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Delhi Lok Sabha 1991

Results board · 7 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateDelhi
Seats
7
Constituencies
Majority
4
Seats needed of 7
Electors
60.73L
On the roll
Votes polled
29.47L
48.5% of electors
Median turnout
48.2%
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 40.2%5 seats · 71.4%
INC 39.6%2 seats · 28.6%
JD 14.2%0 seats
JP 1.2%0 seats
BSP 0.9%0 seats
Others 3.9%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

NDA 40.2%5 seats
UPA 39.6%2 seats
THIRD FRONT 14.2%0 seats
OTHERS 6.0%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. BJP converted 40.2% of votes into 71.4% of seats, a seat premium of 31.2 pp.

    5 ÷ 7 = 71.4% · 71.4 − 40.2 = +31.2

  2. JD polled 14.2% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 7 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 14.2 = −14.2

  3. New Delhi was decided by 1,589 votes, the closest of 7 seats; Outer Delhi had the widest margin, 86,791.

    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 45.8% in Outer Delhi to 57.2% in Chandni Chowk; the median seat polled 48.2%.

    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
025507510048.2%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 457.1% of seats
50–60 342.9% of seats
60–70 00.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestOuter Delhi45.8%
  • HighestChandni Chowk57.2%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

7 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Delhi Lok Sabha 1991, all 7 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 New DelhiCLOSEST Lal Krishna Advani Bharatiya Janata Party 2,18,283 1,589 0.7 47.9
02 South Delhi Madan Lal Khurana Bharatiya Janata Party 4,21,877 50,723 12.0 46.6
03 Outer DelhiWIDEST Sajjan Kumar Indian National Congress 7,72,349 86,791 11.2 45.8
04 East Delhi B.L. Sharma 'prem' Bharatiya Janata Party 7,63,274 61,825 8.1 48.2
05 Chandni ChowkSC Tara Chand Khandelwal Bharatiya Janata Party 2,28,439 2,774 1.2 57.2
06 Delhi Sadar Jagdish Tytler Indian National Congress 2,86,254 14,091 4.9 53.6
07 Karol Bagh Kalka Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 2,56,338 2,500 1.0 50.3
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 86,791 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1991 · 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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