Varanasi
Lok Sabha 1996 · Uttar Pradesh (1947-1999) · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- SHANKAR PRASAD JAISWALBJP · BHARATIYA JANTA PARTY
- Votes
- 250,99144.6% share
- Margin ?
- 100,692over CPM
- Turnout ?
- 40.6%576,473 of 1,420,576
- 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 | SHANKAR PRASAD JAISWAL Winner | BJP | 250,991 | 44.62% |
| 2 | RAJ KISHORE | CPM | 150,299 | 26.72% |
| 3 | KAMALA RAJBHAR | BSP | 70,316 | 12.50% |
| 4 | RAJDEO PATEL | AD | 26,797 | 4.76% |
| 5 | DOODH NATH CHATURVEDI | INC | 22,579 | 4.01% |
| 6 | RUDRA PRASAD SINGH | AIIC(T) | 7,615 | 1.35% |
| 7 | RAM HARKH | IND | 4,230 | 0.75% |
| 8 | CHANDER PRAKASH | IND | 2,629 | 0.47% |
| 9 | GULAB SONKAR | IND | 2,031 | 0.36% |
| 10 | MUSTARI | IND | 1,962 | 0.35% |
| 11 | MANGALA | IND | 1,607 | 0.29% |
| 12 | SANTOSH | IND | 1,495 | 0.27% |
| 13 | TIGER ASHOK SINGH | SHS | 1,327 | 0.24% |
| 14 | KRISHNA NIGAM | IND | 1,294 | 0.23% |
| 15 | RAKESH "NYAYIK" | IND | 1,045 | 0.19% |
| 16 | AMAR NATH GUPTA | RMEP | 1,012 | 0.18% |
| 17 | V.C.RAI | IND | 979 | 0.17% |
| 18 | RAJ KUMAR MAURYA | IND | 944 | 0.17% |
| 19 | ANIL KUMAR RAI | IND | 850 | 0.15% |
| 20 | SUKKHU | RPI | 724 | 0.13% |
| 21 | MADINA BEGAM | IND | 664 | 0.12% |
| 22 | KAMALA PRASAD BIND | PMSP | 643 | 0.11% |
| 23 | GOPAL RAI | IND | 633 | 0.11% |
| 24 | THUFIF | IDP | 624 | 0.11% |
| 25 | SHAMBHOO NATH | PSSS | 622 | 0.11% |
| 26 | QUADIR JAMAL | IND | 604 | 0.11% |
| 27 | ASHOK | IND | 586 | 0.10% |
| 28 | AKASH YADAVA | IND | 583 | 0.10% |
| 29 | UMA SHANKAR | IND | 524 | 0.09% |
| 30 | BALLU RAM | IND | 518 | 0.09% |
| 31 | RAJ KUMAR | IND | 503 | 0.09% |
| 32 | VIJAY NARAIN | IND | 463 | 0.08% |
| 33 | KRISHNA NAND | IND | 460 | 0.08% |
| 34 | ANIL SARAWAGI | IND | 448 | 0.08% |
| 35 | OM PRAKASH S/O LATE SHANKAR | IND | 408 | 0.07% |
| 36 | HARIHAR | IND | 386 | 0.07% |
| 37 | DURGA DUTT SHUKLA @ KRISHNA MAHARAJ | IND | 384 | 0.07% |
| 38 | RAMBALI | IND | 373 | 0.07% |
| 39 | AMAR NATH SINGH | IND | 340 | 0.06% |
| 40 | ABHIJIT DAS | IND | 337 | 0.06% |
| 41 | ATUL MEHRA | IND | 315 | 0.06% |
| 41 | RAMCHANDAR | IND | 315 | 0.06% |
| 43 | RAM VIKASH | IND | 281 | 0.05% |
| 44 | RAM MURAT | IND | 258 | 0.05% |
| 45 | OM PRKASH S/O SHIVA SHANKAR | IND | 230 | 0.04% |
| 46 | ALOK | IND | 179 | 0.03% |
| 47 | NAMWAR SHASTRI VYAS | ABRRP | 157 | 0.03% |
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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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