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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 227 · 2005 by-elections
Varanasi North
Winner — 2005 by-elections
Rabiya Begam
SP 51.4%BJP 34.6%9 others 14.0%
Votes
48,862
51.4% share
Winning margin
15,998
16.8% of votes
Total candidates
11
Varanasi North is a safe seat — Rabiya Begam won by 16.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabiya Begam | 48,862 | 51.4% | |
| 2 | Ravindra Jaiswal | 32,864 | 34.6% | |
| 3 | Dr. Wakil Ahmed Ansari | 9,207 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Kuwar Pramod Singh | 1,953 | 2.1% | |
| 5 | Mohd. Rafique Ansari | AD | 588 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Virendra Pratap Yadav | IND | 492 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Navneet Kumar Singh | 361 | 0.4% | |
| 8 | Vijay Jaiswal | IND | 208 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Paras Nath Chaurasiya | IND | 190 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Akhil Srivastava | IND | 141 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Narendra Nath Dubey Adig | IND | 139 | 0.1% |
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.
High turnout (4th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean16.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 0.0% · max 32.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
4th of 403How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.63
fewer partiesmore parties
255th of 403How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
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64th of 403Where does the house stand?
SEAT
6 seats · 4 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 51.4%BJP 34.6%INC 9.7%OTH 4.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,21,592
Density
242 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,039 km²
SC population19.7%
ST population5.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.3%Other 4.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water9.5%
Electricity35.4%
Sanitation19.4%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.8%
Children fully vaccinated70.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.1%
Women literate55.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.5%
Clean cooking fuel20.3%
Health insurance11.7%
What's nearby?
37 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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