Constituency
118. Karol Bagh
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-KAROL-BAGH
INC 67.9%won by 37.9%BJS 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 37.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 37.3% to 67.9% of the vote here (+30.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 77.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 63.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,54,558
Turnout
63.4%
Valid votes
1,61,358
Margin
61,180
37.92%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SOHAN LALIndian National Congress · INC1,09,53167.9%
- 2RAM SARUP VIDYARTHIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS48,35130.0%
- 3DHANI RAMNCO · NCO1,4250.9%
- 4GURDIT SINGH TUNGIndependent · IND5400.3%
- 5GANGA RAM NIRWANIndependent · IND5130.3%
- 6PANNA LALRPK · RPK3880.2%
- 7GANPAT LALIndependent · IND3420.2%
- 8GUR PRASADIndependent · IND2680.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +40.8%
- INC share
- 37.3% → 67.9%
- BJS share
- 40.2% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- 66.3% → 63.4%