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PM Modi makes hat-trick from Varanasi; defeats rival by 1.5 lakh votes

Modi received 6,12,970 votes, while the Congress candidate got 4,80,457 votes. BSP candidate Athar Jamal Lari got 33,766 votes. A total of 8,478 votes were also polled in NOTA (none of the above) from the constituency.

Statesman News Service | Varanasi | June 4, 2024 5:53 pm

PM Modi makes hat-trick from Varanasi; defeats rival by 1.5 lakh votes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo:ANI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a hat-trick in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday.

He defeated his nearest Congress candidate Ajay Rai by 1,52,513 votes.

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Modi received 6,12,970 votes, while the Congress candidate got 4,80,457 votes. BSP candidate Athar Jamal Lari got 33,766 votes. A total of 8,478 votes were also polled in NOTA (none of the above) from the constituency.

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This was the lowest winning margin of Modi in Varanasi. In 2019, he won by a margin of 4.79 lakh votes by getting 63% of votes, and in 2014 by a margin of 3.50 lakh votes by getting 56% of votes.

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