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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 4 · 1998
Kasturba Nagar
Winner — 1998
SUSHIL CHOUDHARY
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 42.0%INC 40.2%4 others 17.8%
Votes
20,146
42.0% share
Winning margin
899
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
48.9%
of 97,973
Kasturba Nagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 899 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUSHIL CHOUDHARY | BJP (NDA) | 20,146 | 42.0% |
| 2 | RAM RATTAN GUPTA | INC | 19,247 | 40.2% |
| 3 | JAGDISH LAL BATRA | IND | 6,825 | 14.2% |
| 4 | RAM KARAN GUPTA | 922 | 1.9% | |
| 5 | SUNIL RAWAT | IND | 486 | 1.0% |
| 6 | SUMER CHAND | IND | 297 | 0.6% |
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.
Low turnout (57th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 1.5% · max 22.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
57th of 70How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
37th of 70How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
60th of 70Where does the house stand?
SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 42.0%INC 40.2%IND 14.2%OTH 3.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Light Engineering Goods
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.