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108. Chandni Chowk

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Delhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-CHANDNI-CHOWK

INCI 47.3%won by 8.1%JNP 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 8.1%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 47.3% of the vote here (+47.3%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.6% between them, down from 98.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 11.4% to 71.0%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,99,479
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
2,12,520
Margin
17,235
8.11%

Candidates

28 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1BHIKU RAM JAININCI · INCI1,00,62447.3%
  2. 2SIKANDER BAKHTJanata Party · JNP83,38939.2%
  3. 3SHUJAATULLAH KHANJNPS · JNPS18,3948.7%
  4. 4SUBHADRA JOSHIINCU · INCU1,8360.9%
  5. 5SATYANDRA KUMAR (VIR)Independent · IND9560.4%
  6. 6HARBHAJAN SINGHIndependent · IND7700.4%
  7. 7KUNWAR BAHADURIndependent · IND7570.4%
  8. 8DEVENDRA GUPTAIndependent · IND5010.2%
  9. 9PURAN CHANDIndependent · IND4920.2%
  10. 10DEEPAKIndependent · IND4740.2%
  11. 11TEJ PRAKASHIndependent · IND4600.2%
  12. 12CHANDRA SEKHARIndependent · IND4160.2%
  13. 13SHANKAR DASIndependent · IND3610.2%
  14. 14SATISH DATTAIndependent · IND3190.2%
  15. 15ONKAR SINGHIndependent · IND3120.1%
  16. 16VASUDEV SHASTRI ATULRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP2960.1%
  17. 17JAWAHAR LAL JAINIndependent · IND2770.1%
  18. 18NARAIN DASIndependent · IND2660.1%
  19. 19KISHAN LALIndependent · IND2530.1%
  20. 20K.L. BHASINIndependent · IND2530.1%
  21. 21LALTA PRASHADIndependent · IND2390.1%
  22. 22H.K. VIRMANIIndependent · IND1750.1%
  23. 23SURESH CHAND MATHURIndependent · IND1490.1%
  24. 24P.R. ANTHONYIndependent · IND1370.1%
  25. 25SUDESH BAKSHIIndependent · IND1340.1%
  26. 26RATAN LALIndependent · IND1170.1%
  27. 27R.C. KAPOORIndependent · IND970.0%
  28. 28MAHINDRA SARUP BANSALIndependent · IND660.0%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+8.1%
INCI share
0.0% → 47.3%
JNP share
0.0% → 39.2%
Turnout
82.4% → 71.0%
107. East Delhi109. Delhi Sadar
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