2019 Indian general election in Delhi

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2019 Indian general election in Delhi
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7 seats
Turnout60.60% (Decrease4.50%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Manoj Tiwari Ajay Maken Arvind Kejriwal
Party BJP INC AAP
Alliance NDA UPA -
Leader's seat North East Delhi (Won) New Delhi (lost) Did not contest
Last election 7 0 0
Seats won 7 0 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 4,908,541 1,953,900 1,571,687
Percentage 56.86% 22.51% 18.11%
Swing Increase10.46pp Increase7.41pp Decrease14.79pp

The 2019 Indian general election were held on 12 May 2019. Along with all other states, results in Delhi were declared on 23 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.[1]

Election schedule[edit]

The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India (ECI) on 10 March 2019, and with it the Model Code of Conduct came into effect.

Poll event Phase
VI
Notification Date 16 April
Last Date for filing nomination 23 April
Scrutiny of nomination 24 April
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 26 April
Date of poll 12 May
Date of counting of votes/Result 23 May 2019
No. of constituencies 7

Candidates[edit]

Major election candidates are:[2]

No. Constituency Candidates
BJP INC AAP
1 Chandni Chowk Harsh Vardhan Jai Parkash Aggarwal Pankaj Kumar Gupta
2 North East Delhi Manoj Tiwari Sheila Dikshit Dilip Pandey
3 East Delhi Gautam Gambhir Arvinder Singh Lovely Atishi Marlena
4 New Delhi Meenakshi Lekhi Ajay Maken Brijesh Goyal
5 North West Delhi Hans Raj Rajesh Lilothia Gugan Singh
6 West Delhi Parvesh Verma Mahabal Mishra Balbir Singh Jakhar
7 South Delhi Ramesh Bidhuri Vijender Singh Raghav Chadha

Voter Turnout[edit]

No. Constituency Total Electors Total Voters Turnout Swing
1 Chandni Chowk 15,62,283 9,80,390 62.75% Decrease 5.12%
2 North East Delhi 22,90,492 14,58,046 63.81% Decrease 3.51%
3 East Delhi 20,39,302 12,57,821 61.68% Decrease 3.73%
4 New Delhi 16,17,470 9,20,541 56.91% Decrease 8.2%
5 North West Delhi 23,78,995 14,02,962 58.97% Decrease 2.84%
6 West Delhi 23,71,644 14,41,601 60.82% Decrease 5.31%
7 South Delhi 20,67,463 12,14,222 58.73% Decrease 4.19%

Results[edit]

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

  BJP (56.9%)
  INC (22.6%)
  AAP (18.2%)
  Other (2.3%)

Party wise[edit]

Parties and coalitions Seats Popular vote
Contested Won +/− Votes[3] % ±pp
Bharatiya Janata Party 7 7 Steady 49,08,541 56.85[4] Increase10.22
Indian National Congress 7 0 Steady 19,53,900 22.63 Increase7.41
Aam Aadmi Party 7 0 Steady 15,71,687 18.2 Decrease14.82
Total 7 86,33,358

Constituency wise[edit]

No. Constituency Turnout[5] Elected Member Party Runner-up Party Win Margin

(by votes)

Win Margin

(by % votes)

1 Chandni Chowk 62.78 Decrease Dr. Harsh Vardhan Bharatiya Janata Party Jai Prakash Agarwal Indian National Congress 228,145 23.27
2 North East Delhi 63.86 Decrease Manoj Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party Sheila Dikshit Indian National Congress 366,102 25.05
3 East Delhi 61.7Decrease Gautam Gambhir Bharatiya Janata Party Arvinder Singh Lovely Indian National Congress 391,222 31.11
4 New Delhi 56.91 Decrease Meenakshi Lekhi Bharatiya Janata Party Ajay Maken Indian National Congress 256,504 27.86
5 North West Delhi 58.97 Decrease Hans Raj Bharatiya Janata Party Gugan Singh Aam Aadmi Party 553,897 39.48
6 West Delhi 60.82 Decrease Parvesh Verma Bharatiya Janata Party Mahabal Mishra Indian National Congress 578,586 40.13
7 South Delhi 58.75 Decrease Ramesh Bidhuri Bharatiya Janata Party Raghav Chadha Aam Aadmi Party 367,043 30.23

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties[edit]

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2020 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 65 8
Indian National Congress 5 0
Aam Aadmi Party 0 62
Total 70

References[edit]

  1. ^ Singh, Vijaita (1 September 2018). "General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Lok Sabha elections: BJP list of candidates for 2019". Indian Express. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. ^ [17- State wise seats won and valid votes polled by political parties (PDF)] Election Commission of India, Elections, 2019 (17 LOK SABHA)
  4. ^ "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2019".
  5. ^ Final voter turnout of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, The Election Commission of India (20 April 2019, updated 4 May 2019)


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