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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 22 · 1972

Najafgarh

Winner — 1972

MUKAM SINGH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 30.2%IND 30.0%3 others 39.8%
Votes
7,318
30.2% share
Winning margin
52
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
74.6%
of 32,502

Najafgarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 52 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MUKAM SINGH
Congress (R)
7,31830.2%
2
SURAJ BHAN
IND
7,26630.0%
3
RISAL SINGH
Grand Alliance
5,65923.4%
4
BALDEV SINGH
IND
3,73615.4%
5
TILAK RAM
IND
2571.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

High turnout (13th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.9% · min 0.2% · max 37.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
13th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
66th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
56 seats · 29 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.2%IND 30.0%BJS 23.4%IND 15.4%OTH 1.1%

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?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Dry Fruits & Spices
Ajmeri Gate

Ajmeri Gate

🏛️MonumentASI

Ajmeri Gate

Mazar of Shaikh Nabi Karim Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq, Nabi Karim, Paharganj

Mazar of Shaikh Nabi Karim Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq, Nabi Karim, Paharganj

🏛️MonumentASI

Mazar of Shaikh Nabi Karim Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq, Nabi Karim, Paharganj

🏛️

Tomb of Ghaziuddin Khan

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Ghaziuddin Khan

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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