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468. Varanasi

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-VARANASI

BJP 44.6%won by 17.9%CPM 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.9% to 17.9%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 39.6%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
14,20,576
Turnout
39.6%
Valid votes
5,62,564
Margin
1,00,692
17.90%

Candidates

47 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SHANKAR PRASAD JAISWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,50,99144.6%
  2. 2RAJ KISHORECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,50,29926.7%
  3. 3KAMALA RAJBHARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP70,31612.5%
  4. 4RAJDEO PATELApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD26,7974.8%
  5. 5DOODH NATH CHATURVEDIIndian National Congress · INC22,5794.0%
  6. 6RUDRA PRASAD SINGHAIICT · AIICT7,6151.4%
  7. 7RAM HARKHIndependent · IND4,2300.8%
  8. 8CHANDER PRAKASHIndependent · IND2,6290.5%
  9. 9GULAB SONKARIndependent · IND2,0310.4%
  10. 10MUSTARIIndependent · IND1,9620.3%
  11. 11MANGALAIndependent · IND1,6070.3%
  12. 12SANTOSHIndependent · IND1,4950.3%
  13. 13TIGER ASHOK SINGHShiv Sena · SHS1,3270.2%
  14. 14KRISHNA NIGAMIndependent · IND1,2940.2%
  15. 15RAKESH NYAYIKIndependent · IND1,0450.2%
  16. 16AMAR NATH GUPTARMEP · RMEP1,0120.2%
  17. 17V.C.RAIIndependent · IND9790.2%
  18. 18RAJ KUMAR MAURYAIndependent · IND9440.2%
  19. 19ANIL KUMAR RAIIndependent · IND8500.2%
  20. 20SUKKHURPI · RPI7240.1%
  21. 21MADINA BEGAMIndependent · IND6640.1%
  22. 22KAMALA PRASAD BINDPMSP · PMSP6430.1%
  23. 23GOPAL RAIIndependent · IND6330.1%
  24. 24THUFIFIDP · IDP6240.1%
  25. 25SHAMBHOO NATHPSSS · PSSS6220.1%
  26. 26QUADIR JAMALIndependent · IND6040.1%
  27. 27ASHOKIndependent · IND5860.1%
  28. 28AKASH YADAVAIndependent · IND5830.1%
  29. 29UMA SHANKARIndependent · IND5240.1%
  30. 30BALLU RAMIndependent · IND5180.1%
  31. 31RAJ KUMARIndependent · IND5030.1%
  32. 32VIJAY NARAINIndependent · IND4630.1%
  33. 33KRISHNA NANDIndependent · IND4600.1%
  34. 34ANIL SARAWAGIIndependent · IND4480.1%
  35. 35OM PRAKASH S/O LATE SHANKARIndependent · IND4080.1%
  36. 36HARIHARIndependent · IND3860.1%
  37. 37DURGA DUTT SHUKLA @ KRISHNA MAHARAJIndependent · IND3840.1%
  38. 38RAMBALIIndependent · IND3730.1%
  39. 39AMAR NATH SINGHIndependent · IND3400.1%
  40. 40ABHIJIT DASIndependent · IND3370.1%
  41. 41ATUL MEHRAIndependent · IND3150.1%
  42. 42RAMCHANDARIndependent · IND3150.1%
  43. 43RAM VIKASHIndependent · IND2810.0%
  44. 44RAM MURATIndependent · IND2580.0%
  45. 45OM PRKASH S/O SHIVA SHANKARIndependent · IND2300.0%
  46. 46ALOKIndependent · IND1790.0%
  47. 47NAMWAR SHASTRI VYASABRRP · ABRRP1570.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–CPM swing
+9.0%
BJP share
41.1% → 44.6%
CPM share
32.2% → 26.7%
Turnout
43.3% → 39.6%
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