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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1977Reserved (SC)

Tughlaqabad

Winner — 1977

PREM SINGH
INC· INC
INC 47.1%JNP 34.8%5 others 18.1%
Votes
17,059
47.1% share
Winning margin
4,432
12.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
50.7%
of 71,489

A clear win with a 12.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PREM SINGH
INC
17,05947.1%
2
MITTER SAIN
Janata
12,62734.9%
3
S.C. KHAIRALIA
IND
2,9158.1%
4
MOHAN LAL
IND
1,9995.5%
5
MADAN LAL
IND
8672.4%
6
G.R. VIDYARATHI
IND
5371.5%
7
DORAI SWAMY
IND
2290.6%

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 (31st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
12.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.0% · min 0.6% · max 46.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
31st of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
13th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
56 seats · 29 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.1%JNP 34.9%IND 8.1%IND 5.5%OTH 4.5%

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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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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