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Constituency

242. Varanasi South

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-VARANASI-SOUTH

INC 56.6%won by 29.4%BJP 27.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.3% to 29.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.8% of the vote between them, up from 63.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
50,139
Margin
14,761
29.44%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
+18.1%
INC share
37.6% 56.6%
BJP share
26.2% 27.2%
Turnout