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Varanasi South Assembly Result LIVE: BJP inches towards victory with over 48% votes
BJP candidate and 2017 assembly election winner Neelkanth Tiwari is trailing SP candidate with 11494 votes.
Highlights
- BJP and SP having a neck-to-neck competition on Varanasi South assembly seat
- BJP's Neelkanth Tiwari is just behind SP with a mere margin of 1373 votes
Varanasi South Election result 2022: Varanasi South assembly seat that falls under the Varanasi district is witnessing tough competition for the MLA seat as 5 prominent parties BJP, INC, BSP, AAP, and SP are fighting for this. Of all the 5 parties, only Congress has fielded a female candidate, Mudita Kapoor. BJP has once again pitched Neelkanth Tiwari who won the 2017 elections with a margin of 17,226 votes defeating INC candidate Rajesh Mishra.
Varanasi South Vidhan Sabha Chunav Final Results (Varanasi North Assembly Elections Result update)
BJP candidate Neelkanth Tiwari is leading in Varanasi South Vishan Sabha seat that falls under the Varanasi district. However, is just behind SP with a mere margin of 1373 votes.
The assembly seat witnessed a tough competition between BJP's Neelkanth Tiwari, Congress's Mudita Kapoor and SP's Kameshwar alias Kishan Dixit is trailing 84205. BJP has mostly won this seat in the assembly polls.
AAP has fielded Ajeet Singh while BSP has pitched Dinesh Kasaudhan for Varanasi South Vidhan Sabha Chunav 2022.
Varanasi Assembly Election 2017 Results:
Candidate Name | Party | Level | Votes | Vote rate | Margin |
Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari | BJP | Winner | 92,560 | 51.76% | 17,226 |
Rajesh Mishra | INC | Ruunerup | 75,334 | 42.12% | |
Rakesh Tripathi | BSP | 3rd | 5,922 | 3.31% |