Constituency
123. Karol Bagh
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KAROL-BAGH
INC 48.8%won by 1.6%BJP 47.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.5% to 1.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,53,436
Turnout
54.0%
Valid votes
2,99,030
Margin
4,826
1.61%
Candidates
16 contested · winner INC- 1MEIRA KUMARIndian National Congress · INC1,45,88748.8%
- 2SURENDER PAL RATAWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,41,06147.2%
- 3SAHTAM SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,8211.9%
- 4HEMRAJ ARYAJanata Dal · JD1,7960.6%
- 5DESH RAJSamajwadi Party · SP7310.2%
- 6LALA RAMIndependent · IND7210.2%
- 7KAMLA DEVIBPM · BPM5920.2%
- 8BIMLA DEVIIndependent · IND5780.2%
- 9HARISH CHANDERRAM · RAM4340.1%
- 10GOPAL CHAUHANRRCD · RRCD3430.1%
- 11BHAL SINGHIndependent · IND2720.1%
- 12K.R. SUNDASHSP · SHSP2350.1%
- 13RAM SINGH BHATIIndependent · IND2320.1%
- 14MOHAN LALIndependent · IND1530.1%
- 15DURGA PRASHADIndependent · IND880.0%
- 16B.R. SAGARIndependent · IND860.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −12.9%
- INC share
- 52.5% → 48.8%
- BJP share
- 38.0% → 47.2%
- Turnout
- 53.0% → 54.0%