Elections in Delhi

Elections in Delhi, the National Capital Territory of India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Delhi creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections needs to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Main political parties

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Indian National Congress (INC), and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are the major political parties in Delhi. In the past, various parties such as Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) and Janata Party (JP) were also influential in the territory.

Lok Sabha elections

Keys:   INC (53)   BJP (43)   BJS (6)   JP (6)   BLD (1)   KMPP (1)   JD (1)

Election Year	Winners
	Total	Delhi City	New Delhi	Outer Delhi	Chandni Chowk	Delhi Sadar	Karol Bagh	East Delhi	South Delhi	West Delhi	North East Delhi
1952	INC: 3 and KMPP: 1	KMPP	INC	INC	Not Exist	Not Exist	Not Exist	Not Exist	Not Exist	Not Exist	Not Exist
				INC
1957	INC: 5	Not Exist	INC	INC	INC	INC
				INC
1962	INC: 5		INC	INC	INC	INC	INC
1967	BJS: 6 and INC: 1		BJS	INC	BJS	BJS	BJS	BJS	BJS
1971	INC: 7		INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC
1977	JP: 6 & BLD: 1		BLD	JP	JP	JP	JP	JP	JP
1980	INC: 7		INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC
1984	INC: 7		INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC
1989	BJP: 4, INC: 2 & JD: 1		BJP	JD	INC	BJP	BJP	INC	BJP
1991	BJP: 5 & INC: 2		BJP	INC	BJP	INC	BJP	INC	BJP
1996	BJP: 5 & INC: 2		BJP	BJP	INC	BJP	INC	BJP	BJP
1998	BJP: 6 & INC: 1		BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP	INC	BJP	BJP
1999	BJP: 7		BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP
2004	INC: 6 & BJP: 1		INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	BJP
2009	INC: 7		INC	Not Exist	INC	Not Exist	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC
2014	BJP: 7		BJP		BJP		BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP
2019	BJP: 7		BJP		BJP		BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP

Vidhan Sabha elections

Year	Vidhan Sabha Election		Party-wise Details	Chief Minister	Party
1952	First Assembly	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	Total: 48. INC: 39, Bharatiya Jana Sangh: 5	Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Gurmukh Nihal Singh	INC
Vidhan Sabha abolished, 1956–93
1993	Second Assembly	style="background-color: Template:BJP/meta/color" |	Total: 70. BJP: 49, INC: 14	Madan Lal Khurana Sahib Singh Verma Sushma Swaraj	BJP
1998	Third Assembly	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	Total: 70. INC: 52, BJP: 15	Sheila Dikshit	INC
2003	Fourth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	Total: 70. INC: 47, BJP: 20	Sheila Dikshit	INC
2008	Fifth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	Total: 70. INC: 43, BJP: 23	Sheila Dikshit	INC
2013	Sixth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color" |	Total: 70. BJP: 32, AAP: 28, INC: 8	Arvind Kejriwal	AAP
2015	Seventh Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color" |	Total: 70. AAP: 67, BJP: 3	Arvind Kejriwal	AAP
2020	Eighth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color" |	Total: 70. AAP: 62, BJP: 8	Arvind Kejriwal	AAP

Metropolitan Council elections

Further information: Delhi Metropolitan Council

Election Year	Council Minister	Party-wise break-up
1972		Indian National Congress: 44/56, Jana Sangh: 5
1977	Kedar Nath Sahani (JP)	Janata Party: 46/56, Congress: 10
1983		Indian National Congress: 34/56, BJP: 19

Municipal Corporation elections

Further information: Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Election Year	Council Minister	Party-wise break-up
1997
2002
2007		BJP: 164/272, Indian National Congress: 67
2012		BJP: 142/272, Indian National Congress: 77
2017		BJP: 181/270, Aam Aadmi Party: 48,Indian National Congress 30

External links

• Election Commission of India