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241. Varanasi Cantonment

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1989

UP-VARANASI-CANTONMENT

JD 41.9%won by 21.5%INC 20.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: LKD (LKD) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 21.5%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 41.9% of the vote here (+41.9%).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
83,988
Margin
18,062
21.51%

Candidates

24 contested · winner JD
  1. 1SHATRUDRA PRAKASHJanata Dal · JD35,17341.9%
  2. 2MAJUMDARIndian National Congress · INC17,11120.4%
  3. 3JYOTSANABharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,26215.8%
  4. 4MAHESH KUMAR YADAVBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,4456.5%
  5. 5PRAMODIndependent · IND3,4864.2%
  6. 6ARJUNIndependent · IND2,2242.6%
  7. 7MOTI LAL SHASTRILkd (B) · LKDB2,1982.6%
  8. 8ANILIndependent · IND1,7002.0%
  9. 9SUBHASH SINGHIndependent · IND6840.8%
  10. 10BIHARIIndependent · IND4350.5%
  11. 11VIRENDER PRATAPIndependent · IND3170.4%
  12. 12RAJENDER PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2860.3%
  13. 13SOMARUDDP · DDP2390.3%
  14. 14J. P .SINGHIndependent · IND2310.3%
  15. 15RAJENDERIndependent · IND2180.3%
  16. 16RAJENDERIndependent · IND2130.3%
  17. 17RAM KIRATHIndependent · IND1840.2%
  18. 18ABDUL RASIDIndependent · IND1400.2%
  19. 19RAM JI SINGHIndependent · IND1200.1%
  20. 20SHANKARIndependent · IND1050.1%
  21. 21HORIIndependent · IND790.1%
  22. 22DINESHIndependent · IND500.1%
  23. 23PRABHAKARIndependent · IND450.1%
  24. 24MOHANIndependent · IND430.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
LKD
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–INC swing
+49.5%
JD share
0.0% → 41.9%
INC share
28.0% → 20.4%
Turnout
— → —
240. Mughalsarai242. Varanasi South
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