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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1993

Shalimar Bagh

Winner — 1993

SAHIB SINGH VERMA
BJP· BJP
BJP 65.2%INC 29.8%21 others 5.0%
Votes
40,077
65.2% share
Winning margin
21,770
35.4% of votes
Total candidates
23
Turnout
67.2%
of 91,448

Shalimar Bagh is a safe seat — SAHIB SINGH VERMA won by 35.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

23 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAHIB SINGH VERMA
BJP
40,07765.2%
2
S.C. VATS
INC
18,30729.8%
3
JOGINDER SINGH
Janata Dal
1,3282.2%
4
AMAR SINGH
8921.4%
5
RAVI CHAMBAIL
IND
1750.3%
6
MAHABIR PRASAD JAIN
IND
1000.2%
7
ARUN KUMAR SINHA
JP
820.1%
8
RAMESH CHANDRA
IND
750.1%
9
SATISH KUMAR SAGAR
IND
640.1%
10
DAYANAND
SOP(RP)
580.1%
11
S.P. GUPTA
FBL
450.1%
12
KEWAL KRISHAN AGGARWAL
IND
350.1%
13
MADAN LAL GUPTA
BMSM
310.1%
14
ARVIND JAIN
IND
290.1%
15
ANIL KUMAR
IND
290.1%
16
RAMBIR SINGH JAIN
IND
280.1%
17
BHARAT SINGH JAIN
IND
220.0%
18
SARANJEET SINGH
IND
220.0%
19
VINOD DUKHIYA
IND
210.0%
20
G.L. KHANNA
IND
120.0%
21
RADHE SHYAM
IND
120.0%
22
SHIV LAL YADAV
BLMD
120.0%
23
DHANPAT SINGH
IND
70.0%

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 (39th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
35.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 0.7% · max 35.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
39th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
12th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
49th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 65.2%INC 29.8%OTH 5.0%

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?

2 locations
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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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