Varanasi Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates: PM Narendra Modi vs Congress's Ajay Rai
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Varanasi Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 LIVE: Will PM Modi retain his seat with the record margin he is targeting? Or will opposition INDIA bloc's Ajay Rai be able to stop him in his third attempt?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking at a third straight win from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi - from where he has been the MP for both 2014 and 2019. PM Modi is not just looking to win, but also aims to do so with a record margin of over 5 lakh votes, as per the BJP. In 2014, Narendra Modi defeated AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal by over 4 lakh votes and in 2019, he won against Samajwadi Party's Shalini Yadav. In 2024, the opposition INDIA alliance has fielded Ajay Rai from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. Mr Rai, who is Congress's chief in UP, has contested against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the previous Lok Sabha polls too. PM Narendra Modi had a staggering 63 per cent vote share in Varanasi in 2019. Will PM Modi retain his seat with the margin he is targeting? Or will Ajay Rai be able to stop him in his third attempt?
Here are the LIVE Updates from the 2024 Lok Sabha Election result from Varanasi:
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