Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2008

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Assembly constituency 1 (GEN) · Delhi

State boardDelhi 2008

[01]Result · 2008

#1 · GEN

Poll date29 Nov 2008

Contestants12

Electors1,92,649

Votes polled1,09,489

Turnout56.8%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerJaswant SinghIndian National Congress34,66231.7% of votes

MARGIN835 votes · 0.8 pp34,662 − 33,827

Runner-upSharad Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party33,82730.9% of votes

INC 50.6% of top-two votesBSP 49.4%

All candidates 12

01 Jaswant SinghINC34,662 31.7%
02 Sharad KumarBSP33,827 30.9%
03 Ajit SinghBJP29,752 27.2%
04 Raj Singh KhatriIND5,041 4.6%
05 Amit KumarLJP1,704 1.6%
06 KuldeepRJD1,078 1.0%
07 RishaIND925 0.8%
08 Shyam LalCPI(ML)L882 0.8%
09 Hariom SharmaSP484 0.4%
10 VishalRS437 0.4%
11 Anil KumarIND377 0.3%
12 Raghbir SinghIND320 0.3%

Turnout 56.8%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 70 seats, 200858.2%
ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 1,09,489Verified

Seat history 2025–1972

2025
4.9 pp
Raj Karan KhatriBharatiya Janata Party
2020
10.6 pp
Sharad KumarAam Aadmi Party
2015
25.1 pp
Sharad KumarAam Aadmi Party
2013
16.5 pp
Neel Daman KhatriBharatiya Janata Party
2008
0.8 pp
Jaswant SinghIndian National Congress
2003
6.8 pp
Ashok AhujaIndian National Congress
1998
3.6 pp
Sh. Ram BhajBharatiya Janata Party
1993
34.0 pp
Ram BhajBharatiya Janata Party
1983
21.8 pp
Ram BhajBharatiya Janata Party
1977
40.4 pp
P.N. SinghJanata Party
1972
5.7 pp
P. N. SinghIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 40.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 29,752 votes, 36× the 835-vote margin.
29,752 ÷ 835 = 35.6
The top two polled 62.6% of votes; the other 10 candidates 37.4% between them.
(34,662 + 33,827) ÷ 1,09,489 = 62.6% · 41,000 ÷ 1,09,489 = 37.4%
Turnout of 56.8% was 1.4 pp below the state's median seat (58.2%).
56.8 − 58.2 = −1.4
The margin narrowed from 6.8 pp in 2003 to 0.8 pp.
0.8 − 6.8 = −6.0 pp
INC held the seat it won in 2003.
2003 INC · 2008 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines1,09,489
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,09,489
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2008 · Delhi · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates12 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 70 seats on the Delhi Vidhan Sabha 2008 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database