Constituency
120. Chandni Chowk
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CHANDNI-CHOWK
BLD 71.9%won by 44.9%INC 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 44.9%.
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 71.9% of the vote here (+71.9%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.2% to 82.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,13,714
Turnout
82.4%
Valid votes
2,58,457
Margin
1,15,989
44.88%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BLD- 1SIKANDER BAKHTBLD · BLD1,85,85071.9%
- 2SUBHADRA JOSHIIndian National Congress · INC69,86127.0%
- 3VASUDEV SHASTRI ATULRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP1,7500.7%
- 4GIRDHARI LALIndependent · IND5850.2%
- 5LAL CHAND ADLAKHAIndependent · IND4110.2%
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
- +109.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 71.9%
- INC share
- 64.1% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- 71.2% → 82.4%