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70. Karawal Nagar

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Delhi Assembly Election, 2008

DL-KARAWAL-NAGAR

BJP 42.8%won by 20.6%IND 22.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.4% to 20.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 22.2% — it polled just 0.7% in 2003.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.0% between them, down from 70.3% — 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
1,02,748
Margin
21,128
20.56%

Candidates

23 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1MOHAN SINGH BISHTBharatiya Janata Party · BJP43,98042.8%
  2. 2SATAN PAL DAYMAIndependent · IND22,85222.2%
  3. 3DIWAN SINGH NAYALIndian National Congress · INC15,18214.8%
  4. 4HARENDER KUMAR SHARMABahujan Samaj Party · BSP9,2339.0%
  5. 5ANMOL CHOUDHARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,1982.1%
  6. 6HASEEBSamajwadi Party · SP1,3181.3%
  7. 7JUGAL KISHORIJP · IJP1,0221.0%
  8. 8SANJAY SHARMASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP9771.0%
  9. 9DESH RAJIndependent · IND8080.8%
  10. 10MOHD NAFISNBNP · NBNP6870.7%
  11. 11SHIV KUMAR SAHUPSJP · PSJP5550.5%
  12. 12HARISH TYAGIIndependent · IND5140.5%
  13. 13PARVEZJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS4560.4%
  14. 14AFZAL AHMEDRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD4400.4%
  15. 15LATA SHARMAIndependent · IND4290.4%
  16. 16KAVITA TYAGIIndependent · IND4220.4%
  17. 17SABIR KHANIndependent · IND3390.3%
  18. 18MOHD. ABRARLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP3340.3%
  19. 19R. C. RAGAVIndependent · IND3150.3%
  20. 20VIPIN SANDILYALSWP · LSWP2080.2%
  21. 21SANDHYA AGARWALUNLP · UNLP1750.2%
  22. 22KAMLA DEVIIndependent · IND1710.2%
  23. 23NEELAM SAIFIIndependent · IND1330.1%

Since 2003

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–IND swing
−21.1%
BJP share
42.4% → 42.8%
IND share
0.7% → 22.2%
Turnout
— → —
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