Indian general election, 2014 (Delhi)

Indian general election, 2014 (Delhi)
India
10 April
7 seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party BJP AAP INC
Seats won 7 0 0
Percentage 46.40% 32.90% 15.10%

Delhi

The Indian general election, 2014 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.

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 Dikshit
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 Member of Parliament Political Party
Chandni Chowk Harsh Vardhan Bharatiya Janata Party
East Delhi Maheish Girri Bharatiya Janata Party
New Delhi Meenakshi Lekhi Bharatiya Janata Party
North East Delhi Manoj Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party
North West Delhi Dr. Udit Raj Bharatiya Janata Party
South Delhi Ramesh Bidhuri Bharatiya Janata Party
West Delhi 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. 1 2 "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. 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. 1 2 "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. 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. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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