2022
Rank 1 (archive winner): Ravindra Jaiswal — 134,471 votes
Rank 2: Ashfaque — 93,695 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 40,776
ELECTION HISTORY COMPARISON
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Year-wise recorded votes of first- and second-ranked candidates. Vote levels across different years can be affected by turnout and boundary changes.
Varanasi North — year-by-year comparison
Uttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly · 5 archived elections. View complete seat history.
2017
Rank 1 (archive winner): Ravindra Jaiswal — 116,017 votes
Rank 2: Abdul Samad Ansari — 70,515 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 45,502
2012
Rank 1 (archive winner): Ravindra Jaiswal — 47,980 votes
Rank 2: Sujit Kumar Maurya — 45,644 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 2,336
2007
Rank 1 (archive winner): Haji Abdul Samad Ansari — 26,544 votes
Rank 2: Dr. Shivnath Yadav — 24,345 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 2,199
2002
Rank 1 (archive winner): Abdul Kalam — 56,805 votes
Rank 2: Ravindra Jaiswal — 37,268 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 19,537
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