Constituency
115. East Delhi
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-EAST-DELHI
INC 64.1%won by 32.5%BJS 31.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 32.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 45.5% to 64.1% of the vote here (+18.6%).
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,58,046
Turnout
63.9%
Valid votes
2,28,685
Margin
74,250
32.47%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1H. K. L. BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC1,46,63264.1%
- 2HARDYAL DEVGUNBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS72,38231.7%
- 3FATEH SINGHNCO · NCO5,7172.5%
- 4KISHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,6730.7%
- 5KESHAV DEVSwatantra Party · SWA1,2790.6%
- 6ABDUL JABBARIndependent · IND1,0020.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +35.8%
- INC share
- 45.5% → 64.1%
- BJS share
- 48.8% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- 64.4% → 63.9%