Constituency
242. Varanasi South
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
UP-VARANASI-SOUTH
INC 37.6%won by 11.3%BJP 26.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 22.2% to 37.6% of the vote here (+15.4%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.8% between them, down from 82.3% — the field split more ways.
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
50,715
Margin
5,751
11.34%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1KAILASH TONDONIndian National Congress · INC19,04837.6%
- 2RAJ BALI TIWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,29726.2%
- 3MOHD. EKARAM ALIAS BACHAUIndependent · IND6,88913.6%
- 4DEVAVRAT MAJUMDARJNPSC · JNPSC6,05711.9%
- 5GIRJESH RAICommunist Party of India · CPI2,6695.3%
- 6TARUN KANT BASUINCU · INCU1,3282.6%
- 7JAWAHAR LALIndependent · IND2830.6%
- 8RAM BALAK SHASTRIJanata Party · JNP2480.5%
- 9MOHAN LALIndependent · IND2240.4%
- 10MOTI LALIndependent · IND1870.4%
- 11HARI GOPALIndependent · IND1850.4%
- 12GULAB LAL SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND1420.3%
- 13RAMASHRAYA SINGH BHAIIndependent · IND870.2%
- 14ARUNODAYA MISRARashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP710.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −10.8%
- INC share
- 22.2% → 37.6%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- — → —