Lok Sabha Constituency

Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.

Members of Parliament

1952: Raghunath Singh, Indian National Congress

1957: Raghunath Singh, Indian National Congress

1962: Raghunath Singh, Indian National Congress

1967: Satya Narain Singh, Communist Party of India

1971: Rajaram Shastri, Indian National Congress

1977: Chandra Shekhar, Janata Party

1980: Kamalapati Tripathi, Indian National Congress (Indira)

1984: Shyamlal Yadav, Indian National Congress

1989: Anil Kumar Shastri, Janata Dal

1991: Shrish Chandra Dikshit, Bharatiya Janata Party

1996: Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, Bharatiya Janata Party

1998: Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, Bharatiya Janata Party

1999: Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, Bharatiya Janata Party

2004: Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Indian National Congress

2009: Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party