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388. Varanasi North

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Uttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012

UP-VARANASI-NORTH

BJP 26.5%won by 1.3%BSP 25.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samajwadi Party (SP) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.3%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.7% between them, down from 57.2% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
3,46,724
Turnout
52.2%
Valid votes
1,81,126
Margin
2,336
1.29%

Since 2007

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
SP
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPBSP swing
−17.8%
BJP share
27.4% 26.5%
BSP share
8.3% 25.2%
Turnout
52.2%