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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 2

Laxmibai NagarMetropolitan Council by-election result, 1985

Prem Dass (INC) won Laxmibai Nagar in the 1985 Metropolitan Council by-election with 51.6% of the vote, beating K.N.Sachdeva (BJP) by 1,349 votes.

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 2 was Lakshmi Bai Nagar. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 1983. From 1993, seat no. 2 is Gole Market. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Prem Dass(w)
INC 51.6%BJP 44.4%11 others 3.9%
Votes
9,643
51.6% share
Winning margin
1,349
7.2% of votes
Candidates
13

A clear win with a 7.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Prem Dass(w)
9,64351.6%
2
K.N.SACHDEVA
8,29444.4%
3
SATPAL
IND
IND
3111.7%
4
J.L.MEHTA
IND
IND
1400.7%
5
RAMESH
IND
IND
1100.6%
6
BHIM SINGH
IND
IND
420.2%
7
P.N.TONDAN
IND
IND
320.2%
8
P.K.SHARMA
IND
IND
290.2%
9
RAJEEV KUMAR
IND
IND
230.1%
10
MANGE RAM
IND
IND
200.1%
11
MAHESH BHOI
IND
IND
100.1%
12
HARISH BHARDWAJ
IND
IND
100.1%
13
HARBHAJAN SINGH
IND
IND
90.0%

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A clear win, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
7.2%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

INC and BJP took 96% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.15

How did the vote split?

SEAT
51.6%won by INC
INC 51.6%BJP 44.4%Others 3.9%

This seat number was reused from 2008. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2008, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Laxmibai Nagar, 1977–1983

  1. 1977KIDAR NATH SACHDEVA (JNP), margin 33.2%
  2. 1983ARJUN DASS (INC), margin 9.3%