2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

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2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
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  2015 8 February 2020 2025  

All 70 seats in the Delhi Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout62.82% (Decrease2.svg 4.65%)
 Majority partyMinority party
 
CM Arvind Kejriwal Official Portrait.jpg
Manoj tiwari ji(cropped).jpg
Leader Arvind Kejriwal Manoj Tiwari
Party AAP NDA
Leader's seat New Delhi Did not contest
Last election673
Seats won628
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 5
Popular vote4,974,5923,692,552
Percentage53.57%39.77%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.71Increase2.svg 6.57%

2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg

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Structure of the Delhi Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Arvind Kejriwal
AAP

Elected Chief Minister

Arvind Kejriwal
AAP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Voters turnout was recorded at 62.82%, [1] a decline of 4.65% from the previous assembly election in Delhi but 2.2% more than the 2019 Indian general election in Delhi. [2] [3] The term of the assembly elected in 2015 expired on 22 February 2020. [4] [5] The Aam Aadmi Party, led by Arvind Kejriwal won 62 seats to claim an absolute majority in the elections.

Contents

Background

The previous Assembly elections were held in February 2015. After the election, the Aam Aadmi Party formed the state government, with Arvind Kejriwal becoming Chief Minister.

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 6 January 2020 at 3:35 PM IST. [6]

Poll eventSchedule
Notification date14 January 2020
Last date for filing nomination21 January 2020
Scrutiny of nomination22 January 2020
Last date for withdrawal of nomination24 January 2020
Date of Poll8 February 2020
Date of counting of Votes11 February 2020

Parties and Alliances

AlliancePartiesNumber of candidates running
None Aam Aadmi Party 70 [7] [8]
NDA [9] Bharatiya Janata Party 67
Janata Dal (United) 2
Lok Janshakti Party 1
UPA [10] Indian National Congress 66
Rashtriya Janata Dal 4
None Bahujan Samaj Party 70 [11]
Others388
Total668 [12]

Manifestos

Aam Aadmi Party

The Aam Aadmi Party released a 10-point guarantee card on 19 January 2020. [13] [14]

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party released its manifesto on 31 January 2020 with the following key points. [15]

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress released its manifesto on 2 February 2020. [16] with 9 key points: [17]

Surveys and Polls

Opinion Polls

Publishing DatePolling AgencyLead
AAP BJP INC Others
2 February 2020Patriotic Voter [18] 58111047
(10.6%)
5 January 2020 News 24 [19] 48–5315–200–2028–38
TV9 Bharatvarsh [20] 48–6010–200–2028–50
6 January 2020 ABP NewsCVoter [21] 59
(53%)
8
(26%)
3
(4.6%)
0
(16%)
51
(27%)
IANSCVoter [22] 53–6403–130–60-041–61
25 January 2020 Newsx-Polstrat [23] 53–5612–152–40-038–44
3 February 2020 Times Now – IPSOS [24] 54–60
(52%)
10–14
(34%)
0–2
(4%)
0
(10%)
40–50
(18%)
4 February 2020Graphnile [25] 56120–2044
5 February 2020 ABP NewsCVoter [26] 42–56
(45.6%)
10–24
(37.1%)
0–2
(4.4%)
0
(12.9%)
18–46
(8.6%)

Exit Polls

The exit polls were announced by agencies after the poll ends on 8 February 2020. [27] The exit polls were conducted on all 70 seats of Delhi Legislative Assembly and data was collected up to 4:00 PM. The voting ended at 6:00 PM officially.

Publishing DatePolling AgencyLead
AAP BJP+ INC+ Others
8 February 2020Jan Ki Baat55150040
India Today-Axis My India59-682–110048–66
Patriotic Voter59101048
Times Now47230024
News X-Neta55141041
India News Nation55141041
Spick Media [28] 43-5512 – 2100–03031–34
ABP NewsCVoter 51-653–170–2030–58
Hamari Yojana [29] 55-6010 – 15000040–50

Results

628
AAPBJP
Vote Share of different parties in the election.
  1. AAP (53.57%)
  2. BJP (38.51%)
  3. INC (4.26%)
  4. JD(U) (0.91%)
  5. BSP (0.71%)
  6. LJP (0.35%)
  7. RJD (0.04%)
  8. NOTA (0.46%)
  9. Other (1.19%)

Aftermath

Third Kejriwal ministry of the Delhi government was formed on 16 February 2020, led by Kejriwal as Delhi's chief minister for a third time at Ramlila Maidan. [31]

Bypolls to Delhi (2020-2025)

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
23 June 202239 Rajinder Nagar Raghav Chadha Aam Aadmi Party Durgesh Pathak Aam Aadmi Party

See also

References

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