Constituency
226. Varanasi South
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2007
UP-VARANASI-SOUTH
BJP 46.2%won by 19.2%INC 27.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.2% to 19.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.3% between them, down from 80.1% — 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
71,407
Margin
13,702
19.19%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1SHYAM DEO ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP33,02146.2%
- 2DR. DAYASHANKAR MISRAIndian National Congress · INC19,31927.1%
- 3DILIP KUMAR DAYSamajwadi Party · SP11,95616.7%
- 4VIKRAM VIJ ALIAS VIKKIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4,4006.2%
- 5SANKATHA PRASADIndependent · IND5900.8%
- 6IFTEKHAR HUSAIN ALIASRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD4530.6%
- 7CHOTELAL NISHADSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party · SBSP3260.5%
- 8ARUN PATHAKIndependent · IND2450.3%
- 9SHEELA SINGH CHAUHANIndependent · IND2390.3%
- 10AWADHESH KUMARBPD · BPD2330.3%
- 11RAMSHANKAR GUPTAIndependent · IND2150.3%
- 12VISHNU DAYAL SETHShiv Sena · SHS1930.3%
- 13YOGESH BRAMHACHARIIndependent · IND1200.2%
- 14DHARMENDRA SINGHRKSP · RKSP970.1%
Since 2002
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −19.3%
- BJP share
- 52.6% → 46.2%
- INC share
- 14.2% → 27.1%
- Turnout
- — → —