Varanasi North
Winner — 1974
A clear win with a 6.8% margin.
All Candidates
16 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOHAMMAD SAFIUR RAHAM ANSARI | Congress (R) | 25,644 | 38.3% |
| 2 | SHANKAR PRASAD JAISWAL | Grand Alliance | 21,100 | 31.5% |
| 3 | SAFIULLA ANSARI | Grand Alliance | 16,593 | 24.8% |
| 4 | PREM SHANKAR DAVE | 645 | 1.0% | |
| 5 | GAYA | IND | 475 | 0.7% |
| 6 | SUKURULLA KHAN | 431 | 0.6% | |
| 7 | SHIV PUJAN | IND | 389 | 0.6% |
| 8 | SANKATHA PRASAD | Grand Alliance | 334 | 0.5% |
| 9 | SHISHU PAL NIGAM | LTS | 292 | 0.4% |
| 10 | MOHAN SWAROOP YARNA | IND | 218 | 0.3% |
| 11 | YOGESHWAR RAI | IND | 216 | 0.3% |
| 12 | RASOOL | IND | 144 | 0.2% |
| 13 | ALKAMA |  MUL | 141 | 0.2% |
| 14 | RAMLAKHAN SETH | IND | 134 | 0.2% |
| 15 | SARSHATI | IND | 82 | 0.1% |
| 16 | RAM LAKHAN CHAURASIA | IND | 74 | 0.1% |
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.
Average turnout (274th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
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2 locationsCircular mound, the site of a temple,
Circular mound, the site of a temple,
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