Updated On: 04 June, 2024 06:51 PM IST | Lucknow | mid-day online correspondent
Despite BJP anticipating a record-breaking margin for Modi in this election, the final Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 revealed a slimmer victory.

PM Narendra Modi/ AFP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the Varanasi seat for the third time, defeating Congress challenger Ajay Rai. This time, Modi's victory margin is 1,52,513 votes, which is much smaller than his wins in the 2019 and 2014 elections.
In 2019, Modi defeated SP's Shalini Yadav by 4,79,505 votes, with Congress' Ajay Rai coming in second place. In 2014, he defeated AAP candidate Arvind Kejriwal by a margin of 3,71,784 votes.