Constituency
60. Chandni Chowk
Community mirrorDelhi Assembly Election, 1998
DL-CHANDNI-CHOWK
INC 47.9%won by 16.1%BJP 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 41.9% to 47.9% of the vote here (+6.0%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.7% between them, down from 92.4% — the field split more ways.
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
50,835
Margin
8,162
16.06%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1PRAHLAD SINGH SAWHNEYIndian National Congress · INC24,34847.9%
- 2VIRESH PRATAP CHAUDHRYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,18631.8%
- 3AMOD KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND6,57412.9%
- 4CHAKRESH KUMAR JAINIndependent · IND3,2146.3%
- 5MANOJ KUMARIndependent · IND2930.6%
- 6SANJAY SHARMAShiv Sena · SHS1160.2%
- 7BALRAM BAREIndependent · IND730.1%
- 8MAZID AHMEDIndependent · IND310.1%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +24.7%
- INC share
- 41.9% → 47.9%
- BJP share
- 50.6% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —