Constituency
121. Chandni Chowk
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-CHANDNI-CHOWK
BJP 35.3%won by 1.9%INC 33.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.9%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.7% between them, down from 79.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.3% to 61.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,68,226
Turnout
61.2%
Valid votes
2,25,275
Margin
4,349
1.93%
Candidates
23 contested · winner BJP- 1VIJAY GOELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP79,54635.3%
- 2JAI PARKASH AGARWALIndian National Congress · INC75,19733.4%
- 3SHOAIB IQBALJanata Dal · JD67,54730.0%
- 4HARBHAJAN SINGHIndependent · IND8580.4%
- 5ANWAR KAMALNew Labour Party · NLP4180.2%
- 6SATISH KUMAR DAWANIndependent · IND2440.1%
- 7JUGAL KISHOREIndependent · IND2030.1%
- 8CHANDER MOHAN BALMIKIIndependent · IND1700.1%
- 9S. HAFIZ FAZLUR REHMANSamajwadi Party · SP1340.1%
- 10GANGA PRESHAD SHARMAIndependent · IND1190.1%
- 11KAILASH AWASTHIIndependent · IND1150.1%
- 12RAJEEV GANDHIIndependent · IND880.0%
- 13JAY PRAKASH AGGARWALIndependent · IND810.0%
- 14DHARMENDER SINGHIndependent · IND730.0%
- 15OM PARKASH DHANAKIndependent · IND700.0%
- 16SAVITRI DEVIIndependent · IND700.0%
- 17KRISHAN KUMAR RASTOGIIndependent · IND660.0%
- 18BABU LALIndependent · IND590.0%
- 19RAJESH KUMARIndependent · IND560.0%
- 20K.N. SIKKAIndependent · IND520.0%
- 21RAJENDER KUMARIndependent · IND410.0%
- 22ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND390.0%
- 23VINOD KUMARIndependent · IND290.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +12.7%
- BJP share
- 34.1% → 35.3%
- INC share
- 44.9% → 33.4%
- Turnout
- 56.9% → 61.2%