‘In the national capital Lok Sabha elections will be held in a single phase on May 25’, announced the Election Commission of India (EC). The results will be declared on June 4 when the counting of votes takes place.
The BJP had won all seven seats in both the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Aam Aadmi Party, which had polled 33.1 % in its debut Lok Sabha election in 2014, put up a dismal performance and was relegated to the third position with its vote share down to 18.1 % in 2019.
Congress had 15.2 % of the votes in 2014 with three of its candidates losing their security deposits, in 2019 the party polled 22.5 % of the votes.
In 2019, the BJP, Congress, and AAP were in a triangular contest. However, this time, the AAP and the Congress are contesting together as part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) grouping.
The AAP has already announced its candidates for the four seats that the party will contest — East Delhi, South Delhi, New Delhi and West Delhi. The Congress which will contest the remaining three seats — North East, Chandni Chowk and North West — is yet to announce its candidates.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP dislodged the UPA government at the Centre, winning all seven seats in Delhi with a 46.40 % vote share. On the other hand, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP and Congress were restricted to just 32.90 % and 15.10 % votes. The BJP repeated its performance in the 2019 polls and managed to increase its vote share in Delhi to 56.86 %, while Congress got 22.51 % and AAP was limited to 18.11 % votes.
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