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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 23 · 1951

Roshanara

Winner — 1951

JAGAN NATH
INC 50.3%IND 45.5%2 others 4.1%
Votes
4,922
50.3% share
Winning margin
470
4.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
61.7%
of 15,855

A closely fought contest. JAGAN NATH won with a 4.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGAN NATH
4,92250.3%
2
RAM PRASHAD PODDAR
IND
4,45245.5%
3
BRAHMA SWARUP
IND
2332.4%
4
SUNDER DAS
IND
1721.8%

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 (65th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 1.7% · max 35.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
65th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
44th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
40th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
48 seats · 25 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.3%IND 45.5%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
5,82,320
Density
27730 / km²
Sex ratio
892 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
21 km²
SC population24.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 62.5%Muslim 33.4%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water96.1%
Electricity99.0%
Sanitation90.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated82.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.5%
Children underweight (under 5)25.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.6%
Women literate83.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel98.8%
Health insurance22.6%

What's nearby?

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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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