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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1977

Kasturba Nagar

Winner — 1977

JASWANT SINGH PHULL
JNP· Janata
JNP 54.4%INC 33.8%4 others 11.9%
Votes
10,802
54.4% share
Winning margin
4,089
20.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
44.7%
of 44,469

Kasturba Nagar is a safe seat — JASWANT SINGH PHULL won by 20.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JASWANT SINGH PHULL
Janata
10,80254.4%
2
C.B. GUPTA
INC
6,71333.8%
3
MAHESH
IND
1,7018.6%
4
A.L. SEHGAL
IND
4142.1%
5
PARMA NAND GUPTA
IND
1240.6%
6
RAJINDER SINGH
IND
1190.6%

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 (40th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 0.1% · max 24.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
40th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
10th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
33rd of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
56 seats · 29 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 54.4%INC 33.8%IND 8.6%OTH 3.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
36,56,539
Density
8254 / km²
Sex ratio
865 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
443 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.8%Muslim 8.0%Other 4.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water79.2%
Electricity98.7%
Sanitation84.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.7%
Children fully vaccinated66.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.0%
Children underweight (under 5)17.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.2%
Women literate80.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.0%
Clean cooking fuel98.1%
Health insurance18.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Stainless Steel Utensils/ Kitchen Ware

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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