Constituency
116. East Delhi
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-EAST-DELHI
INC 60.4%won by 28.1%BJP 32.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.3% to 28.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.8% to 53.4%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
16,04,795
Turnout
53.4%
Valid votes
8,57,406
Margin
2,41,053
28.11%
Candidates
17 contested · winner INC- 1SANDEEP DIKSHITIndian National Congress · INC5,18,00160.4%
- 2CHETAN CHAUHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,76,94832.3%
- 3MOHAMMAD YUNUSBahujan Samaj Party · BSP45,4475.3%
- 4VIKRAM SETHIndependent · IND3,5560.4%
- 5ABDUL GAFFARLD · LD3,1570.4%
- 6RAJ PAL SINGHIndependent · IND2,0590.2%
- 7AMIT KUMARSamajwadi Party · SP1,6440.2%
- 8DR. PREM SINGHIndependent · IND1,1380.1%
- 9AMAR DASSIndependent · IND1,0750.1%
- 10RAJ KUMAR JAISWALIndependent · IND9470.1%
- 11SUTAPA CHAKRABORTYShiv Sena · SHS6490.1%
- 12RAJANIndependent · IND6140.1%
- 13VIJAY KUMAR SHARMABPD · BPD5910.1%
- 14BAIJ NATH PRASAD PATHAKAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM4410.1%
- 15ABDUL RAJJAQIndependent · IND3920.0%
- 16PAWAN KUMARRPIA · RPIA3760.0%
- 17KUSUM BAHLIndependent · IND3710.0%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +8.8%
- INC share
- 56.2% → 60.4%
- BJP share
- 36.9% → 32.3%
- Turnout
- 45.7% → 53.4%