Varanasi
Lok Sabha 1998 · Uttar Pradesh (1947-1999) · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- SHANKAR PRASAD JAISWALBJP · BHARATIYA JANTA PARTY
- Votes
- 277,23243.0% share
- Margin ?
- 151,946over CPM
- Turnout ?
- 47.2%654,935 of 1,388,212
- 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 | 277,232 | 42.98% |
| 2 | DEENA NATH SINGH YADAV | CPM | 125,286 | 19.42% |
| 3 | DR. AWDHESH SINGH | BSP | 101,024 | 15.66% |
| 4 | RAJDEV PATEL | AD | 65,529 | 10.16% |
| 5 | DR. RATNAKAR PANDEY | INC | 64,154 | 9.95% |
| 6 | ASLAM ANSARI | IND | 3,672 | 0.57% |
| 7 | MUNNA | IND | 1,942 | 0.30% |
| 8 | DR. MOIN AHAMAD ANSARI | IND | 1,673 | 0.26% |
| 9 | PANNA LAL SONKAR | IND | 1,134 | 0.18% |
| 10 | SHAMBHU NATH | IND | 974 | 0.15% |
| 11 | RAJ KUMAR SHARMA | IND | 971 | 0.15% |
| 12 | RANA SHAH JAYASAWAL | IND | 832 | 0.13% |
| 13 | GOPAL KRISHNA MISHRA (RAJU MISHRA) | IND | 621 | 0.10% |
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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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