1991 Indian general election in Delhi

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1991 Indian general election in Delhi
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  1989 May 20, 1991 (1991-05-20) 1996  

7 seats
Turnout48.5%
 First partySecond party
 
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Leader Lal Krishna Advani P. V. Narasimha Rao
Party BJP INC
Seats won52
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote1,171,1561,152,627
Percentage40.27%39.57%
SwingIncrease2.svg 14.08 pp Decrease2.svg 3.84 pp

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Prime Minister before election

Chandra Shekhar
SJP(R)

Prime Minister after election

Narasimha Rao
INC

The 1991 Indian general election in Delhi was held to elect representatives of the 7 seats of the NCT of Delhi in the Lok Sabha.

Contents

The Bharatiya Janata Party won 5 of the 7 seats in Delhi, with its opposition, the Indian National Congress winning 2 seats. [1]

Parties and alliances

   Bharatiya Janata Party

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg L. K. Advani 7

   Indian National Congress

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg INC Logo.png P. V. Narasimha Rao 7

List of elected MPs

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMargin
CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%Votes%
1 New Delhi Lal Krishan Advani BJP 93,66243.40Rajesh Khanna INC 92,07342.661,5890.74
2 South Delhi Madan Lal Khurana BJP 208,72849.95Romesh Bhandari INC 158,00537.8150,72312.14
3 Outer Delhi Sajjan Kumar INC 346,25945.36Sahib Singh Verma BJP 259,46833.9986,79111.37
4 East Delhi B. L. Sharma 'Prem' BJP 303,14140.27H. K. L. Bhagat INC 241,31632.0561,8258.22
5 Chandni Chowk Tara Chand Khandelwal BJP 80,89835.70 Jai Prakash Aggarwal INC 78,12434.482,7741.22
6 Delhi Sadar Jagdish Tytler INC 137,45348.57Vijay Kumar Malhotra BJP 123,36243.5914,0914.98
7 Karol Bagh (SC) Kalka Dass BJP 101,89740.23Krishna Tirath INC 99,39739.242,5000.99

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Delhi

SI No.NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty
1Jagdish TytlerDelhi SadarMinister of State
(Independent Charge)
Surface Transport21 June
1991
15 September
1995
INC
Coal13 September
1995
16 May
1996

References

  1. "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1991". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 21 December 2023.