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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1977

South Delhi

Parliamentary constituency 2 (GEN) · Delhi

State boardDelhi 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#2 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants8Candidate lines
Electors3,82,219
Votes polled2,65,615
Turnout69.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerVijay Kumar MalhotraBharatiya Lok Dal1,83,94769.3% of votes
MARGIN1,07,557 votes · 40.5 pp1,83,947 − 76,390
Runner-upCharanjit Singh Indian National Congress76,39028.8% of votes
BLD 70.7% of top-two votesINC 29.3%

All candidates 8

  1. 01 Vijay Kumar MalhotraBLD1,83,947 69.3%
  2. 02 Charanjit SinghINC76,390 28.8%
  3. 03 JayamalaIND897 0.3%
  4. 04 Balbir SinghIND583 0.2%
  5. 05 Bhupinder Pal SinghIND529 0.2%
  6. 06 Ashok RaiIND506 0.2%
  7. 07 Ram Pratap AggarwalIND349 0.1%
  8. 08 Darshan SinghIND311 0.1%

Turnout 69.5%

025507510069.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 70.1%
Male 2.11 lakh55.2% Female 1.71 lakh44.8%

Share of 3,82,219 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males812
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 7 seats, 197770.1%
  • ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 2,63,512Residual 2,103

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    8.9 pp
    Manoj TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    25.1 pp
    Manoj TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    10.9 pp
    Manoj TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    25.3 pp
    Jai Prakash AgarwalIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    3.3 pp
    Vijay Kumar MalhotraBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 1999
    6.0 pp
    Vijay Kumar MalhotraBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    20.5 pp
    Sushma SwarajBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    21.3 pp
    Sushma SwarajBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1991
    12.0 pp
    Madan Lal KhuranaBharatiya Janata Party
  10. 1989
    21.7 pp
    Madan Lal KhuranaBharatiya Janata Party
  11. 1985
    13.5 pp
    A.SinghIndependent
  12. 1984
    23.8 pp
    Lalit MakenIndian National Congress
  13. 1980
    1.3 pp
    Charanjit Singh (West Friends Colony)Indian National Congress
  14. 1977
    40.5 pp
    Vijay Kumar MalhotraBharatiya Lok Dal
  15. 1971
    26.5 pp
    Shashi BhushanIndian National Congress
  16. 1967
    18.8 pp
    B. MadhokBharatiya Jana Sangh
  17. 1962
    20.8 pp
    Sham NathIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 40.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 98.0% of votes; the other 6 candidates 1.2% between them.

    (1,83,947 + 76,390) ÷ 2,65,615 = 98.0% · 3,175 ÷ 2,65,615 = 1.2%

  2. Turnout of 69.5% was 0.6 pp below the state's median seat (70.1%).

    69.5 − 70.1 = −0.6

  3. The margin widened from 26.5 pp in 1971 to 40.5 pp.

    40.5 − 26.5 = +14.0 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: INC in 1971, BLD in 1977.

    1971 INC · 1977 BLD

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines2,63,512
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled2,65,615
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 2,103

Candidate votes miss the published total by 2,103, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1977 · Delhi · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates8 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 7 seats on the Delhi Lok Sabha 1977 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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