Constituency
27. Shahdara
Community mirrorDelhi Assembly Election, 1972
DL-SHAHDARA
INC 56.1%won by 15.8%BJS 40.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.2% to 15.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1951 and 1972 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 76.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
30,972
Margin
4,899
15.82%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAM NARAINIndian National Congress · INC17,37356.1%
- 2PARMESHWARI DASSBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,47440.3%
- 3KHEM CHANDRPI · RPI8992.9%
- 4TIRATH RAMIndependent · IND2260.7%
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
- +11.6%
- INC share
- 40.5% → 56.1%
- BJS share
- 36.3% → 40.3%
- Turnout
- — → —