Varanasi South
Part of the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat.
Neelkanth Tiwari (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Varanasi South in 2022, 10,722 votes ahead of Kameshwar alias Kishan Dixit.
Who stood in 2022
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
99,622 votes · 50.9%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- KDSamajwadi Party
88,900 votes · 45.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- MKIndian National Congress
2,166 votes · 1.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- DKBahujan Samaj Party
1,855 votes · 0.9%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ASAam Aadmi Party
922 votes · 0.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- PKAll India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
590 votes · 0.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SCRashtriya Bhagidari Party
265 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- RIndependent
163 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SGRight To Recall Party
149 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- VGAazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)
109 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- APLok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
103 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
389 · Varanasi South
General3,23,551 registered voters · 11 candidates · 10,722 votes between the first two
Elected 2022
Neelkanth Tiwari
BJP · Male · 99,622 votes (50.88%) · 10,722 ahead of Kameshwar alias Kishan Dixit
- 60.54%
- Turnout
- 1,95,869
- Votes cast
- 1,94,844
- Valid votes
- 938
- None of the above
- 1,45,415
- Women electors
1,13,749 men and 81,599 women voted in person, plus 519 postal ballots. 87 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 81.
- BJP99,622206 postal50.88%
SP88,900203 postal45.41%- Mudita KapoorFemale
INC2,1665 postal1.11% - Dinesh KasaudhanMale
BSP1,8557 postal0.95% - None of the aboveNOTA9380.48%
- Ajeet SinghMale
AAP9224 postal0.47% 
AIMIM5905 postal0.30%- RTBGPTypewriter2650.14%
- ReyazuddhinMaleINDBrick1630.08%
- RTORPPressure Cooker1490.08%
ASPKR1090.06%- Arpan PathakMale
LJP(RV)1030.05%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is the share of valid votes plus None of the above, which is the figure the Commission prints.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.