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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 241 · 1993

Varanasi Cantonment

Winner — 1993

JYOTSANA
BJP· BJP
BJP 45.0%JD 31.0%34 others 24.1%
Votes
51,388
45.0% share
Winning margin
16,000
14.0% of votes
Total candidates
36
Turnout
48.5%
of 2,35,670

A clear win with a 14.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

36 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JYOTSANA
BJP
51,38845.0%
2
ATHAR JAMAL LARI
Janata Dal
35,38831.0%
3
SHATRUDRA PRAKASH
Samajwadi Party
13,55911.9%
4
J.P. SINGH
INC
6,4375.6%
5
MEERA YADAV
1,0000.9%
6
NAVNEET KUMAR
JP
8690.8%
7
SHYAM NARAIN PAL
6440.6%
8
ARVIND
IND
5030.4%
9
SOMARU RAM
BRP
4960.4%
10
GULAB SONKAR
IND
4740.4%
11
HEERA LAL
IND
4670.4%
12
ANURAG KAUSHAL
IND
3160.3%
13
SHANKAR
IND
2780.2%
14
VIJAY KUMAR
IND
2770.2%
15
HABIBULLA
IND
1980.2%
16
SOMARU
1790.2%
17
RAJENDRA
IND
1450.1%
18
NARENDRA PRATAP VERMA
IND
1380.1%
19
BADAL
IND
1240.1%
20
DEVBRAT MAJUMDAR
IND
1170.1%
21
RAM ASRE
IND
1150.1%
22
GAGARI
IND
1130.1%
23
RAJENDAR
IND
1120.1%
24
SHAUKAT
IND
1040.1%
25
JAMAL
IND
990.1%
26
AMAR NATH GUPTA
MCPI
930.1%
27
GIRJA
IND
910.1%
28
RAM NATH
IND
850.1%
29
SATISH KUMAR
830.1%
30
VINOD KUMAR PANDEY
ICS
770.1%
31
RAM JI
IND
740.1%
32
VIRENDRA SINGH
IND
690.1%
33
CHHATTHU LAL AKELA
IND
550.1%
34
ASHOK
SSD
530.1%
35
ANSHADAR MISRA
IND
370.0%
36
LAL BAHADUR
IND
310.0%

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.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.0%
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
422 seats · 212 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.0%JD 31.0%SP 11.9%INC 5.6%OTH 6.6%

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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