Constituency
12. Delhi Cantonment
Community mirrorDelhi Assembly Election, 1972
DL-DELHI-CANTONMENT
INC 74.8%won by 49.7%BJS 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.6% to 49.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1951 and 1972 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
15,123
Margin
7,509
49.65%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1BRIJ LAL DUAIndian National Congress · INC11,31674.8%
- 2DEV RAJ SOODBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,80725.2%
Since 1951
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1951 and 1972. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −9.1%
- INC share
- 58.8% → 74.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- — → —