Assembly Election Results 2017: BJP set to sweep 5 Varanasi seats

PM Modi had camped in Varanasi for 3 days ahead of polls, and did road shows

IANS  |  Varanasi 

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The is headed towards a clean sweep on five assembly segments in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency of

seat has five assembly segments of Cantonment, North, South, Sevapuri and Rohaniya.

Bharatiya Janata Party candidates led by huge margins on all five seats till 5 pm, as the counting continued, a poll official said.

In North, Ravindra Jaiswal of with 1,15,716 votes, was far ahead of Congress candidate Abdul Samad Ansari who trailed behind with 70,416 in the second spot.

As counting continued, in cantonment, BJP's Saurabh Srivstava led with 94,074 votes, followed by Anil Srivastava of Congress who had 51,620 votes.

Neelkanth Tiwari of the led with 87,320 votes in South, with Congress' Rajesh Mishra trailing far behind with 73,728 votes, while in Rohaniya, candidate Surendra Narayan Singh had 1,19,676 votes compared to Mahendra Singh Patel of the Samajwadi Party trailing behind with 62,185 votes.

Sevapuri, meanwhile, saw Neel Ratan Singh Patel of Apna Dal (Soneylal), a ally, win with 1,03,423 votes, far ahead of SP's Surendra Singh Patel who had 54,241 votes.

Bahujan Samaj Party candidates trailed third on all five seats.

Modi camped in for three days ahead of polls, and did road shows on all three days.

Apart from the Prime Minister, several key ministers including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and Chief Amit Shah had camped in

Assembly Election Results 2017: BJP set to sweep 5 Varanasi seats

PM Modi had camped in Varanasi for 3 days ahead of polls, and did road shows

PM Modi had camped in Varanasi for 3 days ahead of polls, and did road shows

The is headed towards a clean sweep on five assembly segments in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency of

seat has five assembly segments of Cantonment, North, South, Sevapuri and Rohaniya.

Bharatiya Janata Party candidates led by huge margins on all five seats till 5 pm, as the counting continued, a poll official said.

In North, Ravindra Jaiswal of with 1,15,716 votes, was far ahead of Congress candidate Abdul Samad Ansari who trailed behind with 70,416 in the second spot.

As counting continued, in cantonment, BJP's Saurabh Srivstava led with 94,074 votes, followed by Anil Srivastava of Congress who had 51,620 votes.

Neelkanth Tiwari of the led with 87,320 votes in South, with Congress' Rajesh Mishra trailing far behind with 73,728 votes, while in Rohaniya, candidate Surendra Narayan Singh had 1,19,676 votes compared to Mahendra Singh Patel of the Samajwadi Party trailing behind with 62,185 votes.

Sevapuri, meanwhile, saw Neel Ratan Singh Patel of Apna Dal (Soneylal), a ally, win with 1,03,423 votes, far ahead of SP's Surendra Singh Patel who had 54,241 votes.

Bahujan Samaj Party candidates trailed third on all five seats.

Modi camped in for three days ahead of polls, and did road shows on all three days.

Apart from the Prime Minister, several key ministers including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and Chief Amit Shah had camped in

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