Constituency
112. New Delhi
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-NEW-DELHI
INC 64.4%won by 35.0%BJS 29.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 35.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 38.6% to 64.4% of the vote here (+25.7%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 12.5% to 58.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,17,319
Turnout
58.5%
Valid votes
1,27,165
Margin
44,533
35.02%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1MUKUL BANERJIIndian National Congress · INC81,86764.4%
- 2M. L. SONDHIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS37,33429.4%
- 3S. MADHUSUDHANIndependent · IND5,1084.0%
- 4PARKASH CHANDIndependent · IND4600.4%
- 5BRIJ MOHAN TOOFANPraja Socialist Party · PSP4220.3%
- 6BRAHMJEETIndependent · IND3150.2%
- 7KRISHAN KUMARIndependent · IND2880.2%
- 8MOHINDER SINGH CHHABRAIndependent · IND2380.2%
- 9SHYAM SINGH RAWATIndependent · IND2000.2%
- 10K .G. KAPOORIndependent · IND1760.1%
- 11NAROTAM SINGH BINDRAIndependent · IND1740.1%
- 12S SAMPATHIndependent · IND1660.1%
- 13GURDAS SINGHIndependent · IND1530.1%
- 14SITAL A. K. DARIndependent · IND1390.1%
- 15PREM CHANDIndependent · IND1250.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +51.8%
- INC share
- 38.6% → 64.4%
- BJS share
- 55.4% → 29.4%
- Turnout
- 71.1% → 58.5%