GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Varanasi
Shyam Lal Yadava (INC) won by 94,430 votes (25.7%).
- Electors
- 6,84,495
- Votes polled
- 3,76,062
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 54.9%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 25.7% (median 17.9%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1984 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 | Shyam Lal YadavaWinner | INC | 1,53,076 | 41.6% |
| 2 | Udal | CPI | 58,646 | 15.9% |
| 3 | Atahar Jamal Lari | JNP | 50,329 | 13.7% |
| 4 | Om Prakash Singh | BJP | 46,904 | 12.7% |
| 5 | Gauri Shankar | LKD | 40,281 | 10.9% |
| 6 | Banarsi | IND | 2,617 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Pramod Chand | IND | 2,100 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Ram Murat | DDP | 2,097 | 0.6% |
| 9 | Gaja Nand | IND | 1,756 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Surendra Pathak | IND | 1,655 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Dilip Kumar | IND | 1,355 | 0.4% |
| 12 | Gyan Das | IND | 1,336 | 0.4% |
| 13 | Chandi Prasad Mishra Alias Chandi Guru | IND | 1,283 | 0.3% |
| 14 | Ramji Divedi Pankaj | IND | 1,044 | 0.3% |
| 15 | Vijai Kumar Shrivastava | IND | 1,003 | 0.3% |
| 16 | Rana Sangram | IND | 842 | 0.2% |
| 17 | Shiva Charan | IND | 804 | 0.2% |
| 18 | Shatrughan | IND | 753 | 0.2% |
| 19 | Mohan Swarup | IND | 231 | 0.1% |
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