Constituency
24. Mangol Puri
Community mirrorDelhi Assembly Election, 1998
DL-MANGOL-PURI
INC 60.8%won by 39.5%BJP 21.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.9% to 39.5%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.1% of the vote between them, up from 68.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
53,240
Margin
21,014
39.47%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1RAJ KUMAR CHAUHANIndian National Congress · INC32,37260.8%
- 2LAKSHMI NARAYANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,35821.3%
- 3MAHENDER SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,70712.6%
- 4SURAJ PALRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,5002.8%
- 5TEJ SINGHJanata Dal · JD8441.6%
- 6SHYAM KALEECommunist Party of India · CPI2860.5%
- 7RATTAN SINGHIndependent · IND660.1%
- 8ROHTASHIndependent · IND620.1%
- 9RAJ KUMARLok Shakti · LS450.1%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +24.6%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 60.8%
- BJP share
- 26.6% → 21.3%
- Turnout
- — → —