2014 Indian general election in Delhi

Indian general election, 2014 (Delhi)

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7 seats
Turnout	65.10% 13.24pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Harsh Vardhan Arvind Kejriwal Kapil Sibal Party BJP AAP INC Leader's seat Chandni Chowk (Won) Did not contest in Delhi Chandni Chowk (lost) Seats won 7 0 0 Seat change 7 New party 7 Percentage 46.40% 32.90% 15.10% Swing 11.17pp New party 42.01pp
Delhi
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

The 2014 Indian general election polls in Delhi for seven Lok Sabha seats was held in a single phase on 10 April 2014. ^[1] As of 16 December 2013, the total voter strength of Delhi is 11,932,069. ^[2]

The Main political parties are Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress. Bharatiya Janata Party won all 7 seats.

Opinion polling

Conducted in month(s)	Ref	Polling Organisation/Agency	Sample size
				INC	BJP	AAP
Aug–Oct 2013	[3]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	24,284	3	4	0
Jan–Feb 2014	[4]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	14,000	0	4	3
March 2014	[5]	NDTV- Hansa Research	46,571	1	2	4
March–April 2014	[6]	CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS	891	0–1	3–4	2–3
28–29 March 2014	[7]	India Today- Cicero	1,188	0–2	5–7	1–2
April 2014	[8]	NDTV- Hansa Research	24,000	0	6	1
28–29 April 2014	[7]	India Today- Cicero	1,188	1	4	2

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below ^[1] –

Polling Day	Phase	Date	Constituencies	Voting Percentage
1	3	10 April	Chandani Chowk, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi	65.1 [9]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			Harsh Vardhan	7

   Aam Aadmi Party

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Aam Aadmi Party			Arvind Kejriwal	7

   United Progressive Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress			Kapil Sibal	7

Candidates

Constituency
		AAP [10]			BJP [11]			INC [12]
1	Chandni Chowk		AAP	Ashutosh		BJP	Dr. Harsh Vardhan		INC	Kapil Sibal
2	North East Delhi		AAP	Anand Kumar		BJP	Manoj Tiwari		INC	Jai Parkash Aggarwal
3	East Delhi		AAP	Rajmohan Gandhi		BJP	Maheish Girri		INC	Sandeep Dikshit
4	New Delhi		AAP	Ashish Khetan		BJP	Meenakshi Lekhi		INC	Ajay Maken
5	North West Delhi		AAP	Rakhi Birla		BJP	Udit Raj		INC	Krishna Tirath
6	West Delhi		AAP	Jarnail Singh		BJP	Pravesh Verma		INC	Mahabal Mishra
7	South Delhi		AAP	Devender Sehrawat		BJP	Ramesh Bidhuri		INC	Ramesh Kumar

Results

NCT of Delhi (7)

7

BJP

Results by Party

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	BJP			38,38,850	46.41	11.18	7	7	7
	AAP			27,22,887	32.92	New	7	0
	INC			12,53,078	15.15	41.96	7	0	7
	Others			1,55,597	1.88		71	0
	IND			2,61,664	3.16	2.07	58	0
	NOTA			39,690	0.48		7
Total				82,71,766	100%	-	150	7	-

Detailed Results

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Chandni Chowk	Dr. Harsh Vardhan		BJP	437,938	44.58	Ashutosh		AAP	301,618	30.71	136,320	13.87
2	North East Delhi	Manoj Tiwari		BJP	596,125	45.23	Anand Kumar		AAP	452,041	34.30	144,084	10.93
3	East Delhi	Maheish Girri		BJP	572,202	47.81	Rajmohan Gandhi		AAP	381,739	31.90	190,463	15.91
4	New Delhi	Meenakashi Lekhi		BJP	453,350	46.73	Ashish Khetan		AAP	290,642	29.96	162,708	16.77
5	North West Delhi	Udit Raj		BJP	629,860	46.44	Rakhi Birla		AAP	523,058	38.56	106,802	7.88
6	West Delhi	Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma		BJP	651,395	48.30	Jarnail Singh		AAP	382,809	28.38	268,586	19.92
7	South Delhi	Ramesh Bidhuri		BJP	497,980	45.15	Col. Devinder Sehrawat		AAP	390,980	35.45	107,000	9.70

Assembly segment wise lead of parties

Party		Assembly segments [13]	Position in Assembly (as of 2013 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	60	32
	Indian National Congress	0	8
	Aam Aadmi Party	10	28
Total		70

References

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