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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 7 · 1998

Kalkaji

Winner — 1998

SUBHASH CHOPRA
INC· INC
INC 53.6%BJP 44.2%6 others 2.1%
Votes
29,948
53.6% share
Winning margin
5,244
9.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
44.6%
of 1,25,197

A clear win with a 9.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUBHASH CHOPRA
INC
29,94853.6%
2
PURNIMA SETHI
NDA
24,70444.2%
3
SEWA SINGH
BSP
6651.2%
4
JASVINDER SINGH
2030.4%
5
VIJENDER KUMAR
SJP(R)
990.2%
6
PARMINDER SINGH
IND
970.2%
7
LAXMI NARAYAN GOYAL
ABJS
700.1%
8
NIRMAL SINGH
IND
620.1%

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 (43rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 5.8% · max 31.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
43rd of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
30th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.6%BJP 44.2%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
36,56,539
Density
8254 / km²
Sex ratio
865 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
443 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.8%Muslim 8.0%Other 4.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water79.2%
Electricity98.7%
Sanitation84.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.7%
Children fully vaccinated66.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.0%
Children underweight (under 5)17.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.2%
Women literate80.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.0%
Clean cooking fuel98.1%
Health insurance18.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Stainless Steel Utensils/ Kitchen Ware

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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