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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1998

Najafgarh

Winner — 1998

KANWAL SINGH
INC· INC
INC 28.0%IND 25.6%12 others 46.4%
Votes
21,111
28.0% share
Winning margin
1,827
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
60.9%
of 1,23,806

A closely fought contest. KANWAL SINGH won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KANWAL SINGH
INC
21,11128.0%
2
JAI KISHAN SHARMA
IND
19,28425.6%
3
PRITAM SINGH
15,38220.4%
4
JAGBIR
6,2448.3%
5
JAI OM DAGAR
IND
5,9807.9%
6
RAJESH SHARMA
IND
3,1704.2%
7
RAMESHWER SINGH
BSP
2,1422.8%
8
VIJAY PAL
8751.2%
9
DINESH KUMAR BHARADWAJ
IND
4650.6%
10
MAHAVIR SINGH
IND
2920.4%
11
SAMEER SINGH
1650.2%
12
SATVIR SINGH GOSWAMY
IND
1100.1%
13
RAJESH KUMAR
IND
830.1%
14
KRISHNA CHAUDHARY
IND
360.1%

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 (31st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.0% · min 0.6% · max 46.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
31st of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
13th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.0%IND 25.6%INLD 20.4%RJD 8.3%IND 7.9%OTH 9.8%

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
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