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Delhi Lok Sabha 1980

Results board · 7 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateDelhi
Seats
7
Constituencies
Majority
4
Seats needed of 7
Electors
30.70L
On the roll
Votes polled
19.92L
64.9% of electors
Median turnout
65.1%
Median of 7 seats
INC lead
+2
Above majority · 6 − 4

[01]Seat matrix

7 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 7 seats: INC 6, JNP 1. Majority line at 4 seats. Hemicycle of 7 seats: INC 6, JNP 1. Majority line at 4 seats.
Majority · 4 of 7INC 6 · +2 above majority
INC 685.7% Indian National Congress
JNP 114.3% Janata Party

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 50.4%6 seats · 85.7%
JNP 37.9%1 seat · 14.3%
JNP(S) 6.8%0 seats
INC(U) 0.8%0 seats
CPI 0.3%0 seats
Others 3.8%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 50.4% of votes into 85.7% of seats, a seat premium of 35.3 pp.

    6 ÷ 7 = 85.7% · 85.7 − 50.4 = +35.3

  2. JNP polled 37.9% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 1 seat (14.3%).

    1 ÷ 7 = 14.3% · 14.3 − 37.9 = −23.6

  3. South Delhi was decided by 4,100 votes, the closest of 7 seats; Outer Delhi had the widest margin, 98,452.

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

  4. Turnout ran from 62.4% in East Delhi to 71.7% in Chandni Chowk; the median seat polled 65.1%.

    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
025507510065.1%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 00.0% of seats
60–70 685.7% of seats
70–80 114.3% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestEast Delhi62.4%
  • HighestChandni Chowk71.7%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

7 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Delhi Lok Sabha 1980, all 7 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 New Delhi Atal Bihari Vajpayee Janata Party 1,96,112 5,045 2.6 65.1
02 South DelhiCLOSEST Charanjit Singh (West Friends Colony) Indian National Congress 3,19,353 4,100 1.3 63.2
03 Outer DelhiWIDEST Sajjan Kumar Indian National Congress 3,81,475 98,452 25.8 62.8
04 East Delhi H.K.L. Bhagat Indian National Congress 4,22,772 87,708 20.7 62.4
05 Chandni ChowkSC Bhiku Ram Jain Indian National Congress 2,14,837 17,235 8.0 71.7
06 Delhi Sadar Jagdish Tytler Indian National Congress 2,30,779 8,118 3.5 69.2
07 Karol Bagh Dharam Dass Shastri Indian National Congress 2,26,541 34,998 15.4 65.7
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 98,452 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1980 · 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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