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Analysis · candidate churn

Who contests, who returns, who wins

Delhi Lok Sabha elections, 1962–2019

Contestants
164
2019 · 7 seats
Women elected
14.29%
Share of elected members
MPs re-elected
100.0%
5 of 5 who stood again
Turncoats
1
Switched party since the last poll
First-time winners
28.57%
2 of 7 seats
Lok Sabha
#17
Elected 2019

[01]Seats won by party

2019 · state result · 7 seats
BJP 7100.0%

[02]Women elected, election by election

Share of elected members · 2019–1962 · newest first
2019 14.29%
2014 14.29%
2009 14.29%
2004 14.29%
1999 14.29%
1998 28.57%
1996 28.57%
1991 0.0%
1989 0.0%
1984 14.29%
1980 0.0%
1977 0.0%
1971 28.57%
1967 0.0%
1962 0.0%

[03]Incumbent MP re-election strike rate

Of sitting MPs who stood again, the share that won
2019 100.0%5/5
2014 0.0%0/7
2009 100.0%4/4
2004 16.67%1/6
1999 80.0%4/5
1998 85.71%6/7
1996 25.0%1/4
1991 42.86%3/7
1989 50.0%2/4
1984 100.0%2/2
1980 14.29%1/7
1977 14.29%1/7
1971 16.67%1/6
1967 33.33%1/3

[04]Turncoats — candidates who switched party

Since the previous election they contested
2019 10 won
2014 20 won
2009 20 won
2004 20 won
1999 10 won
1998 30 won
1996 20 won
1991 20 won
1989 11 won
1984 41 won
1980 121 won
1977 33 won
1971 10 won
1967 10 won

[05]Winners by education

2019 · elected members' highest qualification
Post Graduate 3
Graduate Professional 2
10th Pass 1
12th Pass 1

[06]Winners by profession

2019 · elected members' main profession
Business 3
Liberal Profession or Professional 3
Former Government 1

[07]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown
  1. The most party-switching came in 1980: 12 turncoats stood, of whom 1 won.

    max(turncoats) over 15 elections = 12
  2. Sitting MPs fared best in 1984 (100.0%) and worst in 2014 (0.0%).

    max / min strike rate over 14 elections with incumbents
  3. The most new blood arrived in 2014: 85.71% of winners had never won the seat before.

    max(first-time-winner share), elections with a prior term = 85.71%

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

SourceTrivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD) / Lok Dhaba, candidate-level election data; women, incumbency and turncoat figures are LokDhaba's own derived aggregates, one row per election for this state

NoteIncumbency and turncoat status require a previous election, so the first year on record carries none. Candidate age is not part of this dataset

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