Constituency
117. Delhi Sadar
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-DELHI-SADAR
BJS 47.5%won by 6.3%INC 41.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 6.3%.
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 47.5% of the vote here (+47.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.8% of the vote between them, up from 82.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,25,517
Turnout
68.8%
Valid votes
1,55,227
Margin
9,705
6.25%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJS- 1K. L. GUPTABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS73,80147.5%
- 2A. N. CHAWLAIndian National Congress · INC64,09641.3%
- 3K. MAURYARPI · RPI12,7658.2%
- 4H. R. KANWALIndependent · IND2,7141.7%
- 5J. REHMANIndependent · IND1,8511.2%
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
- +54.6%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 47.5%
- INC share
- 48.4% → 41.3%
- Turnout
- 69.1% → 68.8%