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445. Varanasi

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-VARANASI

INC 47.0%won by 29.1%BJS 17.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 29.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 31.1% to 47.0% of the vote here (+15.9%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.5% to 54.3%.

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

Electorate
5,44,236
Turnout
54.3%
Valid votes
2,95,512
Margin
85,848
29.05%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAJA RAM SHASTRIIndian National Congress · INC1,38,78947.0%
  2. 2KAMLA PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS52,94117.9%
  3. 3RUSTAM SATINCommunist Party of India · CPI48,89216.5%
  4. 4LOK NATHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD26,1928.9%
  5. 5SATYA NARAYAN SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,4772.2%
  6. 6RAGHU NATH SINGHNCO · NCO5,8262.0%
  7. 7PANNA LALIndependent · IND3,5501.2%
  8. 8KEDARIndependent · IND3,4051.2%
  9. 9NAGENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND3,1661.1%
  10. 10KRISHNA KANT SRIVASTAVARPK · RPK2,1400.7%
  11. 11KAMARUDDINIndependent · IND1,8530.6%
  12. 12DAMODER SINGHIndependent · IND9740.3%
  13. 13VIJAIKRISHNAIndependent · IND7090.2%
  14. 14JAI NARAIN UPADHYAIndependent · IND5980.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJS swing
+25.3%
INC share
31.1% → 47.0%
BJS share
27.4% → 17.9%
Turnout
56.8% → 54.3%
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