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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 241 · 1980

Varanasi Cantonment

Winner — 1980

MANDAVI PRASAD SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 34.4%JNP(SR) 23.1%13 others 42.5%
Votes
17,051
34.4% share
Winning margin
5,616
11.3% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
41.3%
of 1,19,984

A clear win with a 11.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANDAVI PRASAD SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
17,05134.4%
2
SATRUDRA PRAKASH
JNP(SR)
11,43523.1%
3
MAHENDRA NATH
BJP
6,17312.5%
4
NARENDRA PRATAP VERMA
JNP(SC)
4,8939.9%
5
GOBARDHAN RAM
Left
3,4967.1%
6
MOHD. RAFIQUE RAZVI
2,6515.3%
7
BASANT
IND
1,2122.5%
8
NASRUDDIN
IND
9882.0%
9
VIJAI BAHADUR
JNP(JP)
4841.0%
10
SRI RAM MURAT
IND
4230.8%
11
MOHD. ZAFFAR
IND
2550.5%
12
RAM LAKHAN GUPTA
IND
1520.3%
13
VISHWA NATH SINGH YADAVA
IND
1470.3%
14
BHAGAT SINGH
SSD
1370.3%
15
KHURSID ALAM
IND
280.1%

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
11.3%
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
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 34.4%JNP(SR) 23.1%BJP 12.5%JNP(SC) 9.9%CPI 7.1%INC(U) 5.3%OTH 7.7%

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

🏛️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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