2019 Indian general election in Delhi

2019 Indian general election in Delhi
12 May 2019
7 seats
Turnout60.60% (Decrease4.50%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manoj Tiwari Ajay Maken
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat North East Delhi (Won) New Delhi (lost)
Last election 7 0
Seats won 7 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 4,908,541 1,953,900
Percentage 56.86% 22.51%
Swing Increase10.46pp Increase7.41pp
  Third party
 
Leader Arvind Kejriwal
Party AAP
Alliance -
Leader's seat Did not contest
Last election 0
Seats won 0
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 1,571,687
Percentage 18.11%
Swing Decrease14.79pp
Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

 Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2019 Indian general election were held on 12 May 2019. Along with all other states, results in Delhi were declared on 23 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.[1]Bharatiya Janata Party won all 7 seats, for a second consecutive term.

Election schedule

The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India (ECI) on 10 March 2019, and with it the Model Code of Conduct came into effect.

Poll event Phase
VI
Notification date 16 April
Last date for filing nomination 23 April
Scrutiny of nomination 24 April
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 26 April
Date of poll 12 May
Date of counting of votes/Result 23 May 2019
No. of constituencies 7

Parties and alliances

Party Name Flag Electoral symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Manoj Tiwari 7
Indian National Congress Ajay Maken 7
Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal 7

Candidates

Constituency
NDA AAP UPA
1 Chandni Chowk BJP Harsh Vardhan AAP Pankaj Kumar Gupta INC Jai Parkash Aggarwal
2 North East Delhi BJP Manoj Tiwari AAP Dilip Pandey INC Sheila Dikshit
3 East Delhi BJP Gautam Gambhir AAP Atishi Marlena INC Arvinder Singh Lovely
4 New Delhi BJP Meenakshi Lekhi AAP Brijesh Goyal INC Ajay Maken
5 North West Delhi BJP Hans Raj AAP Gugan Singh INC Rajesh Lilothia
6 West Delhi BJP Parvesh Verma AAP Balbir Singh Jakhar INC Mahabal Mishra
7 South Delhi BJP Ramesh Bidhuri AAP Raghav Chadha INC Vijender Singh

Voter Turnout

No. Constituency Total Electors Total Voters Turnout Swing
1 Chandni Chowk 15,62,283 9,80,390 62.75% Decrease 5.12%
2 North East Delhi 22,90,492 14,58,046 63.81% Decrease 3.51%
3 East Delhi 20,39,302 12,57,821 61.68% Decrease 3.73%
4 New Delhi 16,17,470 9,20,541 56.91% Decrease 8.2%
5 North West Delhi 23,78,995 14,02,962 58.97% Decrease 2.84%
6 West Delhi 23,71,644 14,41,601 60.82% Decrease 5.31%
7 South Delhi 20,67,463 12,14,222 58.73% Decrease 4.19%

Results

Vote Share of different parties in the election.
  1. BJP (56.9%)
  2. INC (22.6%)
  3. AAP (18.2%)
  4. Other (2.30%)

Party wise

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
BJP 4,908,541 56.56 Increase 10.16 7 7 Steady
INC 1,953,900 22.51 Increase 7.41 7 0 Steady
AAP 1,571,687 18.11 Decrease 14.79 7 0 Steady
Others 168,466 1.94 Steady 100 0 Steady
IND 30,764 0.35 43 0 Steady
NOTA 45,654 0.53 Steady
Total 8,679,012 100 - 164 7 -

Constituency wise

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin %
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Chandni Chowk Dr. Harsh Vardhan BJP 519,055 52.92 Jai Prakash Agarwal INC 290,910 29.66 228,145 23.26
2 North East Delhi Manoj Tiwari BJP 787,799 53.86 Sheila Dikshit INC 421,697 28.83 366,102 25.03
3 East Delhi Gautam Gambhir BJP 696,156 55.33 Arvinder Singh Lovely INC 304,934 24.24 391,222 31.09
4 New Delhi Meenakshi Lekhi BJP 504,206 54.77 Ajay Maken INC 247,702 26.91 256,504 27.86
5 North West Delhi Hans Raj BJP 848,663 60.49 Gugan Singh AAP 294,766 21.01 553,897 39.48
6 West Delhi Parvesh Verma BJP 865,648 60.01 Mahabal Mishra INC 287,162 19.91 578,486 40.10
7 South Delhi Ramesh Bidhuri BJP 687,014 56.57 Raghav Chadha AAP 319,971 26.34 367,043 30.23

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Delhi

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Harsh Vardhan Chandni Chowk Cabinet Minister Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of Science and Technology
Minister of Earth Sciences		 31 May
2019[2]		 7 July
2021[3]		 BJP
2 Meenakshi Lekhi[4][5] New Delhi MoS Ministry of External Affairs; Ministry of Culture 7 July
2021		 9 June
2024

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (2015) Position in Assembly (2020)
Bharatiya Janata Party 65 3 8
Indian National Congress 5 0 0
Aam Aadmi Party 0 67 62
Total 70

References

  1. ↑ Singh, Vijaita (1 September 2018). "General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Doctor-Turned Politician Harsh Vardhan Minister Again In PM Modi Cabinet". NDTV. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Harsh Vardhan resigns as Union health minister ahead of cabinet reshuffle". Mint. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi gets MoS External Affairs portfolio in cabinet rejig". India Today. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "New Face in PM Modi's Cabinet, Meenakshi Lekhi Becomes MoS for External Affairs and Culture". News18. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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