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243. Varanasi North

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

UP-VARANASI-NORTH

INC 46.5%won by 2.4%BJP 44.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 26.7% to 46.5% of the vote here (+19.8%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 44.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
49,931
Margin
1,221
2.45%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MOHD. SHAFIRAHMAN ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC23,19746.5%
  2. 2SHAFULLAH ANSARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,97644.0%
  3. 3RADHEY SHYAM SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,1882.4%
  4. 4SARFARAJ AHMAD ANSARICommunist Party of India · CPI9131.8%
  5. 5HASAN MANSOOR SHASTRIJNPSC · JNPSC8171.6%
  6. 6GHANSHYAM MISRAINCU · INCU6121.2%
  7. 7RAJENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND3200.6%
  8. 8SUNNAR LALIndependent · IND3100.6%
  9. 9RAMJI GUPTA DHIRAJSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD1750.4%
  10. 10PRAMOD CHANDRAIndependent · IND1320.3%
  11. 11NAND LALIndependent · IND1290.3%
  12. 12RAM ASHISIndependent · IND650.1%
  13. 13KRISHNA MOHAN DASIndependent · IND640.1%
  14. 14KAILASHNATHIndependent · IND330.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
−24.2%
INC share
26.7% → 46.5%
BJP share
0.0% → 44.0%
Turnout
— → —
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