1996 Indian general election in Delhi

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1996 Indian general election in Delhi
ā† 1991 April 27, 1996 (1996-04-27) 1998 ā†’
7 seats
Turnout50.6%[1]
  First party Second party
 
Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg
Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg
Leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee P. V. Narasimha Rao
Party BJP INC
Seats won 5 2
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,992,947 1,500,731
Percentage 49.58% 37.33%
Swing Increase 9.31 pp Decrease 2.24 pp
Prime Minister before election

Narasimha Rao
INC

Prime Minister after election

A. B. Vajpayee
BJP

The 1996 Indian general election in Delhi was held to elect representatives of the 7 seats of the NCT of Delhi in the Lok Sabha.

The Bharatiya Janata Party won 5 of the 7 seats in Delhi, with its opposition, the Indian National Congress winning 2 seats.

Parties and alliances[edit | edit source]

  Bharatiya Janata Party[edit | edit source]

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party File:BJP flag.svg A. B. Vajpayee 7

  Indian National Congress[edit | edit source]

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao 7

Results[edit | edit source]

Results by Party/Alliance[edit | edit source]

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % Ā±pp Contested Won +/āˆ’
BJP 19,94,550 49.62 Increase 9.41 7 5 Steady
INC 14,99,128 37.29 Decrease 2.28 7 2 Steady
JD 1,70,609 4.24 Decrease 9.97 5 0 Steady
AIIC(T) 90,250 2.25 Steady 7 0 Steady
Others 1,10,072 2.75 Steady 119 0 Steady
IND 1,55,215 3.86 Increase 1.29 378 0 Steady
Total 40,19,824 100% - 523 7 -

List of Elected MPs[edit | edit source]

Constituency[2] Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 New Delhi Jagmohan BJP 139,945 54.34 Rajesh Khanna INC 81,630 31.70 58,315 22.64
2 South Delhi Sushma Swaraj BJP 294,570 55.63 Kapil Sibal INC 180,564 34.10 114,006 21.53
3 Outer Delhi Krishan Lal Sharma BJP 701,262 52.50 Sajjan Kumar INC 468,129 35.05 233,133 17.45
4 East Delhi B. L. Sharma "Prem" BJP 538,655 48.73 Deep Chand Bandhu INC 386,156 34.93 152,499 13.80
5 Chandni Chowk Jai Parkash Agarwal INC 92,634 44.92 J. K. Jain BJP 70,390 34.13 22,244 10.79
6 Delhi Sadar Vijay Kumar Goel BJP 140,282 47.17 Jagdish Tytler INC 138,679 46.63 1,603 0.54
7 Karol Bagh (SC) Meira Kumar INC 151,336 52.53 Kalka Das BJP 109,446 37.99 41,890 14.54

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ā†‘ "IndiaVotes PC: Delhi [1977 Onwards] 1996". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ā†‘ "General Election, 1996 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2023.


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