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Constituency

454. Varanasi

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-VARANASI

JD 62.3%won by 39.9%INC 22.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 39.9%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 62.3% of the vote here (+62.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.8% of the vote between them, up from 57.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 12.5% to 41.3%.

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

Electorate
10,41,360
Turnout
41.3%
Valid votes
4,30,403
Margin
1,71,603
39.87%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JDINC swing
+81.5%
JD share
0.0% 62.3%
INC share
41.6% 22.4%
Turnout
53.8% 41.3%