Varanasi
Lok Sabha 1977 · Uttar Pradesh (1947-1999) · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- Chandra ShekherBLD · BHARATIYA LOK DAL
- Votes
- 233,19466.2% share
- Margin ?
- 171,854over INC
- Turnout ?
- 55.8%358,755 of 642,595
- 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 | Chandra Shekher Winner | BLD | 233,194 | 66.22% |
| 2 | Raja Ram | INC | 61,340 | 17.42% |
| 3 | Udal | CPI | 39,013 | 11.08% |
| 4 | Ram Lakhan | IND | 7,854 | 2.23% |
| 5 | Shambhu | IND | 2,652 | 0.75% |
| 6 | Lakshman Chaitanya Brahmachari | RRP | 2,280 | 0.65% |
| 7 | Balram | IND | 1,876 | 0.53% |
| 8 | Girijashanker Singh | IND | 1,132 | 0.32% |
| 9 | Mahanth Sri Krishna Giri | IND | 1,030 | 0.29% |
| 10 | Kishori Lal | IND | 955 | 0.27% |
| 11 | Shiv Nath | IND | 847 | 0.24% |
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Varanasi across elections
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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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