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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 241 · 1991

Varanasi Cantonment

Winner — 1991

JYOTSANA SRIVASTAVA
BJP· BJP
BJP 37.4%JD 31.3%26 others 31.3%
Votes
31,305
37.4% share
Winning margin
5,096
6.1% of votes
Total candidates
28
Turnout
39.5%
of 2,12,162

A clear win with a 6.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

28 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JYOTSANA SRIVASTAVA
BJP
31,30537.4%
2
ATHAT JAMAL LARI
Janata Dal
26,20931.3%
3
ANIL KUMR SRIVASTAVA
INC
10,09112.1%
4
SATRUDAR PRAKASH
JP
8,2009.8%
5
MANSHA RAM
2,7923.3%
6
VIJAY KUMAR BHARTI
Left
2,0322.4%
7
KUNIYA
4560.5%
8
MANDVI PRASAD
IND
3240.4%
9
GARIB
IND
3090.4%
10
ARJUN
IND
2390.3%
11
SUBHASH
IND
1700.2%
12
MOHD. ZAFAR
IND
1610.2%
13
BIHARI
IND
1470.2%
14
PARMOD MATHUR
IND
1470.2%
15
MAHA NAND
IND
1460.2%
16
ANSHDAR
IND
1170.1%
17
GULAB
IND
1100.1%
18
SHIV SHANKAR
IND
1020.1%
19
CHHATTU RAM AKELA
IND
830.1%
20
OM PARKASH
IND
790.1%
21
RAJENDAR
IND
710.1%
22
UMA SHANKAR
IND
700.1%
23
N.L. YADAV
IND
700.1%
24
UDAL
660.1%
25
RAM JI
IND
640.1%
26
AMAR NATH GUPTA
IND
560.1%
27
MAHESH
IND
540.1%
28
RAM NATH
IND
480.1%

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.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 4.2% · max 58.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
275th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
156th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
27th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
419 seats · 210 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 37.4%JD 31.3%INC 12.1%JP 9.8%OTH 9.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,32,733
Density
634 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,152 km²
SC population24.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.4%Muslim 13.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.8%
Electricity15.9%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.4%
Children fully vaccinated55.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.1%
Children underweight (under 5)38.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.0%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.4%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance16.8%

What's nearby?

10 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bedsheets🏺Iron Fabrication Work
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Extensive brick strewn mound,

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Extensive brick strewn mound,

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Extensive ruins of an ancient fortified town said to be a stronghold of the Chandel,

🏛️MonumentASI

Extensive ruins of an ancient fortified town said to be a stronghold of the Chandel,

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Four Temples,

🏛️MonumentASI

Four Temples,

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Old Fort, Nahar Khor,Fatehpur

🏛️MonumentASI

Old Fort,

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Old Fort, Paina Kalan,Fatehpur

🏛️MonumentASI

Old Fort,

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Ruined Temple, Saton,Fatehpur

🏛️MonumentASI

Ruined Temple,

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Ruins of a fort built by Jaya Chandra,

🏛️MonumentASI

Ruins of a fort built by Jaya Chandra,

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Smaller mound bearing five large Digamber Jain figures which people call the five Pandavas,

🏛️MonumentASI

Smaller mound bearing five large Digamber Jain figures which people call the five Pandavas,

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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