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Delhi assembly election, May 1983

The 4th Delhi legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
55
28 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
33 seats · majority
Candidates
393
21 women, 4 elected
Turnout
53.76%
17.8 lakh of 33 lakh

The house

55 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

55SEATS
  • INC33
  • BJP19
  • LKD2
  • JNP1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Delhi assembly election (1977)

JNP
-45
INC
+23

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress33+235547.5%8,43,48847.50%+11.350
BJPBharatiya Janata Party19—4943.1%6,54,07436.83%—0
LKDLok Dal2—628.6%73,7654.15%—1
JNPJanata Party1-45365.5%65,7223.70%-48.8733
INDIndependent002401.5%1,31,8547.42%-0.23238
CPICommunist Party of India0025.7%4,4010.25%-2.932
ICSIndian Congress (Socialist)0—41.0%1,5540.09%—4
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)0012.1%1,0520.06%-0.091

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Delhi at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of May 1983

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
TUGHLAQUABADDelhiINCPREM SINGHLKDLEKH RAM25,56946.27%
MINTO ROADDelhiINCSUBHASH CHOPRAJNPVIRESH PRATAP CHOUDHARY7,43641.91%
NAJAFGARHDelhiINCBHARAT SINGHLKDTARIF SINGH27,92434.54%
MOTI NAGARDelhiBJPMADAN LAL KHURANAINCSATYA WATI CHOUDHARY7,74025.98%
MADIPURDelhiINCBHONRI LAL SHASTRIBJPSHIV NARAIN JALUTHRIA11,18825.52%
CIVIL LINESDelhiINCRAM LALBJPBANARSI DAS GARG5,78525.42%
JANGPURADelhiINCJAG PARVESHBJPINDER MOHAN SEHGAL6,26323.75%
SAROJINI NAGARDelhiBJPRAM BHAJINCDAMYANTI SHARMA3,62421.82%
MEHRAULIDelhiBJPKALKA DASSINCRAJENDER KUMAR BODH6,48018.44%
BAWANADelhiLKDROHTASH SINGHINCKARAN SINGH5,43217.80%

Closest results of May 1983

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KASTURBA NAGARDelhiBJPJAGDISH LALINCC.B. GUPTA180.09%
PAHAR GANJDelhiBJPRANJIT RAI SHARMAINCPRITPAL SINGH1110.42%
KARAMPURADelhiBJPP.K. CHANDLAINCSHADI RAM2880.70%
NARELADelhiLKDHARI RAMINCHIRA SINGH2380.76%
DEPUTY GANJDelhiINCSATISH SAXENABJPSHAYAMA CHARAN GUPTA3071.25%
ANAND PARBATDelhiINCGURBAX SINGHBJPLAXSHMAN SINGH3441.42%
KAMLA NAGARDelhiINCPURUSHOTTAM GOYALBJPCHARTI LAL GOEL3471.47%
MALVIYA NAGARDelhiBJPHANS RAJ SETHIINCYOGA NATH SHASTRI6921.59%
HAUZ KHASDelhiINCASHOK KUMAR JAINBJPBODH RAJ4921.89%
OKHLADelhiINCDES RAJ CHHABRABJPCH. RATTAN SINGH8002.55%