GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Varanasi
Raghunath Singh (INC) won by 45,907 votes (17.5%).
- Electors
- 4,29,474
- Votes polled
- 2,71,785
- Valid votes
- 2,61,717
- Turnout
- 63.3%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 17.5% (median 12.2%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 8.5%(-15.1%)
- Turnout
- 45.0%(-2.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 59.4%
Winning margin over time · Varanasi
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raghunath SinghWinner | INC | 1,04,682 | 40.0% |
| 2 | Raghuvira | JS | 58,775 | 22.5% |
| 3 | Satya Narain Singh | CPI | 58,285 | 22.3% |
| 4 | Lalta Prasad | SOC | 31,637 | 12.1% |
| 5 | Kanhaiya Lal Gupta | IND | 4,816 | 1.8% |
| 6 | Bal Chand | RRP | 3,522 | 1.3% |
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