Varanasi South
Winner — 1974
A clear win with a 10.5% margin.
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHARAN DAS SETH | Grand Alliance | 19,826 | 32.4% |
| 2 | GIRIJESH RAI | Left | 13,431 | 22.0% |
| 3 | BUDH RAM SINGH YADVA | Grand Alliance | 12,716 | 20.8% |
| 4 | DEO BRATA MAJUMDAR | 12,077 | 19.8% | |
| 5 | SATISH KUMAR | 1,374 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | DHARMA SHEEL | Grand Alliance | 712 | 1.2% |
| 7 | MADHUSUDAN | RRP | 555 | 0.9% |
| 8 | VIRASAT HUSAIN | IND | 241 | 0.4% |
| 9 | BALDEO PRASAD SETH | IND | 217 | 0.3% |
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 (170th), a comfortable 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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2 locationsHathikhana Mosque of the Jaichandi Mosque,
Hathikhana Mosque of the Jaichandi Mosque,
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