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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 40 · 1972

Kalan Masjid

Winner — 1972

RAJESH SHARMA
NCO 23.5%INC 22.2%7 others 54.4%
Votes
4,140
23.5% share
Winning margin
229
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
77.0%
of 22,926

Kalan Masjid was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 229 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJESH SHARMA
4,14023.5%
2
DEVKINANDNA SHARMA
Congress (R)
3,91122.2%
3
RAM BABU MAHESHWARI
Grand Alliance
3,64320.6%
4
Z.R. ABBAS
2,29513.0%
5
ABDUL MAJID
IND
1,6449.3%
6
SANWAL DASS
1,6059.1%
7
RADHEY LAL
IND
2841.6%
8
SANTOSH KUMAR SHIEKHAR
IND
1020.6%
9
KHURSHID ALAM
IND
230.1%

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.

Average turnout (56th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.8% · min 1.3% · max 38.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
56th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
47th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
56 seats · 29 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NCO 23.5%INC 22.2%BJS 20.6%RPI 13.0%IND 9.3%SOP 9.1%OTH 2.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,42,004
Density
4057 / km²
Sex ratio
822 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
35 km²
SC population23.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 6.0%Other 6.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water95.3%
Electricity98.8%
Sanitation77.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.8%
Children fully vaccinated82.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.4%
Children underweight (under 5)20.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.0%
Women literate81.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.2%
Clean cooking fuel98.3%
Health insurance25.2%

What's nearby?

39 locations
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Known forDISTRICT
🏺Automobile Refurbishing Component
Arab Sarai

Arab Sarai

🏛️MonumentASI

Arab Sarai

Baoli, Nizamuddin

Baoli, Nizamuddin

🏛️MonumentASI

Baoli

Bara Khamba outside north entrance to shrine

Bara Khamba outside north entrance to shrine

🏛️MonumentASI

Bara Khamba outside north entrance to shrine

Enclosure wall with enclosure of the Tomb of Najaf Khan

Enclosure wall with enclosure of the Tomb of Najaf Khan

🏛️MonumentASI

Enclosure wall with enclosure of the Tomb of Najaf  Khan

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Humayun's tomb, its platforms, garden, enclosure walls and gateways Khasra No. 258 bounded on the…

Humayun's tomb, its platforms, garden, enclosure walls and gateways Khasra No. 258 bounded on the…

🏛️MonumentASI

Humayun's tomb, its platforms, garden, enclosure walls and gateways Khasra No. 258 bounded on the east by Khasra No.180&181&244 of Miri Singh and on west by Kh. No. 268&253 on the north by Khasra No. 266, on the south by Kh No. 245 of Miri Singh & Kh. No

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