Constituency
242. Varanasi South
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-VARANASI-SOUTH
JNP 60.1%won by 37.9%INC 22.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 37.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 60.1% of the vote here (+60.1%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 22.2% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.3% of the vote between them, up from 54.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
59,906
Margin
22,733
37.95%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JNP- 1RAJ BALI TIWARIJanata Party · JNP36,01660.1%
- 2RAJ KUMARIndian National Congress · INC13,28322.2%
- 3DEOBRATIndependent · IND7,22912.1%
- 4ARVINDIndependent · IND1,5902.7%
- 5SAUKAT MAZIDIndependent · IND3930.7%
- 6APARJITA DATTIndependent · IND3620.6%
- 7SHUB KHANIndependent · IND3450.6%
- 8ONKAR NATHRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP3370.6%
- 9RAMESH PRASADIndependent · IND2290.4%
- 10OM PRAKASH SHAHSTRISanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD1220.2%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +37.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 60.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 22.2%
- Turnout
- — → —