GEN · Delhi 21
NEW DELHI
Mehr Chand Khanna (INC) won by 31,595 votes (18.6%).
- Electors
- 2,68,661
- Votes polled
- 1,73,042
- Valid votes
- 1,69,912
- Turnout
- 64.4%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 18.6% (median 12.2%). Back to Delhi 21 · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1967
- Margin · 1971
- 35.0%(+18.3%)
- Turnout
- 59.2%(-14.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 93.7%
Winning margin over time · NEW DELHI
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mehr Chand KhannaWinner | INC | 96,264 | 56.7% |
| 2 | Balraj Madhok | JS | 64,669 | 38.1% |
| 3 | Lanka Sundaram | IND | 3,786 | 2.2% |
| 4 | Parkash Baghi | IND | 2,197 | 1.3% |
| 5 | Tirath Dass | PSP | 1,048 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Anant Singh | IND | 688 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Ram Chander | IND | 534 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Balwant Rai Mehta | IND | 465 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Uttam Singh Arora | IND | 261 | 0.2% |
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