Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1998

Baljit Nagar

Assembly constituency 70 (SC) · Delhi

State boardDelhi 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#70 · SC

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants6

Electors1,20,351

Votes polled52,091

Turnout43.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerKrishnaIndian National Congress28,83255.8% of votes

MARGIN11,785 votes · 22.6 pp28,832 − 17,047

Runner-upYogendera Chandoliya Bharatiya Janata Party17,04733.0% of votes

INC 62.8% of top-two votesBJP 37.2%

All candidates 6

01 KrishnaINC28,832 55.8%
02 Yogendera ChandoliyaBJP17,047 33.0%
03 Jai Singh BhartiBSP3,611 7.0%
04 Man Mohan SinghIND1,723 3.3%
05 Bimla DeviLS375 0.7%
06 Parveen KumarIND54 0.1%

Turnout 43.3%

Male 74,34061.8% Female 46,01138.2%

Share of 1,20,351 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males619
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 70 seats, 199850.0%
ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 51,642Residual 449

Seat history 2025–1993

2025
11.7 pp
Kapil MishraBharatiya Janata Party
2020
4.3 pp
Mohan Singh BishtBharatiya Janata Party
2015
26.1 pp
Kapil MishraAam Aadmi Party
2013
2.2 pp
Mohan Singh BishtBharatiya Janata Party
2008
20.6 pp
Mohan Singh BishtBharatiya Janata Party
2004
17.1 pp
Rajesh LilothiaIndian National Congress
2004
Margin not recorded
Rajesh LilothiaIndian National Congress
2003
20.1 pp
Krishna TirathIndian National Congress
1998
22.6 pp
KrishnaIndian National Congress
1993
3.4 pp
Krishan TirathIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 26.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 88.1% of votes; the other 4 candidates 11.1% between them.
(28,832 + 17,047) ÷ 52,091 = 88.1% · 5,763 ÷ 52,091 = 11.1%
Turnout of 43.3% was 6.7 pp below the state's median seat (50.0%).
43.3 − 50.0 = −6.7
The margin widened from 3.4 pp in 1993 to 22.6 pp.
22.6 − 3.4 = +19.2 pp
INC held the seat it won in 1993.
1993 INC · 1998 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines51,642
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled52,091
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 449

Candidate votes miss the published total by 449, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1998 · Delhi · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 70 seats on the Delhi Vidhan Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database