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375. Varanasi

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-VARANASI

INC 54.4%won by 29.8%IND 24.5%

What the numbers say

Derived

Indian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
3,84,576
Turnout
62.7%
Valid votes
2,40,997
Margin
71,926
29.85%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAGHUNATH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,31,08754.4%
  2. 2SHEOMANGAL RAMIndependent · IND59,16124.5%
  3. 3B. L. ATREYABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS28,82912.0%
  4. 4VISHWA NATH SINGHRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP21,9209.1%
374. Unnao376. Asansol
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