2009 Indian general election in Delhi
7 May 2009
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| Turnout | 51.86% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Indian general election in Delhi was held on 7 May 2009 to elect representatives of the 7 parliamentary constituencies in the union territory.
The Indian National Congress won all the 7 seats of Delhi in the Lok Sabha, making it the third time it won all the seats in Delhi since 1952.[1]
Parties and alliances
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | L. K. Advani | 7 |
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress | Manmohan Singh | 7 |
Results
| Party | Seats | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | # | % | ||
| Indian National Congress | 7 | 7 | 3,285,353 | 57.11 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 7 | 0 | 2,026,876 | 35.23 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 7 | 0 | 307,232 | 5.34 | |
| Samajwadi Party | 7 | 0 | 16,357 | 0.28 | |
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 5,244 | 0.09 | |
| Bharatiya Sampuran Krantikari Party | 5 | 0 | 4,713 | 0.08 | |
| Lokdal | 1 | 0 | 3,157 | 0.05 | |
| Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party | 1 | 0 | 2,887 | 0.05 | |
| Ambedkar Samaj Party | 1 | 0 | 2,605 | 0.05 | |
| Bharatiya Sarvodaya Kranti Party | 1 | 0 | 2,173 | 0.04 | |
| United Women Front | 2 | 0 | 2,151 | 0.04 | |
| Youth For Equality | 1 | 0 | 2,099 | 0.04 | |
| Indian Justice Party | 2 | 0 | 2,074 | 0.04 | |
| Rashtravadi Janata Party | 2 | 0 | 1,950 | 0.03 | |
| Hindu Mahasabha | 3 | 0 | 1,850 | 0.03 | |
| All India Forward Bloc | 1 | 0 | 1,682 | 0.03 | |
| Bharat Punarnirmal Dal | 3 | 0 | 1,570 | 0.03 | |
| Rashtriya Krantikari Janata Party | 2 | 0 | 1,569 | 0.03 | |
| Republican Party of India | 3 | 0 | 1,551 | 0.03 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 1 | 0 | 1,439 | 0.03 | |
| Bhartiya Pragatisheel Congress | 3 | 0 | 1,372 | 0.02 | |
| All India Bahujan Samman Party | 1 | 0 | 1,217 | 0.02 | |
| Republican Party of India Ektavadi | 2 | 0 | 1,056 | 0.02 | |
| Matra Bhakta Party | 2 | 0 | 1,006 | 0.02 | |
| Jai Bharat Party | 1 | 0 | 836 | 0.01 | |
| Nelopa | 1 | 0 | 793 | 0.01 | |
| Shiv Sena | 1 | 0 | 649 | 0.01 | |
| Adarshwadi Dal | 1 | 0 | 614 | 0.01 | |
| Rashtrawadi Sena | 1 | 0 | 609 | 0.01 | |
| Yuva Vikas Party | 1 | 0 | 595 | 0.01 | |
| Desh Bhakt Party | 2 | 0 | 531 | 0.01 | |
| Rashtrawadi Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 515 | 0.01 | |
| Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party | 1 | 0 | 486 | 0.01 | |
| Lokpriya Samaj Party | 1 | 0 | 478 | 0.01 | |
| Rashtriya Dehat Morcha Party | 1 | 0 | 454 | 0.01 | |
| Rashtriya Janadhikar Party | 1 | 0 | 434 | 0.01 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1 | 0 | 405 | 0.01 | |
| The Humanist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 358 | 0.01 | |
| Loktantrik Janata Party | 1 | 0 | 351 | 0.01 | |
| Samajwadi Janata Party | 1 | 0 | 345 | 0.01 | |
| Ambedkar National Congress | 1 | 0 | 322 | 0.01 | |
| Bharatiya Gaon Taj Dal | 1 | 0 | 301 | 0.01 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 0 | 289 | 0.01 | |
| Janata Dal | 1 | 0 | 266 | 0.00 | |
| Pyramid Party of India | 1 | 0 | 230 | 0.00 | |
| Buddhiviveki Vikas Party | 1 | 0 | 186 | 0.00 | |
| Independent | N/A | 0 | 62,817 | 1.09 | |
| Total | 7 | 5,753,733 | 100.0 | ||
List of elected MPs
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Chandni Chowk | Kapil Sibal ★ | INC | 465,713 | 59.67 | Vijender Gupta | BJP | 265,003 | 33.96 | 200,710 | 25.71 | ||
| 2 | North East Delhi | Jai Prakash Agarwal | INC | 518,191 | 59.03 | B. L. Sharma Prem | BJP | 295,948 | 33.71 | 222,243 | 25.32 | ||
| 3 | East Delhi | Sandeep Dikshit ★ | INC | 518,001 | 60.41 | Chetan Chauhan | BJP | 276,948 | 32.30 | 241,053 | 28.11 | ||
| 4 | New Delhi | Ajay Maken ★ | INC | 455,867 | 59.59 | Vijay Goel | BJP | 268,058 | 35.04 | 187,809 | 24.55 | ||
| 5 | North West Delhi | Krishna Tirath ★ | INC | 487,404 | 56.84 | Meera Kanwaria | BJP | 302,971 | 35.33 | 184,433 | 21.51 | ||
| 6 | West Delhi | Mahabal Mishra | INC | 479,899 | 54.32 | Prof. Jagdish Mukhi | BJP | 350,889 | 39.72 | 129,010 | 14.60 | ||
| 7 | South Delhi | Ramesh Kumar | INC | 360,278 | 49.27 | Ramesh Bidhuri | BJP | 267,059 | 36.52 | 93,219 | 12.75 | ||
- ★ indicates sitting MP winning again
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from NCT Delhi
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kapil Sibal | Chandni Chowk | Cabinet Minister | Human Resource Development | 28 May 2009 |
28 October 2012 |
INC | |
| Science and Technology; Earth Sciences | 10 November 2010 |
19 January 2011 | ||||||
| Communications and Information Technology | 15 November 2010 |
26 May 2014 | ||||||
| Law and Justice | 11 May 2013 |
26 May 2014 | ||||||
| 2 | Krishna Tirath | North West Delhi | MoS (I/C) | Women and Child Development | 28 May 2009 |
26 May 2014 | ||
| 3 | Ajay Maken | New Delhi | MoS | Home Affairs | 28 May 2009 |
19 January 2011 | ||
| MoS (I/C) | Youth Affairs and Sports | 19 January 2011 |
28 October 2012 | |||||
| Cabinet Minister | Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation | 28 October 2012 |
15 June 2013 | |||||
Assembly segment wise lead of parties
| Party | Assembly segments[2] | Position in Assembly (as of 2008 election) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 68 | 43 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 23 | |
| Total | 70 | ||
References
- ^ "Cong wins all 7 seats in Delhi for third time since 1952". Business Standard. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "IndiaVotes PC: Delhi [1977 Onwards] 2009". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 11 November 2023.