2019 Indian general election in Delhi

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]

2019 Indian general election in Delhi
12 May 2019
7 seats
Turnout60.60% (Decrease4.50%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manoj Tiwari Ajay Maken Raghav Chadha
Party BJP INC AAP
Alliance NDA UPA -
Leader's seat North East Delhi (Won) New Delhi (lost) South Delhi (lost)
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 Increase10.46% Increase7.41% Decrease14.79%

Candidates

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

Results

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

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

Party wise
Party Seats Votes
Contested Won # %
Bharatiya Janata Party 7 7 4,908,541 56.9[3]
Indian National Congress 7 0 1,953,900 22.5
Aam Aadmi Party 7 0 1,571,687 18.1
Total 7 8,633,358 100.0

Constituency wise
No. Constituency Turnout[4] 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
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
  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. "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2019".
  4. 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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