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Delhi Lok Sabha 1998

Results board · 7 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateDelhi
Seats
7
Constituencies
Majority
4
Seats needed of 7
Electors
82.98L
On the roll
Votes polled
42.56L
51.3% of electors
Median turnout
51.4%
Median of 7 seats
BJP lead
+2
Above majority · 6 − 4

[01]Seat matrix

7 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 7 seats: BJP 6, INC 1. Majority line at 4 seats. Hemicycle of 7 seats: BJP 6, INC 1. Majority line at 4 seats.
Majority · 4 of 7BJP 6 · +2 above majority
BJP 685.7% Bharatiya Janata Party
INC 114.3% Indian National Congress

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
BJP 50.7%6 seats · 85.7%
INC 42.6%1 seat · 14.3%
JD 2.5%0 seats
BSP 2.3%0 seats
SP 0.3%0 seats
Others 1.6%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

NDA 50.7%6 seats
UPA 42.6%1 seat
THIRD FRONT 2.5%0 seats
OTHERS 4.2%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. BJP converted 50.7% of votes into 85.7% of seats, a seat premium of 35.0 pp.

    6 ÷ 7 = 85.7% · 85.7 − 50.7 = +35.0

  2. INC polled 42.6% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 1 seat (14.3%).

    1 ÷ 7 = 14.3% · 14.3 − 42.6 = −28.3

  3. Chandni Chowk was decided by 4,349 votes, the closest of 7 seats; South Delhi had the widest margin, 1,16,713.

    min / max of margin over 7 seats with a recorded margin

  4. Turnout ran from 49.0% in Outer Delhi to 61.8% in Chandni Chowk; the median seat polled 51.4%.

    min / median / max over 7 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

7 of 7 seats carry a turnout
025507510051.4%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 228.6% of seats
50–60 457.1% of seats
60–70 114.3% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestOuter Delhi49.0%
  • HighestChandni Chowk61.8%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

7 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Delhi Lok Sabha 1998, all 7 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 New Delhi Jagmohan Bharatiya Janata Party 2,59,721 32,647 12.6 50.2
02 South DelhiWIDEST Sushma Swaraj Bharatiya Janata Party 5,69,597 1,16,713 20.5 49.3
03 Outer Delhi Krishan Lal Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 14,33,303 98,350 6.9 49.0
04 East Delhi Lal Bihari Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party 11,64,867 45,362 3.9 51.4
05 Chandni ChowkSCCLOSEST Vijay Goel Bharatiya Janata Party 2,27,411 4,349 1.9 61.8
06 Delhi Sadar Madan Lal Khurana Bharatiya Janata Party 2,98,919 48,494 16.2 58.5
07 Karol Bagh Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 3,01,788 4,826 1.6 54.5
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,16,713 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Delhi · 7 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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