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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 45 · 2008

Mehrauli

Winner — 2008

DR. YOGANAND SHASTRI
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 32.8%BJP 31.2%11 others 36.0%
Votes
21,740
32.8% share
Winning margin
1,108
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
45.9%
of 1,44,263

Mehrauli was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,108 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

0 of 13 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.28 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DR. YOGANAND SHASTRI
INC (UPA)
21,74032.8%
2
SHER SINGH DAGAR
NDA
20,63231.2%
3
SATBIR SINGH
IND
14,95422.6%
4
VED PARKASH
BSP
5,6978.6%
5
JAGDISH SINGH LOHIA
UPA
1,8922.9%
6
ARVIND GUPTA
RKJP
3550.5%
7
ABDUL SALEEM
IND
2530.4%
8
SANDEEP PNAWAR
IND
1670.3%
9
KUNWAR PAL SINGH
NJD
1200.2%
10
RAGHUNATH CHAUHAN
RJAP
1190.2%
11
ANJU SINGH
IND
1060.2%
12
SHAHEEDA PARWIN
NDA
1020.1%
13
TRIBHUVAN SINGH
IND
870.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Low turnout (70th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 1.5% · max 34.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
53%
lowerhigher
70th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
6th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 32.8%BJP 31.2%IND 22.6%BSP 8.6%OTH 4.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/13

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.28 Cr

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?

20 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hospitality Services🏺Tourism (Medical & Religious)
Area between Balban Khan's Tomb & Jamali Kamali

Area between Balban Khan's Tomb & Jamali Kamali

🏛️MonumentASI

Area between Balban Khan's Tomb & Jamali Kamali

Enclosure containing the tomb of Shah Alam Bahadur Shah, Shah Alam II and Akbar Shah II

Enclosure containing the tomb of Shah Alam Bahadur Shah, Shah Alam II and Akbar Shah II

🏛️MonumentASI

Enclosure containing the tomb of Shah Alam Bahadur Shah, Shah Alam II and Akbar Shah II

Hauz Shamsi, with central red stone pavilion situated at Mehrauli in field Nos. 1574-81, 1588-97,…

Hauz Shamsi, with central red stone pavilion situated at Mehrauli in field Nos. 1574-81, 1588-97,…

🏛️MonumentASI

Hauz Shamsi, with central red stone pavilion situated at Mehrauli in field Nos. 1574-81, 1588-97, 1614, 1623 & 1624, owner Government

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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