2014 Indian general election in Delhi

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]

Indian general election, 2014 (Delhi)

10 April
7 seats
Turnout	65.10%
First party Second party Third party   Party BJP AAP INC Seats won 7 0 0 Seat change 7 Percentage 46.40% 32.90% 15.10%
Delhi

The Main political parties are Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress.

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	64[9]

Candidates

Constituency name	AAP[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
New Delhi	Ashish Khetan	Meenakshi Lekhi	Ajay Lalit 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

Constituency	Turnout	Member of Parliament	Political Party
Chandni Chowk	67.87	Harsh Vardhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
East Delhi	65.41	Maheish Girri	Bharatiya Janata Party
New Delhi	65.11	Meenakshi Lekhi	Bharatiya Janata Party
North East Delhi	67.32	Manoj Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party
North West Delhi	61.81	Dr. Udit Raj	Bharatiya Janata Party
South Delhi	62.92	Ramesh Bidhuri	Bharatiya Janata Party
West Delhi	66.13	Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	46.40%		7	+7
Indian National Congress	15.10%	−42.01%	0	−7
Aam Aadmi Party	32.90%	+32.90%	0	0

References

1. "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. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
7. "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. 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.