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 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Indian National Congress (INC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the major political parties in Delhi. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) currently rules as the majority elected party in Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. In the past, various parties such as Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), Janata Party (JP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) were also influential in the territory.
Lok Sabha elections
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Election YearWinnersTotalDelhi CityNew DelhiOuter DelhiChandni ChowkDelhi SadarKarol BaghEast DelhiSouth DelhiWest DelhiNorth West DelhiNorth East Delhi1952INC: 3 & KMPP: 1KMPPINCINCINC1957INC: 5INCINCINCINCINC1962INC: 5INCINCINCINCINC1967BJS: 6 & INC: 1BJSINCBJSBJSBJSBJSBJS1971INC: 7INCINCINCINCINCINCINC1977JP: 7JPJPJPJPJPJPJP1980INC: 6 & JP: 1JPINCINCINCINCINCINC1984INC: 7INCINCINCINCINCINCINC1989BJP: 4, INC: 2 & JD: 1BJPJDINCBJPBJPINCBJP1991BJP: 5 & INC: 2BJPINCBJPINCBJPBJPBJP1996BJP: 5 & INC: 2BJPBJPINCBJPINCBJPBJP1998BJP: 6 & INC: 1BJPBJPBJPBJPINCBJPBJP1999BJP: 7BJPBJPBJPBJPBJPBJPBJP2004INC: 6 & BJP: 1INCINCINCINCINCINCBJP2009INC: 7INCINCINCINCINCINCINC2014BJP: 7BJPBJPBJPBJPBJPBJPBJP2019BJP: 7BJPBJPBJPBJPBJPBJPBJP2024BJP: 7BJPBJPBJPBJPBJPBJPBJP
Vidhan Sabha elections Election Assembly Party-wise Details Chief Minister(s)Party 1952Interim Total: 48. INC: 39, Bharatiya Jana Sangh: 5Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Gurmukh Nihal Singh1993First Total: 70. BJP: 49, INC: 14Madan Lal Khurana Sahib Singh Verma Sushma Swaraj1998Second Total: 70. INC: 52, BJP: 15Sheila Dikshit2003Third Total: 70. INC: 47, BJP: 202008Fourth Total: 70. INC: 43, BJP: 232013Fifth Total: 70. BJP: 32, AAP: 28, INC: 8Arvind Kejriwal2015Sixth Total: 70. AAP: 67, BJP: 32020Seventh Total: 70. AAP: 62, BJP: 82025Eighth Total: 70. BJP: 48, AAP: 22Rekha Gupta
Metropolitan Council elections
Election Year CHAIRMAN Party-wise break-up 1967 L. K. Advani (BJS) Shyam Charan Gupta (BJS) BJS: 33/56, INC: 19/56 1972 Mir Mushtaq Ahmed (INC) INC: 44/56, BJS : 5/56 1977 Kalka Dass (JP) JP: 46/56, INC: 10/56 1983 Purushottam Goyel (INC) INC: 34/56, BJP: 19/56
Municipal Corporation elections
Election Year Mayor Party-wise break-up 1997 2002 2007 Total: 272. BJP: 164, INC: 67 2012 Total: 272. BJP: 142, INC: 77 2017 Total: 270. BJP: 181, AAP: 48, INC: 30 2022 Total: 250. AAP: 134, BJP: 104 INC: 9
References
External links Election Commission of India