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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 57 · 1998

Pahar Ganj

Winner — 1998

ANJALI RAI
INC· INC
INC 63.9%BJP 29.2%10 others 6.9%
Votes
31,065
63.9% share
Winning margin
16,848
34.6% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
53.1%
of 91,494

Pahar Ganj is a safe seat — ANJALI RAI won by 34.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANJALI RAI
INC
31,06563.9%
2
NIRMAL KHANDELWAL
NDA
14,21729.2%
3
IQBAL AHMED
2,2754.7%
4
RAM GOPAL
BSP
5121.1%
5
JAGDISH MANOCHA
1730.4%
6
G.P.TIWARI
IND
1380.3%
7
ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA
IND
620.1%
8
JAI RAM SINGH JAI
BKD(J)
540.1%
9
NEERAJ KANAGAT
IND
440.1%
10
GANGA PRASHAD SHARMA
IND
400.1%
11
RAJIV GANDHI
IND
340.1%
12
SUDHIR CHAUDHARY
IND
50.0%

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 (38th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
34.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.8% · max 34.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
38th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
48th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 63.9%BJP 29.2%OTH 6.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,09,346
Density
27132 / km²
Sex ratio
884 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
63 km²
SC population16.5%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 7.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water94.2%
Electricity99.5%
Sanitation93.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.6%
Children fully vaccinated74.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.5%
Women literate83.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.8%
Clean cooking fuel99.1%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Ceramic Tiles & Sanitary Goods🏺Readymade clothes/garments

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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