Constituency
19. Shalimar Bagh
Community mirrorDelhi Assembly Election, 1998
DL-SHALIMAR-BAGH
BJP 57.4%won by 17.6%INC 39.8%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.4% to 17.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
56,866
Margin
10,005
17.59%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1RAVINDER NATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP32,62357.4%
- 2SARLA KAUSHIKIndian National Congress · INC22,61839.8%
- 3KRISHAN KUMAR AGGARWALIndependent · IND6561.2%
- 4O.P.MITTALIndependent · IND5511.0%
- 5JAGDISH CHANDRABahujan Samaj Party · BSP3050.5%
- 6VINOD DUKHIYAIndependent · IND460.1%
- 7MAHESH DUTT TYAGIIndependent · IND430.1%
- 8MAHENDER KUMARIndependent · IND240.0%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −17.8%
- BJP share
- 65.2% → 57.4%
- INC share
- 29.8% → 39.8%
- Turnout
- — → —