Constituency
120. South Delhi
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-SOUTH-DELHI
INC 49.3%won by 12.7%BJP 36.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.8% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.
- 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
15,42,412
Turnout
47.4%
Valid votes
7,31,294
Margin
93,219
12.75%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1RAMESH KUMARIndian National Congress · INC3,60,27849.3%
- 2RAMESH BIDHURIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,67,05936.5%
- 3KANWAR SINGH TANWARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP88,12012.0%
- 4SHRICHAND TANWARCommunist Party of India · CPI5,2440.7%
- 5WING COMMANDER SURJIT SINGHIndependent · IND2,6470.4%
- 6A.K. GUPTASamajwadi Party · SP2,0840.3%
- 7BIRJU NAYAKIndependent · IND1,0750.1%
- 8SIYA NAND MANDALIndependent · IND1,0240.1%
- 9MOHD. USMAN SIDDIQUIIndependent · IND8820.1%
- 10SANTOSH TRIPATHIYuva Vikas Party · YVP5950.1%
- 11KANTA PINGOLIAIndependent · IND5330.1%
- 12HEMA MOHANRKJP · RKJP4900.1%
- 13RAM SIRJAN BHAGATLPSP · LPSP4780.1%
- 14BALMUKUND PANDEYRJAP · RJAP4340.1%
- 15S.F. PURUSHOTTAMLKJP · LKJP3510.0%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +16.1%
- INC share
- 46.9% → 49.3%
- BJP share
- 50.3% → 36.5%
- Turnout
- 47.0% → 47.4%