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468. Varanasi

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-VARANASI

BJP 43.0%won by 23.6%CPM 19.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.9% to 23.6%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.4% between them, down from 71.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.9% to 46.5%.

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

Electorate
13,88,212
Turnout
46.5%
Valid votes
6,45,044
Margin
1,51,946
23.56%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SHANKAR PRASAD JAISWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,77,23243.0%
  2. 2DEENA NATH SINGH YADAVCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,25,28619.4%
  3. 3DR. AWDHESH SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,01,02415.7%
  4. 4RAJDEV PATELApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD65,52910.2%
  5. 5DR. RATNAKAR PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC64,1549.9%
  6. 6ASLAM ANSARIIndependent · IND3,6720.6%
  7. 7MUNNAIndependent · IND1,9420.3%
  8. 8DR. MOIN AHAMAD ANSARIIndependent · IND1,6730.3%
  9. 9PANNA LAL SONKARIndependent · IND1,1340.2%
  10. 10SHAMBHU NATHIndependent · IND9740.2%
  11. 11RAJ KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND9710.2%
  12. 12RANA SHAH JAYASAWALIndependent · IND8320.1%
  13. 13GOPAL KRISHNA MISHRA (RAJU MISHRA)Independent · IND6210.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–CPM swing
+5.7%
BJP share
44.6% → 43.0%
CPM share
26.7% → 19.4%
Turnout
39.6% → 46.5%
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