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493. Varanasi

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2014

IN-VARANASI

BJP 56.4%won by 36.1%AAP 20.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.6% to 36.1%.

  • New challengerAam Aadmi Party (AAP) finished second with 20.3% — it did not contest here in 2009.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.7% of the vote between them, up from 58.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 15.7% to 58.4%.

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

Electorate
17,66,487
Turnout
58.4%
Valid votes
10,30,685
Margin
3,71,784
36.07%

Candidates

43 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1NARENDRA MODIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,81,02256.4%
  2. 2ARVIND KEJRIWALAam Aadmi Party · AAP2,09,23820.3%
  3. 3AJAY RAIIndian National Congress · INC75,6147.3%
  4. 4VIJAY PRAKASH JAISAWALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP60,5795.9%
  5. 5KAILASH CHAURASIYASamajwadi Party · SP45,2914.4%
  6. 6RAJESH BHARTI SURYAR · R4,3270.4%
  7. 7ARUNBSCP · BSCP3,6340.4%
  8. 8SARVESH KUMAR GUPTAIndependent · IND3,0230.3%
  9. 9BASEER KINNARIndependent · IND2,8500.3%
  10. 10INDIRA TIWARIAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC2,6740.3%
  11. 11HIRALAL YADAVCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,4570.2%
  12. 12IFTEKHAR KURAISHIIndependent · IND2,3230.2%
  13. 13NARENDRA NATH DUBEY ADIGJSEP · JSEP2,2770.2%
  14. 14None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,0510.2%
  15. 15A.K. AGGARWALAGRJP · AGRJP2,0370.2%
  16. 16SHIVHARI AGARWALB · B2,0000.2%
  17. 17PRAMOD KUMARIndependent · IND1,8070.2%
  18. 18DEVI PRASAD NANDMADP · MADP1,7400.2%
  19. 19ABHIMANYU SINGH PATELBMUP · BMUP1,6440.2%
  20. 20JOHNSON THOMASIndependent · IND1,5240.1%
  21. 21SANTOSH KUMARRVMP · RVMP1,4340.1%
  22. 22RAM LAKHAN GUPTAJan Asra Party · JAP1,3760.1%
  23. 23RAJENDRA PRASAD (GARIB DAS)Independent · IND1,3670.1%
  24. 24PRAKASH PRASADIndependent · IND1,3610.1%
  25. 25NARENDRA BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND1,3060.1%
  26. 26HEMANT KUMAR YADAVIndian National League · INL1,2020.1%
  27. 27BACHCHAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND1,1920.1%
  28. 28BACHCHELALLPSP · LPSP1,1720.1%
  29. 29GHANSHYAMIndependent · IND1,1510.1%
  30. 30OM GURU CHARAN DAS ALIAS VIMAL KUMAR SINGHS · S1,1440.1%
  31. 31PRABHAT KUMARIndependent · IND1,0890.1%
  32. 32MANOJ KUMAR CHAUBEYIndependent · IND1,0740.1%
  33. 33RAVINDRA KUMARIndependent · IND1,0120.1%
  34. 34LALLANM · M9970.1%
  35. 35AHMED SOHEL SIDDIQUIIndependent · IND9370.1%
  36. 36USMANR · R8780.1%
  37. 37HARI LALR · R8380.1%
  38. 38RAJIV KUMAR MISHRAIndependent · IND6770.1%
  39. 39SATYAPRAKASH SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND5990.1%
  40. 40MAHENDRA MISHRAIndependent · IND5730.1%
  41. 41SATISH SHANKAR JAYASWALIndependent · IND4590.0%
  42. 42RAMPYARE SINGHIndependent · IND4230.0%
  43. 43SHIV KUMAR SHAHIndependent · IND3120.0%

Since 2009

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPAAP swing
+5.5%
BJP share
30.5% 56.4%
AAP share
0.0% 20.3%
Turnout
42.6% 58.4%