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Malviya Nagar

Assembly constituency 43 (GEN) · Delhi

State boardDelhi 2015

[01]Result · 2015

#43 · GEN
Poll date7 Feb 2015
Contestants7
Electors1,39,987
Votes polled93,105
Turnout66.5%
NOTA3750.3% of votes
WinnerSomnath BhartiAam Aadmi Party51,19655.0% of votes
MARGIN15,897 votes · 17.1 pp51,196 − 35,299
Runner-upDr. Nandani Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party35,29937.9% of votes
AAP 59.2% of top-two votesBJP 40.8%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Somnath BhartiAAP51,196 55.0%
  2. 02 Dr. Nandani SharmaBJP35,299 37.9%
  3. 03 Dr. Yoganand ShastriINC5,555 6.0%
  4. 04 Dr. Suman DharmvirBSP293 0.3%
  5. 05 Marknday SharmaNP184 0.2%
  6. 06 SomnathIND129 0.1%
  7. 07 Rama Kant SharmaIND74 0.1%

Turnout 66.5%

025507510066.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 67.7%
Male 76,60454.7% Female 63,37045.3%

Share of 1,39,987 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males827
  • NOTAcounted within the total375 · 0.3%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 70 seats, 201567.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 92,730Verified

Seat history 2025–1972

  1. 2025
    2.5 pp
    Satish UpadhyayBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2020
    20.3 pp
    Somnath BhartiAam Aadmi Party
  3. 2015
    17.1 pp
    Somnath BhartiAam Aadmi Party
  4. 2013
    9.5 pp
    Shri Somnath BhartiAam Aadmi Party
  5. 2008
    5.6 pp
    Kiran WaliaIndian National Congress
  6. 2003
    27.6 pp
    Naseeb SinghIndian National Congress
  7. 1998
    0.7 pp
    Naseeb SinghIndian National Congress
  8. 1993
    11.8 pp
    Madan Lal GawaBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1983
    3.1 pp
    Begum Khursheeed KidwaiBharatiya Janata Party
  10. 1977
    34.3 pp
    Begum KhurshidJanata Party
  11. 1972
    5.1 pp
    Prabhu DayalIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 34.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 92.9% of votes; the other 5 candidates 6.7% between them.

    (51,196 + 35,299) ÷ 93,105 = 92.9% · 6,235 ÷ 93,105 = 6.7%

  2. Turnout of 66.5% was 1.2 pp below the state's median seat (67.7%).

    66.5 − 67.7 = −1.2

  3. The margin widened from 9.5 pp in 2013 to 17.1 pp.

    17.1 − 9.5 = +7.6 pp

  4. AAP held the seat it won in 2013.

    2013 AAP · 2015 AAP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines92,730
  • NOTAcounted within the total375
  • Published totalVotes polled93,105
  • 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

Candidates7 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

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