi district, in the East region of the state of Uttar Pradesh.

The Varanasi North Legislative Assembly constituency went to polls on March 7, 2022.

The Assembly seat is reserved for the General category and it falls in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency.

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In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, Varanasi North was won by Ravindra Jaiswal of the BJP.

He defeated INC's Abdul Samad Ansari.

Before that, in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Vidhan sabha elections as well, the seat was held by BJP's Ravindra Jaiswal.

In the 2017 Assembly polls, Ravindra Jaiswal garnered 1,16,017 votes, securing 50.95 percent of the vote share, and winning the seat by a margin of 45,502 votes.

In percentage terms, the victory margin was 19.98 percent.

The total number of voters in the Varanasi North constituency stands at 3,31,952, with 1,81,131 male voters and 1,50,808 female voters.

The Varanasi North constituency has a literacy level of 75.6 percent.

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First Published:Mar 10, 2022 12:59 AM IST