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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 52 · 1983

Motia Khan

Winner — 1983

MANOHAR LAL
INC· Congress (I)
INC 50.7%BJP 46.4%3 others 2.9%
Votes
12,397
50.7% share
Winning margin
1,039
4.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
55.1%
of 44,412

A closely fought contest. MANOHAR LAL won with a 4.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANOHAR LAL
Congress (I)
12,39750.7%
2
PUSHPA KALE
BJP
11,35846.5%
3
MALIK C.K.
Janata
5422.2%
4
TILAK RAJ BAJAJ
IND
870.4%
5
BAJRANG SINGH
IND
700.3%

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.

Low turnout (59th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 3.9% · max 32.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
59th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
51st of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
55 seats · 28 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.7%BJP 46.5%OTH 2.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hospitality Services🏺Tourism (Medical & Religious)
Nai-ka-kot in Tughlaqabad

Nai-ka-kot in Tughlaqabad

🏛️MonumentASI

Nai-ka-kot in Tughlaqabad

Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlakabad. walls and bastions, gates and cause way including the tomb of Daud…

Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlakabad. walls and bastions, gates and cause way including the tomb of Daud…

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlakabad. walls and bastions, gates and cause way including the tomb of Daud Khan

Tomb of Mohammad Tughlak Shah at Tughlakabad

Tomb of Mohammad Tughlak Shah at Tughlakabad

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Mohammad Tughlak Shah at Tughlakabad

Walls of old City of Tughlakabad.

Walls of old City of Tughlakabad.

🏛️MonumentASI

Walls of old City of Tughlakabad.

Walls, gate and bastions of Adilabad (Mohammadabad) and causeway leading there to from Tughlakabad.

Walls, gate and bastions of Adilabad (Mohammadabad) and causeway leading there to from Tughlakabad.

🏛️MonumentASI

Walls, gate and bastions of Adilabad (Mohammadabad) and causeway leading there to from Tughlakabad.

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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