Varanasi South
Winner — 1980
A clear win with a 11.3% margin.
All Candidates
14 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KAILASH TONDON |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 19,048 | 37.6% |
| 2 | RAJ BALI TIWARI | BJP | 13,297 | 26.2% |
| 3 | MOHD. EKARAM ALIAS BACHAU | IND | 6,889 | 13.6% |
| 4 | DEVAVRAT MAJUMDAR | JNP(SC) | 6,057 | 11.9% |
| 5 | GIRJESH RAI | Left | 2,669 | 5.3% |
| 6 | TARUN KANT BASU | 1,328 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | JAWAHAR LAL | IND | 283 | 0.6% |
| 8 | RAM BALAK SHASTRI | JNP(JP) | 248 | 0.5% |
| 9 | MOHAN LAL | IND | 224 | 0.4% |
| 10 | MOTI LAL | IND | 187 | 0.4% |
| 11 | HARI GOPAL | IND | 185 | 0.4% |
| 12 | GULAB LAL SRIVASTAVA | IND | 142 | 0.3% |
| 13 | RAMASHRAYA SINGH BHAI | IND | 87 | 0.2% |
| 14 | ARUNODAYA MISRA | RRP | 71 | 0.1% |
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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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