2014 Indian general election in Delhi

Indian general election, 2014 (Delhi)
10 April 2014 (2014-04-10)
7 seats
Turnout65.10% 13.24pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Harsh Vardhan Arvind Kejriwal Kapil Sibal
Party BJP AAP INC
Leader's seat Chandni Chowk
(Won) 		Did not contest in Delhi Chandni Chowk
(lost)
Seats won 7 0 0
Seat change 7 New party 7
Percentage 46.40% 32.90% 15.10%
Swing 11.17pp New party 42.01pp
Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

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

  National Democratic Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party Harsh Vardhan 7

  Aam Aadmi Party

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal 7

  United Progressive Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Indian National Congress Kapil Sibal 7

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 Dikshit
New Delhi Ashish Khetan Meenakshi Lekhi Ajay 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
Name of Party Vote Share % Change Seats won Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party 46.40% 11.17 7 7
Indian National Congress 15.10% 42.01 0 7
Aam Aadmi Party 32.90% New 0 0

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 Meenakashi 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 Sahib Singh 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 Col. Devinder Sehrawat AAP 390,980 35.45 107,000 9.70

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

  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  7. ^ 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.
  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. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. 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.
  13. ^ "IndiaVotes PC: Delhi [1977 Onwards] 2014". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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