Varanasi South
Vidhan Sabha 1985 · Uttar Pradesh (1947-1999) · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- Rajni KantINC · Indian National Congress
- Votes
- 28,40056.6% share
- Margin ?
- 14,761over BJP
- Turnout ?
- 33.9%50,516 of 148,847
- 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 | Rajni Kant Winner | INC | 28,400 | 56.64% |
| 2 | Shyamdeo Ram Chaudhary | BJP | 13,639 | 27.20% |
| 3 | Deepak | CPI | 3,408 | 6.80% |
| 4 | Shankatha Prasad | LKD | 1,520 | 3.03% |
| 5 | Vijay | JNP | 1,370 | 2.73% |
| 6 | Mohd. Ikram | IND | 838 | 1.67% |
| 7 | Ramesh Singh | IND | 296 | 0.59% |
| 8 | Ramesh Prasad Garg | IND | 186 | 0.37% |
| 9 | Jayanty | ICJ | 129 | 0.26% |
| 10 | Radhey Shyam | IND | 117 | 0.23% |
| 11 | Harendra Kumar | IND | 114 | 0.23% |
| 12 | Saroj Kumar | IND | 64 | 0.13% |
| 13 | Gupta Nath | DDP | 58 | 0.12% |
Total valid votes were not provided by the source for this election; shares are the source's own percentages.
Varanasi South across elections
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 1996BJPby 37,282
- 1993BJPby 39,505
- 1991BJPby 44,167
- 1989BJPby 21,740
- 1985INCby 14,761
- 1980INC(I)by 5,751
- 1977JNPby 22,733
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