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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 2 · 1998Reserved (SC)

Gole Market

Winner — 1998

SHEILA DIKSHIT
INC· INC
INC 53.9%BJP 41.7%6 others 4.4%
Votes
24,881
54.0% share
Winning margin
5,667
12.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
41.5%
of 1,11,241

A clear win with a 12.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEILA DIKSHIT
INC
24,88154.0%
2
KIRTI AZAD
NDA
19,21441.7%
3
M.M.GOPE
8311.8%
4
ROMESH SABHARWAL
IND
3420.7%
5
RAM KUMAR
3210.7%
6
NARESH
IND
2390.5%
7
RAM MURAT SHOLA
LSWP
1540.3%
8
RAJNEESH SHARMA
IND
1390.3%

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 (44th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
12.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.9% · min 4.7% · max 39.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
44th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
9th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
2nd of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.0%BJP 41.7%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
8,87,978
Density
14557 / km²
Sex ratio
869 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
61 km²
SC population18.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.8%Muslim 13.5%Other 4.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water81.8%
Electricity99.1%
Sanitation90.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.2%
Children fully vaccinated86.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.7%
Children underweight (under 5)21.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.9%
Women literate83.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER5.0%
Clean cooking fuel99.7%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Light Engineering Goods
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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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