Constituency
243. Varanasi North
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-VARANASI-NORTH
JNP 66.5%won by 39.8%INC 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 39.8%.
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 66.5% of the vote here (+66.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 69.9% — 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
57,971
Margin
23,100
39.85%
Candidates
12 contested · winner JNP- 1MUSHTAQ AHMEDJanata Party · JNP38,56266.5%
- 2ABDUL AZIZIndian National Congress · INC15,46226.7%
- 3LALLAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,5162.6%
- 4MOHANIndependent · IND9861.7%
- 5BANARSI LALIndependent · IND3170.5%
- 6GHANSHYAMIndependent · IND2300.4%
- 7DOODH NATHIndependent · IND2270.4%
- 8YAAR MOHAMMADIndependent · IND1750.3%
- 9SULTAN HUSSAINIndependent · IND1680.3%
- 10SHAMBHUIndependent · IND1380.2%
- 11NAND LALIndependent · IND950.2%
- 12SHOBH NATH UPODHYAYAIndependent · IND950.2%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +78.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 66.5%
- INC share
- 38.3% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- — → —