Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2015

Chandni Chowk

Assembly constituency 20 (GEN) · Delhi

State boardDelhi 2015

[01]Result · 2015

#20 · GEN

Poll date7 Feb 2015

Contestants13

Electors1,13,777

Votes polled74,476

Turnout65.5%

NOTA3620.3% of votes

WinnerAlka LambaAam Aadmi Party36,75649.4% of votes

MARGIN18,287 votes · 24.6 pp36,756 − 18,469

Runner-upSuman Kumar Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party18,46924.8% of votes

AAP 66.6% of top-two votesBJP 33.4%

All candidates 13

01 Alka LambaAAP36,756 49.4%
02 Suman Kumar GuptaBJP18,469 24.8%
03 Parlad Singh SawhneyINC17,930 24.1%
04 Mohd. RehanBSP217 0.3%
05 Mohd. NaseemNCP212 0.3%
06 Ashok KumarABHM117 0.2%
07 TarunIND111 0.2%
08 Lakhan SinghIND86 0.1%
09 Adil MirzaIUML63 0.1%
10 Sandeep SharmaIND57 0.1%
11 Balram BariIND48 0.1%
12 Parmeet SinghIND25 0.0%
13 Anil AnandIND23 0.0%

Turnout 65.5%

Male 62,71955.1% Female 51,05244.9%

Share of 1,13,777 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males814
NOTAcounted within the total362 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 70 seats, 201567.7%
ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 74,114Verified

Seat history 2025–1972

2025
23.4 pp
Punardeep Singh Sawhney (SABBY)Aam Aadmi Party
2020
38.5 pp
Parlad Singh SawhneyAam Aadmi Party
2015
24.6 pp
Alka LambaAam Aadmi Party
2013
11.9 pp
Parlad Singh SawhneyIndian National Congress
2008
13.0 pp
Parlad Singh SawhneyIndian National Congress
2003
12.8 pp
Jai Bhagwan AggarwalBharatiya Janata Party
1998
5.0 pp
Jai Bhagwan AggarwalBharatiya Janata Party
1993
15.5 pp
Jai BhagwanBharatiya Janata Party
1983
4.0 pp
Shyam Lal GargBharatiya Janata Party
1977
12.1 pp
Janardan GuptaJanata Party
1972
21.5 pp
Tek ChandIndependent

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 38.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 74.2% of votes; the other 11 candidates 25.4% between them.
(36,756 + 18,469) ÷ 74,476 = 74.2% · 18,889 ÷ 74,476 = 25.4%
Turnout of 65.5% was 2.2 pp below the state's median seat (67.7%).
65.5 − 67.7 = −2.2
The margin widened from 11.9 pp in 2013 to 24.6 pp.
24.6 − 11.9 = +12.7 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 2013, AAP in 2015.
2013 INC · 2015 AAP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines74,114
NOTAcounted within the total362
Published totalVotes polled74,476
Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2015 · Delhi · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates13 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 70 seats on the Delhi Vidhan Sabha 2015 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database