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Constituency

388. Varanasi North

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Uttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2017

UP-VARANASI-NORTH

BJP 51.0%won by 20.0%INC 31.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 20.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.9% of the vote between them, up from 51.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.0% to 59.2%.

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

Electorate
3,84,603
Turnout
59.2%
Valid votes
2,27,695
Margin
45,502
19.98%

Since 2012

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
+10.6%
BJP share
26.5% 51.0%
INC share
17.1% 31.0%
Turnout
52.2% 59.2%