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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1983

Delhi Contonment

Winner — 1983

KARAN SINGH TANWAR
BJP· BJP
BJP 53.3%INC 44.8%2 others 1.9%
Votes
9,389
53.3% share
Winning margin
1,506
8.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
50.2%
of 35,064

A clear win with a 8.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KARAN SINGH TANWAR
BJP
9,38953.3%
2
VIMAL NEGI
Congress (I)
7,88344.8%
3
E.M. MASSEY
IND
1801.0%
4
MUKHTIAR SINGH
IND
1500.8%

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 (18th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.3% · min 3.1% · max 42.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
18th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.01
fewer partiesmore parties
3rd of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
52nd of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
55 seats · 28 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 53.3%INC 44.8%OTH 1.9%

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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