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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1951

Chawri Bazar

Winner — 1951

NURUDDIN AHMAD
INC 67.0%IND 33.0%
Votes
6,024
67.0% share
Winning margin
3,060
34.0% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
57.4%
of 15,670

Chawri Bazar is a safe seat — NURUDDIN AHMAD won by 34.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NURUDDIN AHMAD
6,02467.0%
2
HARISH CHANDER
IND
2,96433.0%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (61st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
34.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 3.3% · max 34.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
61st of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
27th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
48 seats · 25 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 67.0%IND 33.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
8,87,978
Density
14557 / km²
Sex ratio
869 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
61 km²
SC population18.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.8%Muslim 13.5%Other 4.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water81.8%
Electricity99.1%
Sanitation90.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.2%
Children fully vaccinated86.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.7%
Children underweight (under 5)21.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.9%
Women literate83.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER5.0%
Clean cooking fuel99.7%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Light Engineering Goods

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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