GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Varanasi

Shankar Prasad Jaiswal (BJP) won by 52,859 votes (8.5%).

Margin vs 1999 national median: 8.5% (median 7.9%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1999 national · Target seats

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Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 1998

Winning margin over time · Varanasi

Candidates · Varanasi 1999
Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	Shankar Prasad JaiswalWinner	BJP	2,11,955	33.9%
2	Rajesh Kumar Mishra	INC	1,59,096	25.5%
3	Niranjan Rajbhar	AD	83,282	13.3%
4	Salman Bashar	SP	78,442	12.6%
5	Babu Lal Patel	BSP	75,059	12.0%
6	Prof. Dipak Malik	CPI	7,829	1.3%
7	Rajpat	PMSP	2,341	0.4%
8	Vijay Kumar Verma Kushwaha	SSD	1,980	0.3%
9	Rana Shah Jaiswal	ABBP	1,634	0.3%
10	Anand Kumar	IND	1,253	0.2%
11	Uma Shankar Sharma	AJBP	757	0.1%
12	Arvind Kumar Tripathi	SHS	729	0.1%

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Candidates · Varanasi 1999
Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	Shankar Prasad JaiswalWinner	BJP	2,11,955	33.9%
2	Rajesh Kumar Mishra	INC	1,59,096	25.5%
3	Niranjan Rajbhar	AD	83,282	13.3%
4	Salman Bashar	SP	78,442	12.6%
5	Babu Lal Patel	BSP	75,059	12.0%
6	Prof. Dipak Malik	CPI	7,829	1.3%
7	Rajpat	PMSP	2,341	0.4%
8	Vijay Kumar Verma Kushwaha	SSD	1,980	0.3%
9	Rana Shah Jaiswal	ABBP	1,634	0.3%
10	Anand Kumar	IND	1,253	0.2%
11	Uma Shankar Sharma	AJBP	757	0.1%
12	Arvind Kumar Tripathi	SHS	729	0.1%

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