Constituency
37. Palam
Community mirrorDelhi Assembly Election, 2008
DL-PALAM
BJP 44.1%won by 13.6%INC 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.6% to 13.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.6% between them, down from 93.4% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
92,277
Margin
12,593
13.65%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1DHARAM DEV SOLANKIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP40,71244.1%
- 2MAHENDER YADAVIndian National Congress · INC28,11930.5%
- 3MADAN MOHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP21,01422.8%
- 4BHAIRAV DUTT DHYANICommunist Party of India · CPI6590.7%
- 5MAHESH KUMARIndependent · IND6000.7%
- 6CHANCHAL SHARMASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3490.4%
- 7MOHAR PAL SANKHLALoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP3070.3%
- 8PAWAN KUMARIndependent · IND2590.3%
- 9DEEPAK KUMARRJAP · RJAP2580.3%
Since 2003
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +11.1%
- BJP share
- 48.0% → 44.1%
- INC share
- 45.4% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- — → —