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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 263 · 1962

Varanasi City South

Winner — 1962

GIRDHARI LAL
INC· INC
INC 39.3%CPI 31.4%3 others 29.3%
Votes
20,244
39.3% share
Winning margin
4,094
8.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
58.9%
of 87,323

A clear win with a 8.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GIRDHARI LAL
INC
20,24439.3%
2
SATIN RUSTAM
Left
16,15031.4%
3
SARYU PRASAD DUBE
13,22625.7%
4
BHAIYA LAL
SOC
1,0502.0%
5
MOHAN DAS
7891.5%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (402nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.1% · min 0.3% · max 32.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
44%
lowerhigher
402nd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
381st of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
323rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.3%CPI 31.4%BJS 25.7%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,54,391
Density
1086 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,482 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.4%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.1%
Electricity43.6%
Sanitation31.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.2%
Children fully vaccinated55.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.9%
Children underweight (under 5)32.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.4%
Women literate67.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.8%
Clean cooking fuel45.1%
Health insurance20.6%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Moonj products
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A.     Asoka Pillar

🏛️MonumentASI

A.      Asoka Pillar

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B.     Zanana palace (Situated in Allahabad fort)

🏛️MonumentASI

B.      Zanana palace (Situated in Allahabad fort)

Cemeteries at Kydganj

Cemeteries at Kydganj

🏛️MonumentASI

Cemeteries at Kydganj

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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