Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

Varanasi South

Assembly constituency 389 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#389 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants11

Electors3,23,392

Votes polled1,94,844

Turnout60.3%

NOTA9380.3% of votes

WinnerDr. Neelkanth TiwariBharatiya Janata Party99,62251.1% of votes

MARGIN10,722 votes · 5.5 pp99,622 − 88,900

Runner-upKameshwar Alias Kishan Dixit Samajwadi Party88,90045.6% of votes

BJP 52.8% of top-two votesSP 47.2%

All candidates 11

01 Dr. Neelkanth TiwariBJP99,622 51.1%
02 Kameshwar Alias Kishan DixitSP88,900 45.6%
03 Mudita KapoorINC2,166 1.1%
04 Dinesh KasaudhanBSP1,855 1.0%
05 Ajeet SinghAAP922 0.5%
06 Parvez Quadir KhanAIMIM590 0.3%
07 Subhash Chandra ChaurasiyaRBP265 0.1%
08 ReyazuddhinIND163 0.1%
09 Shiv Prasad GuptaRRP149 0.1%
10 Virendra Kumar GuptaASP(KR)109 0.1%
11 Arpan PathakLJP(RV)103 0.1%

Turnout 60.3%

Male 1.78 lakh55.1% Female 1.45 lakh45.0%

Share of 3,23,392 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males816
NOTAreported alongside the total938 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 11 candidates = 1,94,844Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
20.7 pp
Rajpal Singh BaliyanRashtriya Lok Dal
2007
13.3 pp
Yograj SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2012
9.1 pp
Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
9.7 pp
Dr. Neelkanth TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
2022
5.5 pp
Dr. Neelkanth TiwariBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 20.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 96.8% of votes; the other 9 candidates 3.2% between them.
(99,622 + 88,900) ÷ 1,94,844 = 96.8% · 6,322 ÷ 1,94,844 = 3.2%
Turnout of 60.3% matched the state's median seat.
60.3 − 60.3 = 0.0
The margin narrowed from 9.7 pp in 2017 to 5.5 pp.
5.5 − 9.7 = −4.2 pp
Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari also won in 2017.
2017 winner name = 2022 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 11 candidate lines1,94,844
NOTAreported alongside the total938
Published totalVotes polled1,94,844
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2022 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates11 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2022 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database