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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 24 · 1983

Najafgarh

Winner — 1983

BHARAT SINGH
INC· Congress (I)
INC 56.4%LKD 21.9%13 others 21.7%
Votes
45,610
56.4% share
Winning margin
27,924
34.5% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
54.0%
of 1,49,673

Najafgarh is a safe seat — BHARAT SINGH won by 34.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHARAT SINGH
Congress (I)
45,61056.4%
2
TARIF SINGH
Lok Dal
17,68621.9%
3
KARAN SINGH LAKRA
IND
8,30410.3%
4
SURESH
IND
2,4263.0%
5
GYAN CHAND
IND
1,4191.8%
6
GARIB DASS
IND
1,0831.3%
7
ANAND PARKASH
IND
9681.2%
8
TILAK RAM
IND
6690.8%
9
ISHWAR CHAND
IND
6070.8%
10
KALAS PARSHAD
IND
4900.6%
11
S.N. THAKUR
IND
4010.5%
12
PURSHOTAM
IND
3430.4%
13
MADAN LAL GULATI
IND
3270.4%
14
MEGH RAJ
IND
2980.4%
15
MUNSHI RAM
IND
2030.3%

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 (52nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
34.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.4% · min 3.4% · max 52.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
52nd of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
42nd of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
19th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
55 seats · 28 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.4%LKD 21.9%IND 10.3%OTH 11.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
5,82,320
Density
27730 / km²
Sex ratio
892 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
21 km²
SC population24.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 62.5%Muslim 33.4%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water96.1%
Electricity99.0%
Sanitation90.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated82.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.5%
Children underweight (under 5)25.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.6%
Women literate83.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel98.8%
Health insurance22.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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