1991 Indian general election in Delhi
May 20, 1991
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| Turnout | 48.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1991 Indian general election in Delhi was held to elect representatives of the 7 seats of the NCT of Delhi in the Lok Sabha.
The Bharatiya Janata Party won 5 of the 7 seats in Delhi, with its opposition, the Indian National Congress winning 2 seats.[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 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 7 |
Results
Results by Party/Alliance
| Party Name | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| BJP | 11,71,156 | 40.21 | 14.02 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |||
| INC | 11,52,627 | 39.57 | 3.84 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| JD | 4,13,933 | 14.21 | 2.07 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |||
| JP | 35,902 | 1.23 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| BSP | 26,865 | 0.92 | 2.73 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| SAD(M) | 9,918 | 0.34 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| CPI | 2,800 | 0.10 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Others | 24,928 | 0.85 | 66 | 0 | |||||
| IND | 74,734 | 2.57 | 6.81 | 399 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 29,12,863 | 100% | - | 502 | 7 | - | |||
List of elected MPs
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | New Delhi | Lal Krishan Advani | BJP | 93,662 | 43.40 | Rajesh Khanna | INC | 92,073 | 42.66 | 1,589 | 0.74 | ||
| 2 | South Delhi | Madan Lal Khurana | BJP | 208,728 | 49.95 | Romesh Bhandari | INC | 158,005 | 37.81 | 50,723 | 12.14 | ||
| 3 | Outer Delhi | Sajjan Kumar | INC | 346,259 | 45.36 | Sahib Singh Verma | BJP | 259,468 | 33.99 | 86,791 | 11.37 | ||
| 4 | East Delhi | B. L. Sharma 'Prem' | BJP | 303,141 | 40.27 | H. K. L. Bhagat | INC | 241,316 | 32.05 | 61,825 | 8.22 | ||
| 5 | Chandni Chowk | Tara Chand Khandelwal | BJP | 80,898 | 35.70 | Jai Prakash Aggarwal | INC | 78,124 | 34.48 | 2,774 | 1.22 | ||
| 6 | Delhi Sadar | Jagdish Tytler | INC | 137,453 | 48.57 | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | BJP | 123,362 | 43.59 | 14,091 | 4.98 | ||
| 7 | Karol Bagh (SC) | Kalka Dass | BJP | 101,897 | 40.23 | Krishna Tirath | INC | 99,397 | 39.24 | 2,500 | 0.99 | ||
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Delhi
| SI No. | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jagdish Tytler | Delhi Sadar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) |
Surface Transport | 21 June 1991 |
15 September 1995 |
INC | |
| Coal | 13 September 1995 |
16 May 1996 | ||||||
References
- ^ "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1991". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 21 December 2023.