Constituency
110. Chandni Chowk
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-CHANDNI-CHOWK
INC 50.0%won by 20.8%JS 29.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.2% to 20.8%.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 29.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.2% of the vote between them, up from 73.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,01,891
Turnout
68.9%
Valid votes
1,39,058
Margin
28,948
20.82%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SHAM NATHIndian National Congress · INC69,50850.0%
- 2AMRIT LAL JINDALJS · JS40,56029.2%
- 3MIRZA AHMED ALIIndependent · IND24,51417.6%
- 4MANGLA NANDIndependent · IND4,4763.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −22.2%
- INC share
- 43.0% → 50.0%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 29.2%
- Turnout
- 68.8% → 68.9%