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Delhi Lok Sabha 1996

Results board · 7 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateDelhi
Seats
7
Constituencies
Majority
4
Seats needed of 7
Electors
80.59L
On the roll
Votes polled
40.79L
50.6% of electors
Median turnout
51.7%
Median of 7 seats
BJP lead
+1
Above majority · 5 − 4

[01]Seat matrix

7 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 7 seats: BJP 5, INC 2. Majority line at 4 seats. Hemicycle of 7 seats: BJP 5, INC 2. Majority line at 4 seats.
Majority · 4 of 7BJP 5 · +1 above majority
BJP 571.4% Bharatiya Janata Party
INC 228.6% Indian National Congress

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
BJP 49.6%5 seats · 71.4%
INC 37.3%2 seats · 28.6%
JD 4.2%0 seats
AIIC(T) 2.2%0 seats
JP 0.4%0 seats
Others 6.3%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

NDA 49.6%5 seats
UPA 37.3%2 seats
THIRD FRONT 4.6%0 seats
OTHERS 8.5%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. BJP converted 49.6% of votes into 71.4% of seats, a seat premium of 21.8 pp.

    5 ÷ 7 = 71.4% · 71.4 − 49.6 = +21.8

  2. INC polled 37.3% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 2 seats (28.6%).

    2 ÷ 7 = 28.6% · 28.6 − 37.3 = −8.7

  3. Delhi Sadar was decided by 1,603 votes, the closest of 7 seats; Outer Delhi had the widest margin, 2,33,133.

    min / max of margin over 7 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; BJP won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 7 · BJP 1

  5. Turnout ran from 48.1% in Outer Delhi to 60.2% in Delhi Sadar; the median seat polled 51.7%.

    min / median / max over 7 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

7 of 7 seats carry a turnout
025507510051.7%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 228.6% of seats
50–60 457.1% of seats
60–70 114.3% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestOuter Delhi48.1%
  • HighestDelhi Sadar60.2%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

7 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Delhi Lok Sabha 1996, all 7 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 New Delhi Jagmohan Bharatiya Janata Party 2,61,159 58,315 22.3 51.7
02 South Delhi Sushma Swaraj Bharatiya Janata Party 5,35,551 1,14,006 21.3 48.5
03 Outer DelhiWIDEST Krishan Lal Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 13,57,799 2,33,133 17.2 48.1
04 East Delhi B.L. Sharma "prem" Bharatiya Janata Party 11,22,631 1,52,499 13.6 50.5
05 Chandni ChowkSC Jai Parkash Agarwal Indian National Congress 2,08,531 22,244 10.7 57.5
06 Delhi SadarCLOSEST Vijay Kumar Goel Bharatiya Janata Party 3,01,583 1,603 0.5 60.2
07 Karol Bagh Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 2,92,042 41,890 14.3 53.7
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 2,33,133 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1996 · Delhi · 7 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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