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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 30 · 1998

Palam

Winner — 1998

MAHENDER YADAV
INC· INC
INC 48.6%BJP 40.4%7 others 11.0%
Votes
32,699
48.6% share
Winning margin
5,547
8.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
45.8%
of 1,46,736

A clear win with a 8.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHENDER YADAV
INC
32,69948.6%
2
DHARAM DEV SOLANKI
NDA
27,15240.4%
3
JASBIR SINGH SOLANKI
IND
2,1963.3%
4
SARNAM SINGH PAL
BSP
1,8892.8%
5
MAHENDER YADAV
1,8692.8%
6
AVDHESH TIWARI
IND
8291.2%
7
SHIVAN BANSAL
4730.7%
8
RAM SWAROOP
IND
1260.2%
9
PARVEEN KUMAR
IND
250.0%

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 (20th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 1.3% · max 20.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
20th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
36th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.6%BJP 40.4%OTH 11.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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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