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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 1 · 1983

Sarojini Nagar

Winner — 1983

RAM BHAJ
BJP· BJP
BJP 57.6%INC 35.8%10 others 6.6%
Votes
9,566
57.6% share
Winning margin
3,624
21.8% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
45.6%
of 36,402

Sarojini Nagar is a safe seat — RAM BHAJ won by 21.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM BHAJ
BJP
9,56657.6%
2
DAMYANTI SHARMA
Congress (I)
5,94235.8%
3
DHARAMPAL AVINASHI
Janata
5053.0%
4
SUDHIR KUMAR
IND
1520.9%
5
BALDEV RAJ KAPUR
IND
1110.7%
6
MEERA SAXENA
IND
960.6%
7
N. RAHDAKRISAN
IND
890.5%
8
HAR BHAGWAN
IND
640.4%
9
PREM WATI
IND
280.2%
10
JANAK RANI SHARMA
IND
230.1%
11
KEWAL KUMAR
IND
220.1%
12
PUSHPA SHARMA
IND
140.1%

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 (27th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 0.8% · max 40.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
27th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
46th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
34th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
55 seats · 28 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 57.6%INC 35.8%OTH 6.7%

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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