1996 Indian general election in Delhi

1996 Indian general election in Delhi

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7 seats
Turnout	50.6% [1]
First party Second party   Leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee P. V. Narasimha Rao Party BJP INC Seats won 5 2 Seat change Popular vote 1,992,947 1,500,731 Percentage 49.58% 37.33% Swing 9.31 pp 2.24 pp
Prime Minister before election Narasimha Rao INC Prime Minister after election A. B. Vajpayee BJP

The 1996 Indian general election in Delhi was held to elect representatives of the 7 seats of the NCT of Delhi in the Lok Sabha.

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

Parties and alliances

   Bharatiya Janata Party

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			A. B. Vajpayee	7

   Indian National Congress

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress			P. V. Narasimha Rao	7

List of Elected MPs

No.	Constituency	Name of Elected M.P.	Party affiliation [2]
1	New Delhi	Jagmohan	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	South Delhi	Sushma Swaraj	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Outer Delhi	Krishan Lal Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	East Delhi	Baikunth Lal Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Chandni Chowk	Jai Parkash Aggarwal	Indian National Congress
6	Delhi Sadar	Vijay Kumar Goel	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	Karol Bagh	Meira Kumar	Indian National Congress

References

1. "IndiaVotes PC: Delhi [1977 Onwards] 1996". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
2. "General Election, 1996 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2023.