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32. Mehrauli

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Delhi Assembly Election, 1998

DL-MEHRAULI

BJP 37.4%won by 3.9%IND 33.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.3% to 3.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 33.5% — it polled just 0.7% in 1993.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.0% between them, down from 79.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
66,765
Margin
2,607
3.90%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1BHRAM SINGH TANWARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,99637.4%
  2. 2BALRAM TANWARIndependent · IND22,38933.5%
  3. 3VIJAY DEEPIndian National Congress · INC17,42726.1%
  4. 4KIRAN SINGHIndependent · IND4800.7%
  5. 5RANJEETJanata Dal · JD3850.6%
  6. 6ROBERT MASSEYUCP · UCP3240.5%
  7. 7OM PRAKASHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2510.4%
  8. 8GURDEV SINGHLSWP · LSWP1690.3%
  9. 9YOGESHWAR BISHTIndependent · IND1360.2%
  10. 10SUNDERIndependent · IND1290.2%
  11. 11NANAK CHANDSJPR · SJPR790.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–IND swing
−41.7%
BJP share
46.3% → 37.4%
IND share
0.7% → 33.5%
Turnout
— → —
31. Mahipalpur33. Saket
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