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Uttar Pradesh · PC 52 · 1999
Varanasi
Winner — Lok Sabha 1999
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 33.4%INC 25.1%10 others 41.5%
Votes
2,11,955
34.0% share
Winning margin
52,859
8.5% of votes
Total votes cast
6,33,826
Candidates
12
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shankar Prasad Jaiswal | NDA (NDA) | 2,11,955 | 34.0% |
| 2 | Rajesh Kumar Mishra | 1,59,096 | 25.5% | |
| 3 | Niranjan Rajbhar | AD | 83,282 | 13.3% |
| 4 | Salman Bashar | 78,442 | 12.6% | |
| 5 | Babu Lal Patel | 75,059 | 12.0% | |
| 6 | Prof. Dipak Malik | 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 | 729 | 0.1% |
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 (73rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe8.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 4.3% · max 48.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
73rd of 80How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
52nd of 80How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
9th of 80How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 34.0%INC 25.5%AD 13.3%SP 12.6%BSP 12.0%OTH 2.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
14 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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B.     Zanana palace (Situated in Allahabad fort)
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