Constituency
22. Najaf Garh
Community mirrorDelhi Assembly Election, 1972
DL-NAJAF-GARH
INC 30.2%won by 0.2%IND 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.3% to 0.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1951 and 1972 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.2% between them, down from 79.7% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
24,236
Margin
52
0.21%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1MUKAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC7,31830.2%
- 2SURAJ BHANIndependent · IND7,26630.0%
- 3RISAL SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,65923.3%
- 4BALDEV SINGHIndependent · IND3,73615.4%
- 5TILAK RAMIndependent · IND2571.1%
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–IND swing
- −42.8%
- INC share
- 58.5% → 30.2%
- IND share
- 15.5% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- — → —