GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Varanasi
Raja Ram Shastri (INC) won by 85,848 votes (29.1%).
- Electors
- 5,44,236
- Votes polled
- 3,01,943
- Valid votes
- 2,95,512
- Turnout
- 55.5%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 29.1% (median 21.5%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1971 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 | Raja Ram ShastriWinner | INC | 1,38,789 | 47.0% |
| 2 | Kamla Prasad Singh | BJS | 52,941 | 17.9% |
| 3 | Rustam Satin | CPI | 48,892 | 16.5% |
| 4 | Lok Nath | BKD | 26,192 | 8.9% |
| 5 | Satya Narayan Singh | CPM | 6,477 | 2.2% |
| 6 | Raghu Nath Singh | NCO | 5,826 | 2.0% |
| 7 | Panna Lal | IND | 3,550 | 1.2% |
| 8 | Kedar | IND | 3,405 | 1.2% |
| 9 | Nagendra Singh | IND | 3,166 | 1.1% |
| 10 | Krishna Kant Srivastava | RPK | 2,140 | 0.7% |
| 11 | Kamaruddin | IND | 1,853 | 0.6% |
| 12 | Damoder Singh | IND | 974 | 0.3% |
| 13 | Vijaikrishna | IND | 709 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Jai Narain Upadhya | IND | 598 | 0.2% |
Showing 14 of 14 rows