Constituency
33. Chandni Chowk
Community mirrorDelhi Assembly Election, 1972
DL-CHANDNI-CHOWK
INC 52.1%won by 7.3%BJS 44.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.4% to 7.3%.
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 44.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.
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
19,293
Margin
1,404
7.28%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAMA SHANKERIndian National Congress · INC10,05552.1%
- 2JANARDHAN GUPTABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,65144.8%
- 3D.N. PANCHOLINCO · NCO5382.8%
- 4LAL SINGHIndependent · IND490.3%
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
- −45.6%
- INC share
- 52.8% → 52.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 44.8%
- Turnout
- — → —