Constituency
118. South Delhi
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SOUTH-DELHI
BJP 58.8%won by 20.7%INC 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 20.7%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 89.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,56,075
Turnout
48.8%
Valid votes
5,64,561
Margin
1,16,713
20.67%
Candidates
19 contested · winner BJP- 1SUSHMA SWARAJBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,31,75658.8%
- 2AJAY MAKANIndian National Congress · INC2,15,04338.1%
- 3NISHA GOTAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP10,2601.8%
- 4JAGJIT SINGHIndependent · IND1,1850.2%
- 5KUNDAN LAL GUPTAIndependent · IND1,0070.2%
- 6DINESH JAINIndependent · IND8370.1%
- 7MOHAMMAD YUNUSAIICS · AIICS6540.1%
- 8GOPI CHAND TYAGIRAM · RAM5500.1%
- 9MAHENDER KUMARIndependent · IND5000.1%
- 10PRATAK KUMARIndependent · IND4470.1%
- 11SHAILENDER CHOUDHARYABSR · ABSR3910.1%
- 12KULDEEP SINGHIndependent · IND3710.1%
- 13VIRENDER SHARMAAJBP · AJBP3500.1%
- 14WING COMMANDER DHARAM DEV BHARAL (SAINI) COMMANDERIndependent · IND3190.1%
- 15MEETA PRASAD (ADVOCATE)BJJP · BJJP2120.0%
- 16AVTAR SINGH NAGIIndependent · IND1970.0%
- 17PRADEEP SRIVASTAVIndependent · IND1680.0%
- 18AMARJEET SINGH \BIR\Independent · IND1630.0%
- 19DR.H.P. SINHAIndependent · IND1510.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −0.9%
- BJP share
- 55.6% → 58.8%
- INC share
- 34.1% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- 48.0% → 48.8%