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243. Varanasi North

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1989

UP-VARANASI-NORTH

BJP 46.3%won by 15.3%JD 31.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 15.3%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 17.7% to 46.3% of the vote here (+28.6%).
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 31.0% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.3% of the vote between them, up from 62.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
75,777
Margin
11,623
15.34%

Candidates

16 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1AMARNATH YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP35,11146.3%
  2. 2RIAZUL HAQUE ANSARIJanata Dal · JD23,48831.0%
  3. 3MOHD. SAFURRAHMAN ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC15,31620.2%
  4. 4RAJENDERBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5280.7%
  5. 5RAM NARAYANDDP · DDP2860.4%
  6. 6A. MATINLkd (B) · LKDB2360.3%
  7. 7AMIRUDDINIndependent · IND2050.3%
  8. 8NAROTTAMIndependent · IND1240.2%
  9. 9SAFIK AHMADIndependent · IND1050.1%
  10. 10MURTAZA ANSARIIndependent · IND920.1%
  11. 11DEEN MUHAMMADIndependent · IND740.1%
  12. 12SHIV KUMARIndependent · IND650.1%
  13. 13GAJAB ALIIndependent · IND500.1%
  14. 14NAVNEETIndependent · IND350.0%
  15. 15NUSRAT ULLA KHANIndependent · IND330.0%
  16. 16SAFRAJ AHMAD ANSARIIndependent · IND290.0%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–JD swing
−2.4%
BJP share
17.7% → 46.3%
JD share
0.0% → 31.0%
Turnout
— → —
242. Varanasi South244. Chiraigaon
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