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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1972Reserved (SC)
Kasturba Nagar
Winner — 1972
C. L. BALMIKI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 58.7%BJS 38.2%2 others 3.2%
Votes
12,578
58.6% share
Winning margin
4,395
20.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
53.6%
of 39,983
Kasturba Nagar is a safe seat — C. L. BALMIKI won by 20.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C. L. BALMIKI | Congress (R) | 12,578 | 58.6% |
| 2 | SANWAL DAS | Grand Alliance | 8,183 | 38.2% |
| 3 | SHIBBU | 535 | 2.5% | |
| 4 | RAM PRASAD | Grand Alliance | 149 | 0.7% |
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 (40th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean20.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 0.1% · max 24.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
40th of 70How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
10th of 70How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
33rd of 70Where does the house stand?
SEAT
56 seats · 29 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.6%BJS 38.2%OTH 3.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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.