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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1977Reserved (SC)
Dev Nagar
Winner — 1977
MOTI LAL BAKOLIA
INC· INC
INC 40.7%JNP 39.6%5 others 19.7%
Votes
8,767
40.7% share
Winning margin
237
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
60.1%
of 35,821
Dev Nagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 237 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOTI LAL BAKOLIA | INC | 8,767 | 40.7% |
| 2 | TRAVATI JATAV | Janata | 8,530 | 39.6% |
| 3 | BABU LAL KALKAR | IND | 2,624 | 12.2% |
| 4 | HIRA LAL | IND | 1,059 | 4.9% |
| 5 | LEKH RAM SARSONIA | IND | 415 | 1.9% |
| 6 | LAKSHMAN SINGH | IND | 111 | 0.5% |
| 7 | SURENDRA PAL RATWAL | IND | 26 | 0.1% |
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 (55th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.8% · min 0.8% · max 27.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
55th of 70How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 70How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
54th of 70Where does the house stand?
SEAT
56 seats · 29 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.7%JNP 39.6%IND 12.2%OTH 7.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,31,929
Density
11060 / km²
Sex ratio
862 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
247 km²
SC population15.5%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 78.9%Muslim 16.3%Other 4.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water71.0%
Electricity99.2%
Sanitation88.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.1%
Children fully vaccinated64.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.7%
Children underweight (under 5)20.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.9%
Women literate84.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.5%
Clean cooking fuel99.1%
Health insurance24.5%
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.