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
Turnout65.10%
  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%

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 24,284340
Jan–Feb 2014 [4] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 14,000043
March 2014 [5] NDTV- Hansa Research 46,571124
March–April 2014 [6] CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS 8910–13–42–3
28–29 March 2014 [7] India Today- Cicero 1,1880–25–71–2
April 2014 [8] NDTV- Hansa Research 24,000061
28–29 April 2014 [7] India Today- Cicero 1,188142

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 nameAAP[10]BJP[11]Congress[12]
Chandani ChowkAshutoshDr. Harsh VardhanKapil Sibal
North East DelhiAnand KumarManoj TiwariJai Parkash Aggarwal
East DelhiRajmohan GandhiMaheish GirriSandeep
New DelhiAshish KhetanMeenakshi LekhiAjay Lalit Maken
North West DelhiRakhi BirlaUdit RajKrishna Tirath
West DelhiJarnail SinghPravesh VermaMahabal Mishra
South DelhiDevender SehrawatRamesh BidhuriRamesh Kumar

Results

NCT of Delhi (7)

7
BJP
Constituency Turnout Member of Parliament Political Party
Chandni Chowk67.87 Harsh VardhanBharatiya Janata Party
East Delhi65.41 Maheish GirriBharatiya Janata Party
New Delhi65.11 Meenakshi LekhiBharatiya Janata Party
North East Delhi67.32 Manoj TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
North West Delhi61.81 Dr. Udit RajBharatiya Janata Party
South Delhi62.92 Ramesh BidhuriBharatiya Janata Party
West Delhi66.13 Parvesh Sahib Singh VermaBharatiya Janata Party
Name of PartyVote Share %ChangeSeats wonChanges
Bharatiya Janata Party46.40%7+7
Indian National Congress15.10%−42.01%0−7
Aam Aadmi Party32.90%+32.90%00

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.
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