Varanasi Cantonment
Winner — 1985
A closely fought contest. SHARRUDH PRAKASH won with a 4.2% margin.
All Candidates
31 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHARRUDH PRAKASH | Lok Dal | 17,721 | 32.2% |
| 2 | GANESH PRASAD JAISWAL | INC | 15,414 | 28.0% |
| 3 | JETENDRA NATH DUBEY | BJP | 6,538 | 11.9% |
| 4 | MOTI LAL PATEL | Left | 3,412 | 6.2% |
| 5 | CHANNU LAL SHASTRI | IND | 2,473 | 4.5% |
| 6 | RAM NARESH | Janata | 2,181 | 4.0% |
| 7 | CHHOTEY LAL | ICJ | 1,062 | 1.9% |
| 8 | BHAGIRATHI PRASAD | IND | 732 | 1.3% |
| 9 | PRASIDH NARAIN | IND | 627 | 1.1% |
| 10 | MUSTAQ AHMAD | IND | 593 | 1.1% |
| 11 | VINOD | IND | 490 | 0.9% |
| 12 | VIJENDRA | IND | 475 | 0.9% |
| 13 | MOHD. YUNUS | IND | 386 | 0.7% |
| 14 | PYARE LAL | IND | 374 | 0.7% |
| 15 | NAND LAL GUPTA | IND | 347 | 0.6% |
| 16 | RAM NATH | IND | 298 | 0.5% |
| 17 | SRI RAM SINGH | IND | 230 | 0.4% |
| 18 | KAHIR ALAM ANSARI | IND | 204 | 0.4% |
| 19 | VINOD KUMAR PANDEY | IND | 203 | 0.4% |
| 20 | MEWA LAL | IND | 196 | 0.4% |
| 21 | LACHMAN | IND | 186 | 0.3% |
| 22 | KHADERAN RAI | IND | 149 | 0.3% |
| 23 | RAVI SHANKAR | IND | 135 | 0.2% |
| 24 | PARMANAND | IND | 130 | 0.2% |
| 25 | KALLO PRASAD | 125 | 0.2% | |
| 26 | JAI PRAKASH | IND | 100 | 0.2% |
| 27 | RAJENDRA | IND | 85 | 0.1% |
| 28 | SHUSHELA | IND | 77 | 0.1% |
| 29 | MUIUDDIR | IND | 75 | 0.1% |
| 30 | ISARJAN | IND | 53 | 0.1% |
| 31 | NARENDRA NARAIN | IND | 40 | 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 (275th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
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10 locationsExtensive ruins of an ancient fortified town said to be a stronghold of the Chandel,
Extensive ruins of an ancient fortified town said to be a stronghold of the Chandel,
Ruins of a fort built by Jaya Chandra,
Ruins of a fort built by Jaya Chandra,
Smaller mound bearing five large Digamber Jain figures which people call the five Pandavas,
Smaller mound bearing five large Digamber Jain figures which people call the five Pandavas,
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