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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1972

Delhi Cantonment

Winner — 1972

BRIJ LAL DUA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 74.8%BJS 25.2%
Votes
11,316
74.8% share
Winning margin
7,509
49.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
62.9%
of 24,026

Delhi Cantonment is a safe seat — BRIJ LAL DUA won by 49.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BRIJ LAL DUA
Congress (R)
11,31674.8%
2
DEV RAJ SOOD
Grand Alliance
3,80725.2%

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.

High turnout (9th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
49.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.3% · min 5.1% · max 49.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
9th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
50th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
26th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
56 seats · 29 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 74.8%BJS 25.2%

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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