Constituency
116. Chandni Chowk
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-CHANDNI-CHOWK
BJS 44.0%won by 12.8%INC 31.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 12.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 44.0% of the vote here (+44.0%).
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,94,661
Turnout
68.7%
Valid votes
1,33,786
Margin
17,150
12.82%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJS- 1R. GOPALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS58,92844.0%
- 2S. NATHIndian National Congress · INC41,77831.2%
- 3A. BAHADURIndependent · IND21,60516.1%
- 4G. S. CHAUHANRPI · RPI6,0484.5%
- 5M. ABDULLAHIndependent · IND2,0081.5%
- 6S. DASSSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,4951.1%
- 7S. RAMIndependent · IND9260.7%
- 8B. SINGHIndependent · IND7190.5%
- 9R. N. KALIAIndependent · IND2790.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +62.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 44.0%
- INC share
- 50.0% → 31.2%
- Turnout
- 68.9% → 68.7%