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MLA of Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh

Varanasi South had a 60.25% voter turnout with 194,844 total votes polled in 2022.

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Neelkanth Tiwari

Bharatiya Janata Party

In State Assembly elections 2022 Neelkanth Tiwari from the Bharatiya Janata Party won the election by defeating Kameshwar Alias Kishan Dixit of the Samajwadi Party with a margin of 10,722 votes

MLAs Record over the years

2022

Neelkanth Tiwari

Neelkanth Tiwari

General Election

Bharatiya Janata Party

Competitors

#1	Neelkanth Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party	99.6 Thousand Votes
#2	Kameshwar Alias Kishan Dixit Samajwadi Party	88.9 Thousand Votes
#3	MK Mudita Kapoor Indian National Congress	2.2 Thousand Votes
#4	DK Dinesh Kasaudhan The Bahujan Samaj Party	1.9 Thousand Votes
#5	AS Ajeet Singh Aam Aadmi Party	9.2 Hundred Votes

2017

Neelkanth Tiwari

Neelkanth Tiwari

General Election

Bharatiya Janata Party

Competitors

#1	Neelkanth Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party	92.6 Thousand Votes
#2	Rajesh Mishra Indian National Congress	75.3 Thousand Votes
#3	RT Rakesh Tripathi The Bahujan Samaj Party	5.9 Thousand Votes
#4	SA Satish Kumar Agrahari INDEPENDENT	8.4 Hundred Votes
#5	RF Rubi Fatama INDEPENDENT	8.0 Hundred Votes

2012

Shyam Deo Rai Choudhary

Shyam Deo Rai Choudhary

General Election

Bharatiya Janata Party

Competitors

#1	Shyam Deo Rai Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party	57.9 Thousand Votes
#2	DS Daya Shankar Indian National Congress	44.0 Thousand Votes
#3	AL Athar Zamal Lari QED	20.5 Thousand Votes
#4	I Istakbal Samajwadi Party	14.6 Thousand Votes
#5	KA Kaishar Amin Ansari The Bahujan Samaj Party	8.8 Thousand Votes

2007

Shyam Deo Rai Choudhary

Shyam Deo Rai Choudhary

General Election

Bharatiya Janata Party

Competitors

#1	Shyam Deo Rai Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party	33.0 Thousand Votes
#2	DD Dayashankar Misra Dayalu Indian National Congress	19.3 Thousand Votes
#3	DD Dilip Kumar Day Samajwadi Party	12.0 Thousand Votes
#4	VP Vikram Vij Alias Vikki Punjabi The Bahujan Samaj Party	4.4 Thousand Votes
#5	SB Sankatha Prasad Pandey Alias Bumguru INDEPENDENT	5.9 Hundred Votes

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Neelkanth Tiwari
My Choice
Bharatiya Janata Party
Current MLA from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh. Ex MLA from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2017).
Rs 0
1 Criminal background
0
No

Kameshwar Alias Kishan Dixit
My Choice
Samajwadi Party
MLA Candidate from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2022).
Rs 0
11 Criminal background
0
No

MK

Mudita Kapoor
My Choice
Indian National Congress
MLA Candidate from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2022).
Rs 288,461
No Criminal background
0
No

DK

Dinesh Kasaudhan
My Choice
The Bahujan Samaj Party
MLA Candidate from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2022).
Rs 748,000
2 Criminal background
0
No

AS

Ajeet Singh
My Choice
Aam Aadmi Party
MLA Candidate from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2022).
Rs 1,865,607
8 Criminal background
0
No

PK

Parvez Quadir Khan
My Choice
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Two times MLA Candidate from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2017,2022). Two times MLA Candidate from Varanasi Cantt, Uttar Pradesh (2012,2017).
Rs 689,400
7 Criminal background
0
No

SC

Subhash Chandra Chaurasiya
My Choice
Rashtriya Bhagidari Party
MLA Candidate from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2022).
Rs 2,006,889
No Criminal background
0
No

R

Reyazuddhin
My Choice
INDEPENDENT
MLA Candidate from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2022).
Rs 0
No Criminal background
0
No

SG

Shiv Prasad Gupta
My Choice
Right to Recall Party
MLA Candidate from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2022).
Rs 837,664
No Criminal background
0
No

VG

Virendra Kumar Gupta
My Choice
Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)
MLA Candidate from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2022).
Rs 0
No Criminal background
0
No

AP

Arpan Pathak
My Choice
The Lok Janshakti Party
MLA Candidate from Varanasi South, Uttar Pradesh (2022).
Rs 20,300
1 Criminal background
0
No

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