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2009 Indian general election in Delhi

Delhi 2009 election: May 7


Delhi 2009 election: May 7

FieldValue
election_nameIndian general election in National Capital Territory of Delhi, 2009
countryIndia
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_electionIndian general election in National Capital Territory of Delhi, 2004
previous_year2004
next_electionIndian general election, 2014 (Delhi)
next_year2014
election_date7 May 2009
seats_for_election7 seats
turnout51.86%
image1
leader1Manmohan Singh
party1Indian National Congress
seats17
seat_change11
popular_vote13,285,353
percentage157.11%
swing12.31pp
image2
leader2L. K. Advani
party2Bharatiya Janata Party
seats20
seat_change21
popular_vote22,026,876
percentage235.23%
swing25.43pp
map_imageFile:2009 Indian General Election in Delhi Result.png
map_size200px
map_captionDelhi
titlePrime Minister
posttitlePrime Minister after election
before_electionManmohan Singh
before_partyIndian National Congress
after_electionManmohan Singh
after_partyIndian 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.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"1.Bharatiya Janata Party[[File:BJP flag.svg50px]][[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg50px]]L. K. Advani7

{{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}}

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Indian National Congress}};color:white"1.Indian National Congress[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg50px]][[File:INC Logo.png50px]]Manmohan Singh7

Results

PartySeatsVotesContestedWon#%Total75,753,733100.0
773,285,35357.11
702,026,87635.23
70307,2325.34
7016,3570.28
105,2440.09
504,7130.08
103,1570.05
102,8870.05
102,6050.05
102,1730.04
202,1510.04
102,0990.04
202,0740.04
201,9500.03
301,8500.03
101,6820.03
301,5700.03
201,5690.03
301,5510.03
101,4390.03
301,3720.02
101,2170.02
201,0560.02
201,0060.02
108360.01
107930.01
106490.01
106140.01
106090.01
105950.01
205310.01
105150.01
104860.01
104780.01
104540.01
104340.01
104050.01
103580.01
103510.01
103450.01
103220.01
103010.01
102890.01
102660.00
102300.00
101860.00
N/A062,8171.09

List of elected MPs

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%Votes%1Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"200,710Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"25.712Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"222,243Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"25.323Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"241,053Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"28.114Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"187,809Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"24.555Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"184,433Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"21.516Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"129,010Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"14.607Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"93,219Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"12.75
Chandni ChowkKapil Sibal ★INC465,71359.67Vijender GuptaBJP265,00333.96
North East DelhiJai Prakash AgarwalINC518,19159.03B. L. Sharma PremBJP295,94833.71
East DelhiSandeep Dikshit ★INC518,00160.41Chetan ChauhanBJP276,94832.30
New DelhiAjay Maken ★INC455,86759.59Vijay GoelBJP268,05835.04
North West DelhiKrishna Tirath ★INC487,40456.84Meera KanwariaBJP302,97135.33
West DelhiMahabal MishraINC479,89954.32Prof. Jagdish MukhiBJP350,88939.72
South DelhiRamesh KumarINC360,27849.27Ramesh BidhuriBJP267,05936.52
  • ★ indicates sitting MP winning again

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from NCT Delhi

#NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty
1Kapil SibalChandni ChowkCabinet MinisterHuman Resource Development28 May
200928 October
2012
Science and Technology; Earth Sciences10 November
201019 January
2011
Communications and Information Technology15 November
201026 May
2014
Law and Justice11 May
201326 May
2014
2Krishna TirathNorth West DelhiMoS (I/C)Women and Child Development28 May
200926 May
2014
3Ajay MakenNew DelhiMoSHome Affairs28 May
200919 January
2011
MoS (I/C)Youth Affairs and Sports19 January
201128 October
2012
Cabinet MinisterHousing and Urban Poverty Alleviation28 October
201215 June
2013

Assembly segment wise lead of parties

PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2008 election)Indian National CongressBharatiya Janata PartyTotal70
Indian National Congress}}"6843
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"223

References

References

  1. (17 May 2009). "Cong wins all 7 seats in Delhi for third time since 1952".
  2. "IndiaVotes PC: Delhi [1977 Onwards] 2009".
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