Varanasi
Lok Sabha 1971 · Uttar Pradesh (1947-1999) · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- RAJA RAM SHASTRIINC · Indian National Congress
- Votes
- 138,78947.0% share
- Margin ?
- 85,848over BJS
- Turnout ?
- 55.5%301,943 of 544,236
- NOTA ?
- 0
Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAJA RAM SHASTRI Winner | INC | 138,789 | 46.97% |
| 2 | KAMLA PRASAD SINGH | BJS | 52,941 | 17.92% |
| 3 | RUSTAM SATIN | CPI | 48,892 | 16.54% |
| 4 | LOK NATH | BKD | 26,192 | 8.86% |
| 5 | SATYA NARAYAN SINGH | CPM | 6,477 | 2.19% |
| 6 | RAGHU NATH SINGH | NCO | 5,826 | 1.97% |
| 7 | PANNA LAL | IND | 3,550 | 1.20% |
| 8 | KEDAR | IND | 3,405 | 1.15% |
| 9 | NAGENDRA SINGH | IND | 3,166 | 1.07% |
| 10 | KRISHNA KANT SRIVASTAVA | RPK | 2,140 | 0.72% |
| 11 | KAMARUDDIN | IND | 1,853 | 0.63% |
| 12 | DAMODER SINGH | IND | 974 | 0.33% |
| 13 | VIJAIKRISHNA | IND | 709 | 0.24% |
| 14 | JAI NARAIN UPADHYA | IND | 598 | 0.20% |
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 1999BJPby 52,859
- 1998BJPby 151,946
- 1996BJPby 100,692
- 1991BJPby 40,439
- 1989JDby 171,603
- 1984INCby 94,430
- 1980INC(I)by 24,735
- 1977BLDby 171,854
- 1971INCby 85,848
- 1967CPMby 18,167
- 1962INCby 45,907
- 1957INCby 71,926
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