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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 26 · 1998

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Winner — 1998

MAHINDER SINGH SAATHI
INC· INC
INC 40.4%JMM 32.5%13 others 27.1%
Votes
21,612
40.4% share
Winning margin
4,237
7.9% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
46.4%
of 1,15,323

A clear win with a 7.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHINDER SINGH SAATHI
INC
21,61240.4%
2
DAYANAND CHANDILA
17,37532.5%
3
DHANWANT SINGH
NDA
9,76318.3%
4
GURCHARAN SINGH BABBAR
IND
1,8893.5%
5
PRITPAL SINGH PALI
1,3932.6%
6
GOPAL PAHARIA
IND
5951.1%
7
RAJ KUMAR
2650.5%
8
AVTAR SINGH
2030.4%
9
AFTAB ALAM
IND
1290.2%
10
DHARMENDER KUMAR
IND
850.2%
11
JATINDER PAL SINGH
IND
560.1%
12
SHIV SHANKAR SINGH
IND
320.1%
13
WAZIR SINGH
IND
310.1%
14
RAVINDER SINGH
IND
220.0%
15
NAWAB SINGH CHANDILA
IND
180.0%

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 (15th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 1.1% · max 25.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
15th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
7th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
11th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.4%JMM 32.5%BJP 18.3%OTH 8.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,43,243
Density
19563 / km²
Sex ratio
875 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
130 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 82.1%Sikh 10.7%Muslim 5.9%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water86.9%
Electricity99.3%
Sanitation89.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.8%
Children fully vaccinated67.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.1%
Children underweight (under 5)19.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.2%
Women literate82.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.5%
Clean cooking fuel99.0%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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