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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 48 · 1983

Sohan Ganj

Winner — 1983

NAND LAL
INC· Congress (I)
INC 51.4%BJP 45.1%4 others 3.5%
Votes
13,329
51.4% share
Winning margin
1,647
6.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
74.7%
of 34,680

A clear win with a 6.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAND LAL
Congress (I)
13,32951.4%
2
INDER MOHAN BHARDWAJ
BJP
11,68245.1%
3
RAJ SINGH RANA
Janata
4631.8%
4
UJAGAR SINGH JOSH
IND
2831.1%
5
BELA BINDRA
IND
1110.4%
6
HAR BHAJAN SINGH
IND
510.2%

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 (46th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.8% · max 43.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
46th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
46th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
55 seats · 28 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.4%BJP 45.1%OTH 3.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,31,929
Density
11060 / km²
Sex ratio
862 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
247 km²
SC population15.5%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 78.9%Muslim 16.3%Other 4.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water71.0%
Electricity99.2%
Sanitation88.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.1%
Children fully vaccinated64.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.7%
Children underweight (under 5)20.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.9%
Women literate84.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.5%
Clean cooking fuel99.1%
Health insurance24.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hospitality Services🏺Tourism (Medical & Religious)

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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