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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1983

Shakur Basti

Winner — 1983

S.C. VATS
INC· Congress (I)
INC 52.2%BJP 36.4%8 others 11.4%
Votes
25,567
52.2% share
Winning margin
7,735
15.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
50.8%
of 96,552

Shakur Basti is a safe seat — S.C. VATS won by 15.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S.C. VATS
Congress (I)
25,56752.2%
2
JANARDAN GUPTA
BJP
17,83236.4%
3
RAM GOPAL SISODIA
Janata
1,9874.1%
4
RAJ KARAN
IND
1,3372.7%
5
ATTAR SINGH
IND
7211.5%
6
ISHWAR SINGH BANDHU
IND
5601.1%
7
NAND KISHORE
IND
4480.9%
8
GIRDHARI LAL
IND
2450.5%
9
BALBIR SINGH CHADDA
IND
1630.3%
10
TIRTH RAM
IND
1370.3%

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 (39th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 0.7% · max 35.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
39th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
12th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
49th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
55 seats · 28 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.2%BJP 36.4%OTH 11.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
5,82,320
Density
27730 / km²
Sex ratio
892 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
21 km²
SC population24.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 62.5%Muslim 33.4%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water96.1%
Electricity99.0%
Sanitation90.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated82.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.5%
Children underweight (under 5)25.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.6%
Women literate83.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel98.8%
Health insurance22.6%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Dry Fruits & Spices
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D’Eremao Cemetery

🏛️MonumentASI

D’Eremao Cemetery

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Portion of City Wall near which Brigadier General Jhon Nicholson was mortally wounded on 14th Sept.…

🏛️MonumentASI

Portion of City Wall near which Brigadier General Jhon Nicholson was mortally wounded on 14th Sept. 1857

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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