2014 Indian general election in Delhi
10 April 2014
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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
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | Harsh Vardhan | 7 |
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aam Aadmi Party | Arvind Kejriwal | 7 |
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress | Kapil Sibal | 7 |
Candidates
Results
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 | 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 | |||||||
| 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 | Meenakshi 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 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 | Devinder Kumar Sehrawat | AAP | 390,980 | 35.45 | 107,000 | 9.70 | ||
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Delhi
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Chandni Chowk | Cabinet Minister | Health & Family Welfare | 27 May 2014 |
9 November 2014 |
BJP | |
| Science & Technology; Earth Sciences | 9 November 2014 |
30 May 2019 | ||||||
| Environment, Forest & Climate Change | 18 May 2017 | |||||||
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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- ^ a b "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.
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- ^ "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.
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