GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Varanasi
Anil Shastri (JD) won by 1,71,603 votes (39.9%).
- Electors
- 10,41,360
- Votes polled
- 4,44,042
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 42.6%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1989 national median: 39.9% (median 12.7%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1989 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 | Anil ShastriWinner | JD | 2,68,196 | 62.3% |
| 2 | Shyam Lal Yadav | INC | 96,593 | 22.4% |
| 3 | Ganga Ram "gwal" | BSP | 32,574 | 7.6% |
| 4 | Ram Das | IND | 12,420 | 2.9% |
| 5 | Ram Murat | DDP | 3,111 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Nanhe | IND | 2,461 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Ram Bali Hisra Byas | RRP | 2,103 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Raj Nath Pandey | LKD (B) | 2,077 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Amar Nath Gupta | IND | 2,042 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Gaja Nand Das | IND | 1,822 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Mohan Swaroop Verma | SOP | 1,522 | 0.4% |
| 12 | Indrajeet | IND | 1,298 | 0.3% |
| 13 | Pramod Kumar Pandey | IND | 1,021 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Krishna Kumar Tiwari | IND | 840 | 0.2% |
| 15 | Ratan Chandra Verma | IND | 692 | 0.2% |
| 16 | V. T. R. Veerappa Gounder | IND | 617 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Rama Shanker Naruang Shah | IND | 582 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Paras Nath | IND | 432 | 0.1% |
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