State board · Lok Sabha

Delhi Lok Sabha 1989

Results board · 7 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateDelhi

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 7

Electors

57.03L

On the roll

Votes polled

30.97L

54.3% of electors

Median turnout

56.9%

Median of 7 seats

BJP margin

Exactly at majority · 4 − 4

[01]Seat matrix

7 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 4 of 7BJP 4 · at majority

BJP 457.1% Bharatiya Janata Party

INC 228.6% Indian National Congress

JD 114.3% Janata Dal

State level, as published

INC 43.4%2 seats · 28.6%

BJP 26.2%4 seats · 57.1%

JD 16.3%1 seat · 14.3%

BSP 3.7%0 seats

ICJ(TG) 0.2%0 seats

Others 10.2%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

BJP converted 26.2% of votes into 57.1% of seats, a seat premium of 30.9 pp.
4 ÷ 7 = 57.1% · 57.1 − 26.2 = +30.9
INC polled 43.4% of votes, the highest share, but won 2 seats (28.6%).
2 ÷ 7 = 28.6% · 28.6 − 43.4 = −14.8
Karol Bagh was decided by 6,969 votes, the closest of 7 seats; East Delhi had the widest margin, 1,75,999.
min / max of margin over 7 seats with a recorded margin
Turnout ran from 49.6% in East Delhi to 66.5% in Chandni Chowk; the median seat polled 56.9%.
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

< 50% 114.3% of seats

50–60 342.9% of seats

60–70 342.9% of seats

70–80 00.0% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestEast Delhi49.6%
HighestChandni Chowk66.5%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

7 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Delhi Lok Sabha 1989, all 7 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	New Delhi	Lal Krishna Advani	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,36,126	31,841	13.5	55.0
02	South Delhi	Madan Lal Khurana	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,82,858	1,04,994	21.7	56.9
03	Outer Delhi	Tarif Singh	Janata Dal	7,90,764	52,333	6.6	50.2
04	East DelhiWIDEST	H. K. L. Bhagat	Indian National Congress	7,34,802	1,75,999	24.0	49.6
05	Chandni ChowkSC	Jai Prakash Aggarwal	Indian National Congress	2,53,560	9,431	3.7	66.5
06	Delhi Sadar	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	Bharatiya Janata Party	3,09,267	32,099	10.4	61.1
07	Karol BaghCLOSEST	Kalka Dass	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,89,278	6,969	2.4	60.1

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,75,999 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1989 · Delhi · 7 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database