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241. Varanasi Cantonment

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-VARANASI-CANTONMENT

BJP 43.0%won by 22.2%SP 20.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.0% to 22.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Samajwadi Party (SP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.9% between them, down from 75.9% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,28,366
Margin
28,488
22.19%

Candidates

21 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1HARISH CHANDRA (HARISH JI)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP55,24043.0%
  2. 2SUNIL KUMAR RAISamajwadi Party · SP26,75220.8%
  3. 3ANIL SRIVASTAVAIndian National Congress · INC25,65120.0%
  4. 4RAJENDRA SINGHJanata Dal · JD7,8796.1%
  5. 5AKARAMApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD6,3605.0%
  6. 6VIRENDRA KUMARPMSP · PMSP1,3481.1%
  7. 7MUKHTAR KHANIndependent · IND1,2090.9%
  8. 8SHOBHA SINGH PATELIndependent · IND8580.7%
  9. 9BHAGIRATHI SAINIIndependent · IND4010.3%
  10. 10SHAYAMA DEVIBSPR · BSPR3760.3%
  11. 11NAVNEET KUMARJanahitha Paksha · JP3170.2%
  12. 12BIHARIIndependent · IND3110.2%
  13. 13PREM CHANDRABHJS · BHJS2820.2%
  14. 14SANJAY KUMARIndependent · IND2480.2%
  15. 15ASHOK KUMARPSSS · PSSS2440.2%
  16. 16MANJU LATA SINGHIndependent · IND2030.2%
  17. 17VISHVAJEET SARKARIndependent · IND1960.2%
  18. 18YOGENDRA SINGHSJPR · SJPR1650.1%
  19. 19JIVESH TIVARIIndependent · IND1250.1%
  20. 20PREMIndependent · IND1130.1%
  21. 21HARIHARIndependent · IND880.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−10.9%
BJP share
45.0% → 43.0%
SP share
11.9% → 20.8%
Turnout
— → —
240. Mughalsarai242. Varanasi South
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