Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2008

Rohtas Nagar

Assembly constituency 64 (GEN) · Delhi

State boardDelhi 2008

[01]Result · 2008

#64 · GEN

Poll date29 Nov 2008

Contestants12

Electors1,61,333

Votes polled98,679

Turnout61.2%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRam Babu SharmaIndian National Congress45,80246.4% of votes

MARGIN13,243 votes · 13.4 pp45,802 − 32,559

Runner-upAlok Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party32,55933.0% of votes

INC 58.4% of top-two votesBJP 41.6%

All candidates 12

01 Ram Babu SharmaINC45,802 46.4%
02 Alok KumarBJP32,559 33.0%
03 Lokesh DixitBSP16,823 17.1%
04 Laxman DassIND1,651 1.7%
05 Jitendra PanchalSP482 0.5%
06 Raju SoniIND365 0.4%
07 Gulshan Kumar RatraRS266 0.3%
08 R. L. VermaRKP209 0.2%
09 Rajeev KumarSHS151 0.2%
10 Dhayan Pal SinghAP137 0.1%
11 Parveen KumarRLD118 0.1%
12 Pardeep JainLJP116 0.1%

Turnout 61.2%

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 = 98,679Verified

Seat history 2025–1993

2025
19.4 pp
Jitender MahajanBharatiya Janata Party
2020
9.3 pp
Jitender MahajanBharatiya Janata Party
2015
5.8 pp
Sarita SinghAam Aadmi Party
2013
12.4 pp
Jitender KumarBharatiya Janata Party
2009
23.4 pp
Vipin SharmaIndian National Congress
2008
13.4 pp
Ram Babu SharmaIndian National Congress
2003
36.0 pp
Rajesh JainIndian National Congress
1998
31.4 pp
Rajesh JainIndian National Congress
1993
2.3 pp
Hari KrishanBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 36.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 16,823 votes, 1.3× the 13,243-vote margin.
16,823 ÷ 13,243 = 1.3
The top two polled 79.4% of votes; the other 10 candidates 20.6% between them.
(45,802 + 32,559) ÷ 98,679 = 79.4% · 20,318 ÷ 98,679 = 20.6%
Turnout of 61.2% was 3.0 pp above the state's median seat (58.2%).
61.2 − 58.2 = +3.0
The margin narrowed from 36.0 pp in 2003 to 13.4 pp.
13.4 − 36.0 = −22.6 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 lines98,679
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled98,679
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