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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1983

Kasturba Nagar

Winner — 1983

JAGDISH LAL
BJP· BJP
BJP 45.9%INC 45.8%5 others 8.3%
Votes
9,678
45.9% share
Winning margin
18
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
47.3%
of 44,576

Kasturba Nagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 18 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGDISH LAL
BJP
9,67845.9%
2
C.B. GUPTA
Congress (I)
9,66045.8%
3
DAYA CHAND
Janata
7013.3%
4
MADAN LAL
IND
6753.2%
5
PARMA NAND GUPTA
IND
2261.1%
6
H.L. GUPTA
IND
1020.5%
7
PYARE LAL
IND
560.3%

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
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
55 seats · 28 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.9%INC 45.8%OTH 8.3%

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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