2014 Indian general election in Delhi

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Indian general election, 2014 (Delhi)
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7 seats
Turnout65.10% Increase2.svg13.24pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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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 won700
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 7New partyDecrease2.svg 7
Percentage46.40%32.90%15.10%
SwingIncrease2.svg 11.17pp New partyDecrease2.svg 42.01pp
Delhi Lok Sabha election result 2019.png
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]

Contents

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)RefPolling Organisation/AgencySample size
INC BJP AAP
Aug–Oct 2013 [3] Times Now-India TV-CVoter24,284340
Jan–Feb 2014 [4] Times Now-India TV-CVoter14,000043
March 2014 [5] NDTV- Hansa Research 46,571124
March–April 2014 [6] CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS 8910–13–42–3
28–29 March 2014 [7] India Today- Cicero 1,1880–25–71–2
April 2014 [8] NDTV- Hansa Research 24,000061
28–29 April 2014 [7] India Today- Cicero 1,188142

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below [1] –

Polling DayPhaseDateConstituenciesVoting Percentage
1310 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.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg Harsh Vardhan 7

   Aam Aadmi Party

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Aam Aadmi Party Aam Aadmi Party logo (English).svg AAP Symbol.png Arvind Kejriwal 7

   United Progressive Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg INC Logo.png Kapil Sibal 7

Candidates

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

Results

NCT of Delhi (7)

7
BJP
Name of PartyVote Share %ChangeSeats wonChanges
Bharatiya Janata Party 46.40%Increase2.svg 11.177Increase2.svg 7
Indian National Congress 15.10%Decrease2.svg 42.010Decrease2.svg 7
Aam Aadmi Party 32.90%New00
No.ConstituencyTurnoutMember of ParliamentPolitical PartyMargin
1. Chandni Chowk 67.87 Increase2.svg Harsh Vardhan Bharatiya Janata Party 1,36,320
2. North East Delhi 67.32 Increase2.svg Manoj Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party 1,44,084
3. East Delhi 65.41 Increase2.svg Maheish Girri Bharatiya Janata Party 1,90,463
4. New Delhi 65.11 Increase2.svg Meenakshi Lekhi Bharatiya Janata Party 1,62,708
5. North West Delhi 61.81 Increase2.svgDr. Udit Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 1,06,802
6. West Delhi 66.13 Increase2.svg Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma Bharatiya Janata Party 2,68,586
7. South Delhi 62.92 Increase2.svg Ramesh Bidhuri Bharatiya Janata Party 1,07,000

Assembly segment wise lead of parties

PartyAssembly segments [13] Position in Assembly (as of 2013 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 6032
Indian National Congress 08
Aam Aadmi Party 1028
Total70

References

  1. 1 2 "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Delhi General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014". Maps of India. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Delhi tracker: BJP takes lead, to win 3–4 seats, AAP 2–3, Congress 0–1". CNN-IBN. 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  7. 1 2 "India Today Group-Cicero opinion poll: BJP set to completely rout Congress in Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats". India Today. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "India votes in third phase of elections". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Complete Candidate List – 2014 Elections". aamaadmiparty.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "4th List of Candidates for Lok Sabha Election 2014". Bjp.org. 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "Indian National Congress : Candidate List for Lok Sabha 2014". AICC. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "IndiaVotes PC: Delhi [1977 Onwards] 2014". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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