Constituency
467. Varanasi
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-VARANASI
BLD 66.2%won by 48.8%INC 17.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 48.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 66.2% of the vote here (+66.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.6% of the vote between them, up from 64.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,42,595
Turnout
54.8%
Valid votes
3,52,173
Margin
1,71,854
48.80%
Candidates
11 contested · winner BLD- 1CHANDRA SHEKHERBLD · BLD2,33,19466.2%
- 2RAJA RAMIndian National Congress · INC61,34017.4%
- 3UDALCommunist Party of India · CPI39,01311.1%
- 4RAM LAKHANIndependent · IND7,8542.2%
- 5SHAMBHUIndependent · IND2,6520.8%
- 6LAKSHMAN CHAITANYA BRAHMACHARIRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP2,2800.6%
- 7BALRAMIndependent · IND1,8760.5%
- 8GIRIJASHANKER SINGHIndependent · IND1,1320.3%
- 9MAHANTH SRI KRISHNA GIRIIndependent · IND1,0300.3%
- 10KISHORI LALIndependent · IND9550.3%
- 11SHIV NATHIndependent · IND8470.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +95.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 66.2%
- INC share
- 47.0% → 17.4%
- Turnout
- 54.3% → 54.8%