Constituency
114. Outer Delhi
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-OUTER-DELHI
INC 40.8%won by 5.6%BJS 35.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.2% to 5.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 35.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,58,107
Turnout
63.7%
Valid votes
1,64,305
Margin
9,223
5.61%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1B. PARKASHIndian National Congress · INC67,01740.8%
- 2M. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS57,79435.2%
- 3C. K. NAIRIndependent · IND21,52613.1%
- 4R. PHOOLRPI · RPI9,3225.7%
- 5G. SINGHIndependent · IND5,8693.6%
- 6S. L. GAURIndependent · IND2,7771.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −38.7%
- INC share
- 44.3% → 40.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 35.2%
- Turnout
- 63.4% → 63.7%