Modi wins Varanasi seat 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won UP's Varanasi seat for the third consecutive time, defeating Congress's Ajay Rai by a margin of 1,52,513 votes. 

Narendra Modi got 6,12,970 votes while Congress's Ajay Rai, who was the candidate for the INDIA bloc received 4,60,457 votes.

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. 

Ajay Rai, who had also contested the last two elections against PM Modi was a distant third at the time.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is ahead in Rae Bareli.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is leading from the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat.