PM Modi Wins UP’s Varanasi For 3rd Time

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won from his constituency Varanasi by a margin of 1,52,513. Congress’s Ajay Rai, who was the candidate for the INDIA bloc received 4,60,457 votes, while PM Modi got 6,12,970 votes.

Among the key Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently leading over Congress’s Ajay Rai in Varanasi, while Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is ahead in Rae Bareli.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is leading from the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat.

In Lucknow, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is seeking a third term, is leading over SP’s Ravidas Mehrotra and BSP candidate Sarwar Malik.

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Hema Malini, BJP’s actor-turned-politician, is ahead in the Mathura constituency against Congress’ Mukesh Dhangar.

Union minister Smriti Irani is trailing behind Congress’ Kishori Lal Sharma in Amethi.

While the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party is contesting 62 seats, the Congress is fighting 17. The BJP has stuck to its old ally, Apna Dal (Sonelal), and has also brought in Jayant Chaudhary’s RLD and OP Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party into the NDA fold.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-led NDA won 62 of the state’s 80 seats, with the BSP and Samajwadi Party, then allies, winning 10 and five seats, respectively. This time, the BSP is on its own, and early trends do not suggest that it will pull off a good show.

According to the latest Election Commission figures, the NDA led in 38 seats (the BJP in 36 and the RLD in two) against the INDIA bloc’s 42 seats (SP in 34 and Congress in eight).

If shocking trends on counting day could be ranked, Uttar Pradesh would be the topper. Nearly four hours into the counting of votes for Lok Sabha polls, the BJP’s big bastion in the past two general elections is witnessing an epic neck-and-neck battle between the NDA and INDIA bloc comprising Samajwadi Party and Congress.

PM Narendra Modi is leading in his constituency, Varanasi, by over 34,000 votes. Vote count details below:

PM Narendra Modi is leading in his constituency Varanasi. Vote count details below:

Ajay Rai was born on October 7, 1969, to Surendra Rai and Parvati Devi Rai in Varanasi. A graduate of the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith University in Varanasi, Mr Rai started his political career as a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ‘karyakarta’ before he became the convener of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).