Elections Archive

GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Varanasi

Kamalapati (INC(I)) won by 24,735 votes (7.1%).

Electors
6,65,915
Votes polled
3,57,310
Valid votes
Turnout
53.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1980 national median: 7.1% (median 16.7%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1980 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

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199949%

Candidates

Candidates · Varanasi 1980
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1KamalapatiWinnerINC(I)1,29,06336.9%
2Raj NarainJNP(S)1,04,32829.8%
3Om PrakashJNP82,29323.5%
4Jagdish Chandra PurveIND7,8272.2%
5Niyaj UddinRPK3,5541.0%
6Nand Lal Singh KashyapIND3,0160.9%
7Ram NarainIND2,5280.7%
8Karuna Nidhan RoyIND2,4040.7%
9Ram Kailash Singh BhaduriyaIND2,1840.6%
10Girija Shanker SinghIND1,7600.5%
11Ahmad HasanIND1,7260.5%
12Vijay Narin MisraIND1,4400.4%
13Nand LalIND1,1110.3%
14Kamal Prakash SrivastavaIND1,1040.3%
15Miltan CharanIND9920.3%
16RamjiIND9760.3%
17Ram Lakhan GuptaIND8710.2%
18LaljiIND7790.2%
19Ram Bali Misra VyasRRP7580.2%
20Shambhu Nath MisraIND3790.1%
21Baij Nath Gupta JaiswalIND2950.1%
22Panna Lal JaiswalIND2480.1%

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