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2009 Indian general election in Delhi
Delhi 2009 election: May 7
Delhi 2009 election: May 7
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | Indian general election in National Capital Territory of Delhi, 2009 |
| country | India |
| type | parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | Indian general election in National Capital Territory of Delhi, 2004 |
| previous_year | 2004 |
| next_election | Indian general election, 2014 (Delhi) |
| next_year | 2014 |
| election_date | 7 May 2009 |
| seats_for_election | 7 seats |
| turnout | 51.86% |
| image1 | |
| leader1 | Manmohan Singh |
| party1 | Indian National Congress |
| seats1 | 7 |
| seat_change1 | 1 |
| popular_vote1 | 3,285,353 |
| percentage1 | 57.11% |
| swing1 | 2.31pp |
| image2 | |
| leader2 | L. K. Advani |
| party2 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| seats2 | 0 |
| seat_change2 | 1 |
| popular_vote2 | 2,026,876 |
| percentage2 | 35.23% |
| swing2 | 5.43pp |
| map_image | File:2009 Indian General Election in Delhi Result.png |
| map_size | 200px |
| map_caption | Delhi |
| title | Prime Minister |
| posttitle | Prime Minister after election |
| before_election | Manmohan Singh |
| before_party | Indian National Congress |
| after_election | Manmohan Singh |
| after_party | Indian National Congress |
The 2009 Indian general election in Delhi was held on 7 May 2009 to elect representatives of the 7 parliamentary constituencies in the union territory.
The Indian National Congress won all the 7 seats of Delhi in the Lok Sabha, making it the third time it won all the seats in Delhi since 1952.
Parties and alliances
{{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}|[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]}}
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | [[File:BJP flag.svg | 50px]] | [[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg | 50px]] | L. K. Advani | 7 |
{{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}}
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress}};color:white" | 1. | Indian National Congress | [[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg | 50px]] | [[File:INC Logo.png | 50px]] | Manmohan Singh | 7 |
Results
| Party | Seats | Votes | Contested | Won | # | % | Total | 7 | 5,753,733 | 100.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7 | 3,285,353 | 57.11 | |||||||
| 7 | 0 | 2,026,876 | 35.23 | |||||||
| 7 | 0 | 307,232 | 5.34 | |||||||
| 7 | 0 | 16,357 | 0.28 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 5,244 | 0.09 | |||||||
| 5 | 0 | 4,713 | 0.08 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 3,157 | 0.05 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 2,887 | 0.05 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 2,605 | 0.05 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 2,173 | 0.04 | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2,151 | 0.04 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 2,099 | 0.04 | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2,074 | 0.04 | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1,950 | 0.03 | |||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1,850 | 0.03 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1,682 | 0.03 | |||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1,570 | 0.03 | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1,569 | 0.03 | |||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1,551 | 0.03 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1,439 | 0.03 | |||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1,372 | 0.02 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1,217 | 0.02 | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1,056 | 0.02 | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1,006 | 0.02 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 836 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 793 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 649 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 614 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 609 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 595 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | 531 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 515 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 486 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 478 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 454 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 434 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 405 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 358 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 351 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 345 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 322 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 301 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 289 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 266 | 0.00 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 230 | 0.00 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 186 | 0.00 | |||||||
| N/A | 0 | 62,817 | 1.09 |
List of elected MPs
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | 1 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 200,710 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 25.71 | 2 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 222,243 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 25.32 | 3 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 241,053 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 28.11 | 4 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 187,809 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 24.55 | 5 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 184,433 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 21.51 | 6 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 129,010 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 14.60 | 7 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 93,219 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 12.75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandni Chowk | Kapil Sibal ★ | INC | 465,713 | 59.67 | Vijender Gupta | BJP | 265,003 | 33.96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North East Delhi | Jai Prakash Agarwal | INC | 518,191 | 59.03 | B. L. Sharma Prem | BJP | 295,948 | 33.71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Delhi | Sandeep Dikshit ★ | INC | 518,001 | 60.41 | Chetan Chauhan | BJP | 276,948 | 32.30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Delhi | Ajay Maken ★ | INC | 455,867 | 59.59 | Vijay Goel | BJP | 268,058 | 35.04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North West Delhi | Krishna Tirath ★ | INC | 487,404 | 56.84 | Meera Kanwaria | BJP | 302,971 | 35.33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Delhi | Mahabal Mishra | INC | 479,899 | 54.32 | Prof. Jagdish Mukhi | BJP | 350,889 | 39.72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Delhi | Ramesh Kumar | INC | 360,278 | 49.27 | Ramesh Bidhuri | BJP | 267,059 | 36.52 |
- ★ indicates sitting MP winning again
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from NCT Delhi
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kapil Sibal | Chandni Chowk | Cabinet Minister | Human Resource Development | 28 May | ||
| 2009 | 28 October | ||||||
| 2012 | |||||||
| Science and Technology; Earth Sciences | 10 November | ||||||
| 2010 | 19 January | ||||||
| 2011 | |||||||
| Communications and Information Technology | 15 November | ||||||
| 2010 | 26 May | ||||||
| 2014 | |||||||
| Law and Justice | 11 May | ||||||
| 2013 | 26 May | ||||||
| 2014 | |||||||
| 2 | Krishna Tirath | North West Delhi | MoS (I/C) | Women and Child Development | 28 May | ||
| 2009 | 26 May | ||||||
| 2014 | |||||||
| 3 | Ajay Maken | New Delhi | MoS | Home Affairs | 28 May | ||
| 2009 | 19 January | ||||||
| 2011 | |||||||
| MoS (I/C) | Youth Affairs and Sports | 19 January | |||||
| 2011 | 28 October | ||||||
| 2012 | |||||||
| Cabinet Minister | Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation | 28 October | |||||
| 2012 | 15 June | ||||||
| 2013 |
Assembly segment wise lead of parties
| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2008 election) | Indian National Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party | Total | 70 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress}}" | 68 | 43 | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | 2 | 23 |
References
References
- (17 May 2009). "Cong wins all 7 seats in Delhi for third time since 1952".
- "IndiaVotes PC: Delhi [1977 Onwards] 2009".
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