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Constituency

390. Varanasi Cantonment

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Uttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012

UP-VARANASI-CANTONMENT

BJP 32.1%won by 7.1%INC 24.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.5% to 7.1%.

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

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 57.0% of the vote between them, up from 47.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
3,49,472
Turnout
51.7%
Valid votes
1,80,689
Margin
12,852
7.11%

Since 2007

Derived

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

Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−2.7%
BJP share
26.0% 32.1%
INC share
16.3% 24.9%
Turnout
51.7%