Election
Constituency

242. Varanasi South

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1993

UP-VARANASI-SOUTH

BJP 62.3%won by 38.6%SP 23.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.8% to 38.6%.

  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 23.7% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.0% of the vote between them, up from 80.6% — 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
1,02,225
Margin
39,505
38.65%

Candidates

24 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SHYAM DEV RAI CHAUDHARI (DADA)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP63,72662.3%
  2. 2DILIP DEVSamajwadi Party · SP24,22123.7%
  3. 3RAJESH KHTRIIndian National Congress · INC11,11510.9%
  4. 4VIJAY DUBEYJanata Dal · JD1,7291.7%
  5. 5GANESH DUTTShiv Sena · SHS4830.5%
  6. 6BHONUIndependent · IND1380.1%
  7. 7ATUL MEHARAICS · ICS990.1%
  8. 8NURGISH BEGAMIndependent · IND940.1%
  9. 9L.N. MISHRAJanahitha Paksha · JP840.1%
  10. 10PREM SHANKARIndependent · IND620.1%
  11. 11HARIHARIndependent · IND610.1%
  12. 12SHAILENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND580.1%
  13. 13JYA KRISHNAIndependent · IND550.1%
  14. 14PHOOL CHANDDDP · DDP530.1%
  15. 15RAMKESHIndependent · IND350.0%
  16. 16SRICHANDIndependent · IND340.0%
  17. 17SARWAR NOORIndependent · IND310.0%
  18. 18ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND300.0%
  19. 19VIJAY KUMARIndependent · IND260.0%
  20. 20KASHINATHIndependent · IND250.0%
  21. 21RAM DAYALIndependent · IND220.0%
  22. 22ANANDIndependent · IND210.0%
  23. 23RAM NARAYNIndependent · IND120.0%
  24. 24HERA LAL SONKARIndependent · IND110.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−26.5%
BJP share
65.2% → 62.3%
SP share
0.0% → 23.7%
Turnout
— → —
241. Varanasi Cantonment243. Varanasi North
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