Constituency
116. New Delhi
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-NEW-DELHI
BLD 71.3%won by 43.7%INC 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 43.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 71.3% of the vote here (+71.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.8% of the vote between them, up from 93.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.8% to 65.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,70,702
Turnout
65.3%
Valid votes
1,76,744
Margin
77,186
43.67%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEEBLD · BLD1,25,93671.3%
- 2SHASHI BHUSHANIndian National Congress · INC48,75027.6%
- 3URMILAIndependent · IND6280.4%
- 4MAHARAJ KUMARIndependent · IND5800.3%
- 5LAXMI KANT JHAIndependent · IND5290.3%
- 6VIRENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND3210.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +108.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 71.3%
- INC share
- 64.4% → 27.6%
- Turnout
- 58.5% → 65.3%