Elections Archive

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

195219621967197135%

Candidates

Candidates · NEW DELHI 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mehr Chand KhannaWinnerINC96,26456.7%
2Balraj MadhokJS64,66938.1%
3Lanka SundaramIND3,7862.2%
4Parkash BaghiIND2,1971.3%
5Tirath DassPSP1,0480.6%
6Anant SinghIND6880.4%
7Ram ChanderIND5340.3%
8Balwant Rai MehtaIND4650.3%
9Uttam Singh AroraIND2610.2%

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