Constituency
448. Varanasi
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-VARANASI
CPM 37.5%won by 6.4%INC 31.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 37.5% of the vote here (+37.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.6% of the vote between them, up from 62.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.1% to 56.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,95,870
Turnout
56.8%
Valid votes
2,81,745
Margin
18,167
6.45%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1S. N. SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,05,78437.5%
- 2R. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC87,61731.1%
- 3V. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS77,07827.4%
- 4S. MANGALIndependent · IND6,1952.2%
- 5P. CHAUBEYIndependent · IND5,0711.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +46.4%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 37.5%
- INC share
- 40.0% → 31.1%
- Turnout
- 60.9% → 56.8%