GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Varanasi
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal (BJP) won by 1,51,946 votes (23.6%).
- Electors
- 13,88,212
- Votes polled
- 6,54,935
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 47.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 23.6% (median 7.6%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1998 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 | Shankar Prasad JaiswalWinner | BJP | 2,77,232 | 43.0% |
| 2 | Deena Nath Singh Yadav | CPM | 1,25,286 | 19.4% |
| 3 | Dr. Awdhesh Singh | BSP | 1,01,024 | 15.7% |
| 4 | Rajdev Patel | AD | 65,529 | 10.2% |
| 5 | Dr. Ratnakar Pandey | INC | 64,154 | 9.9% |
| 6 | Aslam Ansari | IND | 3,672 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Munna | IND | 1,942 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Dr. Moin Ahamad Ansari | IND | 1,673 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Panna Lal Sonkar | IND | 1,134 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Shambhu Nath | IND | 974 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Raj Kumar Sharma | IND | 971 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Rana Shah Jayasawal | IND | 832 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Gopal Krishna Mishra (raju Mishra) | IND | 621 | 0.1% |
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