Varanasi Cantonment, one of the five assembly constituencies in Varanasi, was won by Bharatiya Janta Party in the 2017 polls. Saurabh Srivastava, a candidate of the BJP, beat Congress candidate Anil Srivastava by a margin of 61,326 votes.
The 2017 elections showed BJP’s dominance in the state of Uttar Pradesh, as the party formed its government with an absolute majority, shadowing the Samajwadi Party. Yogi Adityanath was made the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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Varanasi Cantt is one of the five assembly constituencies in the Varanasi Lok Sabha Constituency. In 2012, Jyotsana Srivastava, a candidate of BJP defeated Anil Srivastava Maurya by 12852 votes.
BJP secured 312 of 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, sealing their win. Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party came in second and managed to win 47 seats. Bahujan Samaj Party, headed by Mayawati, came in third with 19 seats and Congress secured seven seats.
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The 2012 assembly polls were won by Samajwadi Party with 224 seats while Bahujan Samaj Party was the runner up, managing to hold onto 80 seats. BJP won 47 and Congress 28.
Quick facts about the Varanasi Cantt Assembly seat:
Name of the assembly constituency, district: Varanasi Cantt Assembly constituency, Varanasi district
Name of winner, party: Saurabh Srivastava, BJP
Lok Sabha constituency: Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency.
Top 3 candidates 2017: Saurabh Srivastava, Anil Srivastava, Rijwan Ahmad
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Top 3 candidates 2012: Jyotsana Srivastava, Anil Srivastva, Ashfaq Ahmad Alias Dablu
Sitting MLA, party: Saurabh Srivastava, BJP
Winning margin in 2017: 61326
Runner up name, party: Anil Srivastava, INC
Number of voters in 2017: 412316
Percentage of votes polled in 2017: 58.46%
