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2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

2013 state assembly election in Delhi

2013 state assembly election in Delhi

FieldValue
election_name2013 Delhi state assembly election
countryIndia
typeparliamentary
previous_election2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
previous_year2008
election_date
next_electionDelhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015
next_year2015
seats_for_electionAll 70 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi
majority_seats36
opinion_polls#Opinion polls
turnout66.02% ( 8.42%)
<!-- BJP -->image1
leader1Harsh Vardhan
party1Bharatiya Janata Party
leader_since12012
leaders_seat1Krishna Nagar
seats_before123
seats_after1**31**
seat_change18
popular_vote1**2,604,100**
percentage1**33.07%**
swing13.27%
image2
leader2Arvind Kejriwal
party2Aam Aadmi Party
leader_since22012
leaders_seat2New Delhi
seats_before2*New*
seats_after228
seat_change2*New*
popular_vote22,322,330
percentage229.5%
swing2*New*
image3
leader3Sheila Dikshit
party3Indian National Congress
leader_since31998
leaders_seat3New Delhi
*(lost)*
seats_before343
seats_after38
seat_change335
popular_vote31,932,933
percentage324.6%
swing315.7%
image6
leader6Mayawati
leaders_seat6*Not Contested*
party6Bahujan Samaj Party
percentage65.35%
popular_vote6420,926
seat_change62
seats_before62
swing68.69%
seats_after60
image4**SAD**
party4Shiromani Akali Dal
seats_before4*Party did not contest*
seats_after41
seat_change41
percentage41.0%
popular_vote471,757
map_image[[File:2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg300px]]
map2_imageIndia Delhi Legislative Assembly Election 2013.svg
map2_captionStructure of the Delhi Legislative Assembly after the election
map2_size300px
titleChief Minister
before_electionSheila Dikshit
before_partyINC
after_electionArvind Kejriwal
after_partyAam Aadmi Party
party5Janata Dal (United)
seats_before5*Party did not contest*
image5**JD(U)**
seats_after51
seat_change51
percentage50.87%
popular_vote568,818
swing5n/a

(lost)

The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 December 2013, with the result announced on 8 December resulting in formation of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.

The Bharatiya Janata Party won a plurality, closely followed by Aam Aadmi Party, in the latter party's first election; this resulted in a hung assembly. After the BJP refused to form a government in the hung assembly, the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal became chief minister with external support from the Indian National Congress (INC).

Electoral law change

This was one of the first five elections in which the Election Commission of India implemented a "None of the above" (NOTA) voting option, allowing the electorate to register a neutral to people any think vote but not to outright reject candidates. In a first, the Election Commission of India also appointed Central Awareness Observers, whose main task was to oversee voter awareness and facilitation.

Contesting parties

There were 810 candidates running for office, including 224 independents.

Alliance/PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
National Democratic Alliance}};color:white"NDABharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"Bharatiya Janata Party[[File:BJP_flag.svg50x50px]]
Shiromani Akali Dal}};color:white"Shiromani Akali Dal[[File:SAD flag.svg50px]][[File:Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg50px]]Sukhbir Singh Badal
Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"Aam Aadmi Party[[File:Aam Aadmi Party logo (English).svg50px]][[File:AAP Symbol.png50px]]Arvind Kejriwal
Indian National Congress}};color:white"Indian National Congress[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg50px]][[File:INC Hand.svg50px]]Sheila Dikshit
Bahujan Samaj Party[[File:Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg50px]][[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png50px]]Mayawati
Janata Dal (United)[[File:Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg50px]][[File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg50px]]Nitish Kumar
Samajwadi Party[[File:SP Flag.png50px]][[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png50px]]Akhilesh Yadav
Lok Jan Shakti Party[[File:Lok Janshakti Party Flag.svg50px]]Ram Vilas Paswan
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam[[File:Flag DMDK.png50px]][[File:Indian Election Symbol Nagara.svg50px]]Vijayakant
Nationalist Congress Party[[File:NCP-flag.svg50px]][[File:Indian Election Symbol Clock.png50px]]Sharad Pawar
Shiv Sena[[File:Shiv Sena flag.jpg50px]][[File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg50px]]Uddhav Thackeray
Rashtriya Lok Dal[[File:Indian Election Symbol Hand Pump.png50px]]Chudhary Ajit Singh
Indian National Lok Dal[[File:INLD1.svg50pxcenter]]Om Prakash Chautala
Left Front}};color:white"LFCommunist Party of India[[File:CPI-banner.svg50px]]
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation[[File:CPIML LIBERATION FLAG.png50px]][[File:Flag Logo of CPIML.png50px]]Dipankar Bhattacharya
Communist Party of India (Marxist)[[File:CPI-M-flag.svg50px]][[File:Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png50px]]Prakash Karat
All India Forward Bloc[[File:AIFB Flag 2023.png50px]][[File:Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg50px]]
Social Democratic Party of India[[File:SDPI Flag.jpg50px]]
INDEPENDENTS224

Campaign

The AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal called the BJP's Harsh Vardhan the "Manmohan Singh of the BJP" as incapable of stemming the "rot" in Delhi's governance. He added: "We will help the people of Delhi get rid of Congress misgovernance first, and then ensure change at the national level in the Lok Sabha polls." However, Vardhan was supported by the BJP's prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 Indian general election, Narendra Modi. The Hindustan Times suggested that the Rajnath Singh-appointed BJP Delhi leader, Vijay Goel, though organisationally competent, lost favour due to his exclusion of established regional leaders in reorganising local units. Singh was still viewed as reluctant to "change horses in mid-stream" but agreed. Modi led the charge, with other party leaders, to have Vardhan as the chief ministerial candidate and Goel himself agreed to the nomination of Vardhan. The AAP released its first electoral manifesto.

Opinion polls

Number of seats

SurveyDateAAPBJPINCOthersSource
AAP-Cicero30 November 201338-5011-178-140-13url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/myindia-myvote/chunk-ht-ui-myindiamyvote-delhi/aap-to-play-spoiler-in-a-close-fight-between-cong-bjp-pre-poll-surveys/sp-article10-1158040.aspxarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131202174438/http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/myindia-myvote/chunk-ht-ui-myindiamyvote-delhi/aap-to-play-spoiler-in-a-close-fight-between-cong-bjp-pre-poll-surveys/sp-article10-1158040.aspxurl-status = deadarchive-date = 2 December 2013title = AAP to play spoiler in a close fight between Cong, BJP: pre-poll surveysdate = 2 December 2013newspaper = The Hindustan Timesaccess-date=23 December 2013 }}
BJP *(Internal)*November 201353611-18 "swing seats where the readings were too close to call"
India TV-CVoterNovember 20131029274
India Today, ORGNovember 2013636224
Times Now, C-VoterNovember 20131825243
CNN-IBN, The Week and CSDSOctober 201319-2522-2819-250-2
ABP News-AC NielsenOctober 20131828222title=AAP juggernaut continues to roll: ABP Nielsenurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/aap-jugernaut-continues-to-roll-abp-nielsen-113101500960_1.htmlwork=Business Standarddate=15 October 2013access-date=23 December 2013}}
India TV-CVoter-Times NowSeptember 2013730294url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/bjp-rajasthan-polls-hung-assembly-delhi-india-tv-cvoter-survey-12590.htmltitle = BJP may return to power in Rajasthan, Hung assembly in Delhi: India TV-CVoter projectiondate = 18 September 2013work= India TVaccess-date=23 December 2013}}
Hindustan Times-C ForeSeptember 20137-1222-2732-370-4url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-prepoll-survey-congress-to-retain-power-as-aap-sweeps-up-bjp-votes/423066-37-64.htmlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920143904/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-prepoll-survey-congress-to-retain-power-as-aap-sweeps-up-bjp-votes/423066-37-64.htmlurl-status=deadarchive-date=20 September 2013title = Delhi pre-poll survey: Congress to retain power as AAP sweeps up BJP voteswork= IBNLivedate = 19 September 2013access-date=23 December 2013 }}

Vote share

SurveyDateAAPBJPINCOthersSource
AAP-Cicero30 November 201336%27%26%11%
BJPNovember 201318%35%24%23%
India TV-CVoterNovember 201324%33%30%13%
CNN-IBN, The Week and CSDSOctober 201328%29%27%16%
ABP News-AC NielsenSeptember 201315%34%29%22%
India TV-CVoter-Times NowSeptember 201316%38%34%12%
Hindustan Times-C ForeSeptember 201320%32%34%14%
AAP-CiceroSeptember 201332%23%25%20%

Election

There were 11,753 polling stations, including the presence of EVMs, while 630 identified as critical and hypercritical. There were 11.9 million eligible voters, of which 6.6 million were men and 5.3 million were women while there were 405,000 first-time voters. 32,801 Delhi Police personnel and 107 companies of central paramilitary forces were deployed to ensure a peaceful election. Polling stations opened at 8:00 am and turnout was 66%.

Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used in 1 assembly seat in Delhi elections-New Delhi. Polling stations in Tuglaqabad, Karol Bagh, Trilokpuri and Badarpur reportedly had long waits because EVMs dysfunctioned. In Jungpura, Badli, Krishna Nagar, and Kondli constituencies, some voters complained that their names were on the electoral rolls and that they could not vote.

After voting, party leaders expressed their opinion. Kejriwal said he is confident of a positive result for his party. Vardhan claimed the BJP was "far ahead" of the INC and Aam Aadmi Party. "I can tell you very categorically that we are far ahead of Congress and the new entrant in Delhi politics. I am 100 percent confident about our victory. I think nobody can make any dent in our vote bank. If there is any contest or fight, it is between the Congress and the new entrant (for the second place)." Dikshit said she had her "fingers crossed" on the outcome, while national party leader Sonia Gandhi said from her Nirman Bhavan polling station: "We will win."

In all over 43,000 postal ballots were received, an increase from the last election's 1,600 postal ballots. The Delhi Election Commission announced that 2,000 Central Paramilitary Force and Delhi Police personnel were at the vote-counting centers in the city on the day of the result announcement and CCTV cameras and live streaming of proceedings through webcasting, two layers of security cover have been set at all the 14 counting centers. Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev said: "Paramilitary force forms the inner circle of security of centers while adequate numbers of Delhi Police personnel will ensure safety from outside. Counting of votes will start from 8 AM tomorrow and during the first-hour postal ballots will be counted." The postal ballots were counted before the EVM votes.

Exit polls showed the BJP in the lead to possibly form a government on its own, followed by the AAP and the incumbent INC in third place; others, in general, were fourth with the BSP following.

Result

Notably, the INC's Chaudhary Prem Singh lost in the Ambedkar Nagar constituency, he held the seat since 1993 and had not lost a single election in 50 years; however, Ashok Kumar of the AAP won the seat. Incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit lost her New Delhi constituency seat to AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal by a margin that was much more than her total votes and winning hardly 500 votes more than the BJP's Vijender Kumar who finished third; she then submitted her resignation to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable"| ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net change in seats || % of seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % |- | | | 66 || 31 || 8 || 44.3 || 2,604,100 || 33.07 || 3 |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | [[File:AAP English Flag.svg|35px]] | 69 || 28 || New || 40.0 || 2,322,330 || 29.49 || New |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | | 70 || 8 || 35 || 11.4 || 1,932,933 || 24.55 || 15 |- | | [[File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG|35px]] | 27 || 1 || 1 || 1.4 || 68,818 || 0.87 || New |- | | | 4 || 1 || 1 || 1.4 || 71,757 || 1 || N/A |- | | | 225 || 1 || 0 || 1.4 || || 10 || N/A |- |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 4 style="text-align:center;" |Total !! style="text-align:right;" |70 !! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 7,699,800 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout: 66% !! |}

Results by districts

DistrictSeatsNorth Delhi8Central Delhi7North West Delhi7West Delhi7New Delhi6South West Delhi7South East Delhi7South Delhi5East Delhi6Shahdara5North East Delhi5Total70322882
National Democratic Alliance}}"**BJP**Aam Aadmi Party}}"**AAP**United Progressive Alliance }}"**INC**Other}}"**Others**
Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"4310
0Aam Aadmi Party}} ; color:white;"421
Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"3211
Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"4310
2Aam Aadmi Party}} ; color:white;"400
Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"6100
3310
2Aam Aadmi Party}} ; color:white;"300
1Aam Aadmi Party}} ; color:white;"410
Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"4100
Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"3020

Results by constituency

Assembly ConstituencyTurnout
(%)WinnerRunner UpMargin#NameCandidatePartyVotes**%**CandidatePartyVotes**%**
**North Delhi District**
1Narela68.15Neel Daman KhatriBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP54,62237.95VirenderBahujan Samaj Party}}"BSP31,07721.59Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**23,545**
**Central Delhi District**
2Burari65.96Sanjeev JhaAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP60,16437.07Sri KrishanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP49,81330.69Aam Aadmi Party}}"**10,351**
3Timarpur65.48Harish KhannaAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP39,65035.03Rajni AbbiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP36,26732.04Aam Aadmi Party}}"**3,383**
**North Delhi District**
4Adarsh Nagar66.44Ram Kishan SinghalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP36,98538.08Jagdeep RanaAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP26,92927.73Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**10,056**
5Badli61.53Devender YadavIndian National Congress}}"INC54,37244.60Vijay Kumar BhagatBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31,26325.65Indian National Congress}}"**23,109**
**North West Delhi District**
6Rithala64.91Kulwant RanaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP73,96151.30Harish AwasthiAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP48,13533.39Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**25,286**
**North Delhi District**
7Bawana(SC)61.14Gugan Singh RangaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP68,40741.10ManojAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP42,76825.69Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**25,639**
**North West Delhi District**
8Mundka63.28Rambir ShokeenIndependent politician}}"IND52,56434.27Azad SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP45,43029.62Independent politician}}"**7,134**
9Kirari64.21Anil Jha VatsBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP72,28352.15Rajan PrakashAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP23,75717.14Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**48,526**
10Sultanpur Majra(SC)63.88Jai KishanIndian National Congress}}"INC31,45829.79Sandeep KumarAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP30,34628.74Indian National Congress}}"**1,112**
**West Delhi District**
11Nangloi Jat61.64Manoj Kumar ShokeenBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP57,44942.32Dr. Bijender SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC46,43434.20Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**11,015**
**North West Delhi District**
12Mangol Puri(SC)69.73Rakhi BirlaAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP44,38338.42Raj Kumar ChauhanIndian National Congress}}"INC33,79829.25Aam Aadmi Party}}"**10,585**
**North Delhi District**
13Rohini68.15Rajesh GargAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP47,89043.54Jai Bhagwan AggarwalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP46,01841.84Aam Aadmi Party}}"**1,852**
**North West Delhi District**
14Shalimar Bagh66.62Bandana KumariAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP47,23544.01Ravinder Nath BansalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP36,58434.09Aam Aadmi Party}}"**10,651**
**North Delhi District**
15Shakur Basti70.85Satyendra Kumar JainAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP40,23242.30Shyam Lal GargBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP33,17034.87Aam Aadmi Party}}"**7,062**
**North West Delhi District**
16Tri Nagar66.55Nand Kishore GargBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP36,97035.78Jitender Singh TomarAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP34,16133.06Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**2,809**
**North Delhi District**
17Wazirpur67.05Dr. Mahender NagpalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP37,30636.25Praveen KumarAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP31,73230.84Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**5,574**
18Model Town68.53Akhilesh Pati TripathiAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP38,49239.84Ashok GoelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP30,61731.69Aam Aadmi Party}}"**7,875**
**Central Delhi District**
19Sadar Bazar66.80Som DuttAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP34,07931.24Jai ParkashBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP33,28330.51Aam Aadmi Party}}"**796**
20Chandni Chowk65.48Parlad Singh SawhneyIndian National Congress}}"INC26,33537.77Suman Kumar GuptaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP18,09225.95Indian National Congress}}"**8,243**
21Matia Mahal65.77Shoaib IqbalJanata Dal (United)}}"JD(U)22,73231.72Mirza Javed AliIndian National Congress}}"INC19,84127.68Janata Dal (United)}}"**2,891**
22Ballimaran67.47Haroon YusufIndian National Congress}}"INC32,10536.18Moti Lal SodhiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP24,01227.06Indian National Congress}}"**8,093**
23Karol Bagh(SC)67.34Vishesh RaviAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP35,81835.06Surender Pal RatawalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP34,06833.34Aam Aadmi Party}}"**1,750**
**New Delhi District**
24Patel Nagar(SC)65.96Veena AnandAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP38,89937.91Poornima VidyarthiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP32,63731.81Aam Aadmi Party}}"**6,262**
**West Delhi District**
25Moti Nagar68.99Subhash SachdevaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP42,59942.42Kuldeep Singh ChannaAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP26,57826.47Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**16,021**
26Madipur(SC)68.09Girish SoniAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP36,39335.87Kailash SanklaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP35,29034.88Aam Aadmi Party}}"**1,103**
27Rajouri Garden68.93Manjinder Singh SirsaShiromani Akali Dal}}"SAD41,72140.93Dhanwanti ChandelaIndian National Congress}}"INC30,71330.13Shiromani Akali Dal}}"**11,008**
28Hari Nagar66.69Jagdeep SinghAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP38,91238.81Shyam SharmaShiromani Akali Dal}}"SAD30,03629.96Aam Aadmi Party}}"**8,876**
29Tilak Nagar66.20Jarnail SinghAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP34,99339.27Rajiv BabbarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP32,40536.90Aam Aadmi Party}}"**2,088**
30Janakpuri69.05Jagdish MukhiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP42,88639.87Rajesh RishiAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP40,24237.42Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**2,644**
**South West Delhi District**
31Vikaspuri63.23Mahinder YadavAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP62,03034.33Krishan GahlotBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP61,62734.10Aam Aadmi Party}}"**405**
32Uttam Nagar69.48Pawan SharmaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP48,37736.38Mukesh SharmaIndian National Congress}}"INC42,03131.61Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**6,346**
33Dwarka65.51Parduymn RajputBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP42,73437.30Ravi Kumar SuryanAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP37,53732.77Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**5,197**
34Matiala64.13Rajesh GahlotBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP70,05336.10Gulab Singh YadavAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP66,05134.05Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**4,002**
35Najafgarh67.96Ajeet Singh KharkhariBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP54,35833.27Bharat SinghIndian National Lok Dal}}"INLD44,59031.00Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**9,768**
36Bijwasan63.15Sat Prakash RanaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP35,98834.65Devinder SehrawatAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP33,57432.32Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**2,414**
37Palam63.14Dharam Dev SolankiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP42,83333.30Bhavna GaurAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP34,66126.79Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**8,372**
**New Delhi District**
38Delhi Cantonment60.22Surinder SinghAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP26,12439.67Karan Singh TanwarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP25,76939.13Aam Aadmi Party}}"**355**
39Rajinder Nagar60.54R. P. SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP35,71335.82Vijendar Garg VijayAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP33,91734.02Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**1,796**
40New Delhi66.93Arvind KejriwalAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP44,26953.46Sheila DikshitIndian National Congress}}"INC18,40522.23Aam Aadmi Party}}"**25,864**
**South East Delhi District**
41Jangpura62.30Maninder Singh DhirAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP29,70136.95Tarvinder Singh MarwahIndian National Congress}}"INC27,95734.78Aam Aadmi Party}}"**1,744**
42Kasturba Nagar66.56Madan LalAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP33,60938.03Shikha RoyBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP28,93532.74Aam Aadmi Party}}"**4,674**
**South Delhi District**
43Malviya Nagar65.74Somnath BhartiAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP32,25839.43Arti MehraBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP24,48629.93Aam Aadmi Party}}"**7,772**
**New Delhi District**
44R K Puram63.46Anil Kumar SharmaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP28,01733.17Shazia IlmiAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP27,69132.78Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**326**
**South Delhi District**
45Mehrauli62.06Parvesh VermaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP37,48138.72Narinder Singh SejwalAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP32,91734.01Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**4,564**
46Chhatarpur66.12Brahm Singh TanwarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP49,97545.07Balram TanwarIndian National Congress}}"INC33,85130.53Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**16,124**
47Deoli(SC)64.22Prakash JarwalAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP51,64643.41Gagan RanaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP34,53826.02Aam Aadmi Party}}"**17,108**
48Ambedkar Nagar(SC)68.68Ashok Kumar ChauhanAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP36,23942.42Khushiram ChunarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP24,56928.76Aam Aadmi Party}}"**11,670**
**South East Delhi District**
49Sangam Vihar64.95Dinesh MohaniyaAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP24,85127.87Shiv Charan Lal GuptaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP24,07427.00Aam Aadmi Party}}"**777**
**New Delhi District**
50Greater Kailash66.15Saurabh BhardwajAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP43,09745.26Ajay Kumar MalhotraBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP30,00531.51Aam Aadmi Party}}"**13,092**
**South East Delhi District**
51Kalkaji63.11Harmeet Singh KalkaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP30,68333.77Dharambir SinghAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP28,63931.52Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**2,044**
52Tughlakabad66.19Ramesh BidhuriBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP34,00938.98Sahi RamBahujan Samaj Party}}"BSP28,06332.17Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**5,946**
53Badarpur64.20Ramvir Singh BidhuriBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP43,54434.23Ram Singh NetajiIndian National Congress}}"INC31,49023.77Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**12,054**
54Okhla58.33Asif Muhammad KhanIndian National Congress}}"INC50,00436.34Irfanullah KhanAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP23,45917.05Indian National Congress}}"**26,545**
**East Delhi District**
55Trilokpuri(SC)69.10Raju DhinganAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP44,08238.93Sunil KumarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP26,39723.31Aam Aadmi Party}}"**17,685**
56Kondli(SC)67.75Manoj KumarAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP36.86334.17Dushyant Kumar GautamBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP29,37329.22Aam Aadmi Party}}"**7,490**
57Patparganj63.95Manish SisodiaAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP50,21141.53Nakul BharadwajBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP38,73532.04Aam Aadmi Party}}"**11,476**
58Laxmi Nagar64.70Vinod Kumar BinnyAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP43,05236.41Dr. Ashok Kumar WaliaIndian National Congress}}"INC35,30029.85Aam Aadmi Party}}"**7,752**
**Shahdara District**
59Vishwas Nagar67.09Om Prakash SharmaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP44,80138.00Naseeb SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC37,00231.38Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**7,799**
**East Delhi District**
60Krishna Nagar67.78Harsh VardhanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP69,22258.33Dr. Vinod Kumar MongaIndian National Congress}}"INC26,07221.97Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**43,150**
61Gandhi Nagar65.86Arvinder Singh LovelyIndian National Congress}}"INC48,89748.47Ramesh Chand JainBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31,93631.66Indian National Congress}}"**16,961**
**Shahdara District**
62Shahdara67.64Jitender Singh ShuntyBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP45,36442.96Dr Narender NathIndian National Congress}}"INC30,24728.64Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**15,117**
63Seemapuri(SC)72.63Dharmender SinghAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP43,19937.76Veer Singh DhinganIndian National Congress}}"INC31,22327.29Aam Aadmi Party}}"**11,976**
64Rohtas Nagar68.92Jitender MahajanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP49,91641.34Mukesh HoodaAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP34,97328.96Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**14,943**
**North East Delhi District**
65Seelampur68.50Chaudhary Mateen AhmedIndian National Congress}}"INC46,45246.52Kaushal Kumar MishraBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP24,72424.76Indian National Congress}}"**21,728**
66Ghonda65.54Sahab Singh ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP47,53139.25Bheeshma SharmaIndian National Congress}}"INC35,59929.40Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**11,932**
**Shahdara District**
67Babarpur65.89Naresh GaurBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP34,18029.73Zakir KhanIndian National Congress}}"INC29,67325.81Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**4,507**
**North East Delhi District**
68Gokalpur(SC)71.68Rajneet SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP34,88827.24Surendra KumarIndependent politician }}"IND32,96625.74Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**1,922**
69Mustafabad71.76Hasan AhmedIndian National Congress}}"INC56,25038.24Jagdish PradhanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP54,35436.95Indian National Congress}}"**1,896**
70Karawal Nagar67.55Mohan Singh BishtBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP49,26234.64Kapil MishraAam Aadmi Party}}"AAP46,17932.47Bharatiya Janata Party}}"**3,083**

Reactions

Former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said: "We accept our defeat and we will analyze what went wrong. We respect what the people of Delhi have decided and thank them for supporting us for last 15 years."

Government formation

As no party won a majority of the 70 seats in the assembly, if the necessary coalition government is not possible, Delhi would be put under president's rule until a new election is held within six months. However, the INC, BJP, and AAP have all said they would not seek alliances with each other. The other option was to try to bring in independents; though since there are not enough, the media speculated that the other option would be lured away MLAs from another party (the AAP being the most likely in their analysis).

As the BJP won 31 seats, while its alliance partner Shiromani Akali Dal won one seat, they gained a plurality and would have the first right to form a new government. However, they declined the offer from Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung to form a new government citing an inability to obtain a majority. Jung then invited the Aam Aadmi Party to form the government. Kejriwal wrote to BJP national leader Rajnath Singh and INC national leader Sonia Gandhi for clarification on 18 issues before seeking their support in forming a coalition.

On 9 December, Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley wrote a blog suggesting that Congress should support AAP to form government in Delhi. The BJP did not reply and the INC agreed to 16 of the 18 issues and offered its outside support. On 14 December, BJP Chief Ministerial candidate Dr. Harsh Vardhan asked AAP to take Congress support and form the government. The AAP then sought public opinion through a variety of mediums such as via community meetings, text messages and pamphlets about whether or not it should take the support of the INC. AAP then formed a minority government with outside support from the INC. In a letter to the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, the AAP did not however mention that it has the support of the INC. Jung then sent his recommendations to President Pranab Mukherjee.

Kejriwal was then sworn in as 7th Chief Minister of Delhi on 28 December, leading the First Kejriwal cabinet, the youngest cabinet in Delhi ever. M. S. Dhir was elected as the speaker of the legislative assembly on 3 January 2014.

Amongst its first tasks, the AAP initiated a corruption response mechanism in a "durbar"; it also retracted the FDI in multi-brand retail that the previous government had sanctioned. Kejriwal said that though this would give consumers more options it has been shown that it "leads to loss of jobs to a very large extent. There is huge unemployment in Delhi and the AAP government does not wish to increase this unemployment. Delhi is not prepared for FDI." Yet he added that he was not against FDI by itself but that it needed to occur on a case-by-case basis.

Government resignation

After 49 days, Kejriwal resigned as a chief minister following the failure of the introduction of Delhi's Jan Lokpal Bill in the assembly on 14 February 2014. President's rule was then imposed and the assembly was kept in suspended animation. Fresh elections were scheduled for early 2015.

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