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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 32 · 1972

Kashmere Gate

Winner — 1972

OM PRAKASH BEHL
INC· Congress (R)
INC 67.4%BJS 31.8%1 others 0.8%
Votes
9,791
67.4% share
Winning margin
5,173
35.6% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
73.9%
of 19,638

Kashmere Gate is a safe seat — OM PRAKASH BEHL won by 35.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
OM PRAKASH BEHL
Congress (R)
9,79167.4%
2
BHAGWANT KISHORE
Grand Alliance
4,61831.8%
3
RICHPAL SINGH
IND
1090.8%

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.

Average turnout (28th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
35.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 3.9% · max 35.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
28th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
25th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
56 seats · 29 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 67.4%BJS 31.8%OTH 0.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,43,243
Density
19563 / km²
Sex ratio
875 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
130 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 82.1%Sikh 10.7%Muslim 5.9%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water86.9%
Electricity99.3%
Sanitation89.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.8%
Children fully vaccinated67.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.1%
Children underweight (under 5)19.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.2%
Women literate82.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.5%
Clean cooking fuel99.0%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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