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Delhi Vidhan Sabha 1983

Results board · 56 constituencies

HouseVidhan Sabha
StateDelhi
Seats
56
Constituencies
Majority
29
Seats needed of 56
Electors
33.60L
On the roll
Votes polled
18.64L
55.5% of electors
Median turnout
55.3%
Median of 56 seats
INC lead
+5
Above majority · 34 − 29

[01]Seat matrix

56 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 56 seats: INC 34, BJP 19, LKD 2, JNP 1. Majority line at 29 seats. Hemicycle of 56 seats: INC 34, BJP 19, LKD 2, JNP 1. Majority line at 29 seats.
Majority · 29 of 56INC 34 · +5 above majority
INC 3460.7% Indian National Congress
BJP 1933.9% Bharatiya Janata Party
LKD 23.6% Lok Dal
JNP 11.8% Janata Party

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 47.5%34 seats · 60.7%
BJP 37.0%19 seats · 33.9%
LKD 4.1%2 seats · 3.6%
JNP 3.7%1 seat · 1.8%
CPI 0.2%0 seats
Others 7.5%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 47.5% of votes into 60.7% of seats, a seat premium of 13.2 pp.

    34 ÷ 56 = 60.7% · 60.7 − 47.5 = +13.2

  2. BJP polled 37.0% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 19 seats (33.9%).

    19 ÷ 56 = 33.9% · 33.9 − 37.0 = −3.1

  3. Kasturba Nagar was decided by 18 votes, the closest of 56 seats; Najafgarh had the widest margin, 27,924.

    min / max of margin over 56 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 5 seats were won by a margin under 1%; BJP won 3 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 5 of 56 · BJP 3

  5. In SC-reserved seats INC won 8 of 9 (88.9%), against 60.7% of all seats.

    8 ÷ 9 = 88.9% · 34 ÷ 56 = 60.7%

  6. Turnout ran from 39.2% in Bara Khamba to 77.0% in Sohan Ganj; the median seat polled 55.3%.

    min / median / max over 56 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

56 of 56 seats carry a turnout
025507510055.3%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 1119.6% of seats
50–60 2748.2% of seats
60–70 712.5% of seats
70–80 1119.6% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestBara Khamba39.2%
  • HighestSohan Ganj77.0%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

56 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Delhi Vidhan Sabha 1983, all 56 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Sarojini Nagar Ram Bhaj Bharatiya Janata Party 16,629 3,624 21.8 45.7
02 Laxmibai Nagar Arjun Dass Indian National Congress 19,945 1,828 9.2 50.4
03 Gole MarketSC R.N. Chandeliya Indian National Congress 14,870 1,367 9.2 42.2
04 Bara Khamba Tajdar Babar Indian National Congress 15,034 2,604 17.3 39.2
05 Delhi Contonment Karan Singh Tanwar Bharatiya Janata Party 17,604 1,506 8.6 50.2
06 Minto Road Subhash Chopra Indian National Congress 18,347 7,436 40.5 52.1
07 Jangpura Jag Parvesh Indian National Congress 26,726 6,263 23.4 51.5
08 Kasturba NagarCLOSEST Jagdish Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 21,734 18 0.1 48.8
09 Lajpat Nagar Ram Lal Verma Bharatiya Janata Party 29,417 1,465 5.0 52.7
10 Okhla Des Raj Chhabra Indian National Congress 32,282 800 2.5 43.8
11 Malviya Nagar Hans Raj Sethi Bharatiya Janata Party 44,684 692 1.5 40.4
12 R .K. Puram Archna Kumari Bharatiya Janata Party 18,886 1,947 10.3 73.8
13 Hauz Khas Ashok Kumar Jain Indian National Congress 26,677 492 1.8 43.0
14 Rajinder Nagar Ram Nath Vij Bharatiya Janata Party 34,017 971 2.9 51.9
15 Ashok Nagar Jagdish Mukhi Bharatiya Janata Party 51,869 6,667 12.9 49.3
16 Tilak Nagar Jaspal Singh Indian National Congress 40,095 2,276 5.7 55.3
17 Rajouri Garden Subhash Arya Bharatiya Janata Party 36,016 1,149 3.2 56.6
18 Moti Nagar Madan Lal Khurana Bharatiya Janata Party 30,632 7,740 25.3 76.2
19 Shakur Basti S.C. Vats Indian National Congress 51,061 7,735 15.1 52.9
20 Rampura Shyam Lal Garg Bharatiya Janata Party 32,428 1,306 4.0 56.2
21 WazirabadSC Malinder Singh Indian National Congress 74,457 12,174 16.4 54.2
22 Narela Hari Ram Lok Dal 32,742 238 0.7 70.6
23 Bawana Rohtash Singh Lok Dal 32,076 5,432 16.9 72.2
24 NajafgarhWIDEST Bharat Singh Indian National Congress 85,261 27,924 32.8 57.0
25 MadipurSC Bhonri Lal Shastri Indian National Congress 45,921 11,188 24.4 52.1
26 Palam Mukhtiar Singh Indian National Congress 44,336 1,183 2.7 57.5
27 MehrauliSC Kalka Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 36,956 6,480 17.5 59.0
28 TughlaquabadSC Prem Singh Indian National Congress 57,981 25,569 44.1 49.8
29 Gita Colony Darshan Kumar Bahl Bharatiya Janata Party 42,955 1,799 4.2 52.8
30 Gandhi Nagar Savarn Singh Josh Indian National Congress 26,887 36 0.1 47.5
31 Krishan Nagar Sukhan Indian National Congress 71,949 6,575 9.1 52.8
32 Shahdara Narender Nath Indian National Congress 32,797 1,395 4.3 56.4
33 Rohtas Nagar Ram Narain Indian National Congress 65,026 9,610 14.8 51.9
34 Ghonda Kalayan Singh Indian National Congress 58,250 6,713 11.5 51.5
35 Civil Lines Ram Lal Indian National Congress 23,385 5,785 24.7 54.7
36 Kamla Nagar Purushottam Goyal Indian National Congress 24,391 347 1.4 70.5
37 Vijay Nagar Chander Amrit Indian National Congress 25,650 3,312 12.9 72.5
38 Model Town V.P. Khullar Indian National Congress 33,953 2,193 6.5 71.5
39 Chandni Chowk Vas Dev Kaptan Bharatiya Janata Party 25,679 931 3.6 54.1
40 Ballimaran Mehtab Chand Jain Indian National Congress 26,499 1,676 6.3 64.7
41 Ajmeri Gate Mirza Siddiq Ali Janata Party 22,793 2,712 11.9 62.8
42 Kucha Pati Ram Ashok Jain Indian National Congress 26,658 3,481 13.1 66.3
43 Matia Mahal Begum Khursheeed Kidwai Bharatiya Janata Party 26,997 841 3.1 62.9
44 Pahar Ganj Ranjit Rai Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 27,165 111 0.4 60.5
45 Ram NagarSC Babu Ram Solanki Indian National Congress 24,879 2,310 9.3 56.9
46 Qasabpura Mohd. Ismail Bharatiya Janata Party 23,135 2,631 11.4 64.1
47 Deputy Ganj Satish Saxena Indian National Congress 25,121 307 1.2 76.0
48 Sohan Ganj Nand Lal Indian National Congress 26,709 1,647 6.2 77.0
49 Shakti Nagar Kulanand Bhartiya Indian National Congress 26,385 1,337 5.1 70.4
50 Karampura P.K. Chandla Bharatiya Janata Party 42,823 288 0.7 73.4
51 Sarai Rohilla Bansi Lal Indian National Congress 27,331 3,030 11.1 58.0
52 Motia Khan Manohar Lal Indian National Congress 24,919 1,039 4.2 56.1
53 Dev NagarSC Moti Lal Sakolia Indian National Congress 22,759 711 3.1 61.5
54 Patel Nagar Mawa Ram Arya Bharatiya Janata Party 24,051 2,111 8.8 55.3
55 Anand ParbatSC Gurbax Singh Indian National Congress 25,122 344 1.4 52.0
56 ShadipurSC Sundervati Naval Pravhakar Indian National Congress 20,575 2,206 10.7 46.3
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 27,924 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1983 · Delhi · 56 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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