Back to Delhi 1983 map
Winner — 1983
DES RAJ CHHABRA
INC· Congress (I)
INC 43.8%BJP 41.3%6 others 14.9%
Votes
13,737
43.8% share
Winning margin
800
2.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
42.6%
of 73,620
A closely fought contest. DES RAJ CHHABRA won with a 2.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DES RAJ CHHABRA | Congress (I) | 13,737 | 43.8% |
| 2 | CH. RATTAN SINGH | BJP | 12,937 | 41.3% |
| 3 | LALIT MOHAN GAUTAM | Janata | 2,776 | 8.9% |
| 4 | JAGDISH CHANDER GUPTA | IND | 823 | 2.6% |
| 5 | SHALOK CHAND VATS | IND | 644 | 2.1% |
| 6 | DESH RAJ | ICS | 193 | 0.6% |
| 7 | NASRAH MAJEED | IND | 143 | 0.5% |
| 8 | AMARINDER JIT SINGH PAUL | IND | 82 | 0.3% |
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 (41st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
LOADING SEAT HISTORY…
How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe2.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 1.1% · max 55.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
41st of 70How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
16th of 70How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
55th of 70Where does the house stand?
SEAT
55 seats · 28 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.8%BJP 41.3%JNP 8.9%OTH 6.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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.