Varanasi is one of the most high-profile constituencies in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who won the seat in 2014, is seeking re-election from 2019. In 2014 election in Varanasi, Modi was pitted against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Congress' Ajay Rai. The BJP won back the seat in 2009 when Dr Murli Manohar Joshi defeated mafia don Mukhtar Ansari by 18,000 votes. In 2014 election, all of these 13 seats were won by the BJP with Prime Minister Narendra Modi securing his victory from Varanasi. The counting of votes of the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be conducted on May 23.

Source: dna May 14, 2019 11:37 UTC