Election
Constituency

439. Varanasi

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-VARANASI

INC 41.6%won by 25.7%CPI 15.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 25.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 41.6% of the vote here (+41.6%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 15.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.5% between them, down from 66.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
6,84,495
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
3,68,112
Margin
94,430
25.65%

Candidates

19 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHYAM LAL YADAVAIndian National Congress · INC1,53,07641.6%
  2. 2UDALCommunist Party of India · CPI58,64615.9%
  3. 3ATAHAR JAMAL LARIJanata Party · JNP50,32913.7%
  4. 4OM PRAKASH SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP46,90412.7%
  5. 5GAURI SHANKARLKD · LKD40,28110.9%
  6. 6BANARSIIndependent · IND2,6170.7%
  7. 7PRAMOD CHANDIndependent · IND2,1000.6%
  8. 8RAM MURATDDP · DDP2,0970.6%
  9. 9GAJA NANDIndependent · IND1,7560.5%
  10. 10SURENDRA PATHAKIndependent · IND1,6550.4%
  11. 11DILIP KUMARIndependent · IND1,3550.4%
  12. 12GYAN DASIndependent · IND1,3360.4%
  13. 13CHANDI PRASAD MISHRA ALIAS CHANDI GURUIndependent · IND1,2830.3%
  14. 14RAMJI DIVEDI PANKAJIndependent · IND1,0440.3%
  15. 15VIJAI KUMAR SHRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND1,0030.3%
  16. 16RANA SANGRAMIndependent · IND8420.2%
  17. 17SHIVA CHARANIndependent · IND8040.2%
  18. 18SHATRUGHANIndependent · IND7530.2%
  19. 19MOHAN SWARUPIndependent · IND2310.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INCI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPI swing
+25.7%
INC share
0.0% → 41.6%
CPI share
0.0% → 15.9%
Turnout
52.5% → 53.8%
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