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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 241 · 1974

Varanasi Cantt

Winner — 1974

SHATRUDH PRAKASH
BKD· Grand Alliance
BKD 33.0%INC 25.6%13 others 41.4%
Votes
19,078
33.0% share
Winning margin
4,291
7.4% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
58.8%
of 98,133

A clear win with a 7.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHATRUDH PRAKASH
Grand Alliance
19,07833.0%
2
LAL BAHADUR SINGH
Congress (R)
14,78725.6%
3
VARMESHWAR PANDEY
Grand Alliance
10,39118.0%
4
MOTI LAL
Left
6,67611.6%
5
ALAKH NATH
1,7503.0%
6
TARA SHANKER SINGH
IND
1,0411.8%
7
VIJAI BAHADUR
8321.4%
8
LACHHIMAN PRASAD
7401.3%
9
KAMLA DEVI SINGH
IND
5400.9%
10
HARIBANSH PANDEY
IND
4320.8%
11
MAHESHWAR BAHADUR
MAP
4100.7%
12
SITA RAM
SSD
3900.7%
13
BARI NATH
IND
3270.6%
14
VEENA LAHARI
IND
2830.5%
15
ABDUL MAJEED
IND
650.1%

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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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.4%
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
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BKD 33.0%INC 25.6%BJS 18.0%CPM 11.6%OTH 11.8%

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

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Old Fort,

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Old Fort, Paina Kalan,Fatehpur

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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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