Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2008

Seemapuri

Assembly constituency 63 (SC) · Delhi

State boardDelhi 2008

[01]Result · 2008

#63 · SC

Poll date29 Nov 2008

Contestants12

Electors1,43,195

Votes polled89,281

Turnout62.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerVeer Singh DhinganIndian National Congress43,86449.1% of votes

MARGIN19,260 votes · 21.6 pp43,864 − 24,604

Runner-upChandra Pal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party24,60427.6% of votes

INC 64.1% of top-two votesBJP 35.9%

All candidates 12

01 Veer Singh DhinganINC43,864 49.1%
02 Chandra Pal SinghBJP24,604 27.6%
03 Lallan PrasadBSP14,823 16.6%
04 Raj DulariNLP1,714 1.9%
05 Mange RamIND979 1.1%
06 Santosh KumarLJP940 1.1%
07 Devender KumarIDP686 0.8%
08 Sukkan LalRS675 0.8%
09 Dhani RamUNLP436 0.5%
10 AmardeepIND217 0.2%
11 Bhagwan SahaiIJP202 0.2%
12 Vijay KumarVJP141 0.2%

Turnout 62.3%

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 = 89,281Verified

Seat history 2025–1993

2025
7.6 pp
Veer Singh DhinganAam Aadmi Party
2020
42.1 pp
Rajendra Pal GautamAam Aadmi Party
2015
38.6 pp
Rajendra Pal GautamAam Aadmi Party
2013
10.5 pp
Dharmender SinghAam Aadmi Party
2008
21.6 pp
Veer Singh DhinganIndian National Congress
2003
10.0 pp
Shadi RamIndian National Congress
1998
11.9 pp
Shadi RamIndian National Congress
1993
10.7 pp
P.K. ChandlaBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 42.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 76.7% of votes; the other 10 candidates 23.3% between them.
(43,864 + 24,604) ÷ 89,281 = 76.7% · 20,813 ÷ 89,281 = 23.3%
Turnout of 62.3% was 4.1 pp above the state's median seat (58.2%).
62.3 − 58.2 = +4.1
The margin widened from 10.0 pp in 2003 to 21.6 pp.
21.6 − 10.0 = +11.6 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 lines89,281
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled89,281
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