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1952
1972
1977
1983
1993
1998
2003
2008
2013
2015
2020
Electorate Lakhs
7.4
20.7
27.4
37.1
58.5
84.2
84.5
107.3
119.4
133.1
148.0
Turnout (%)
56.7
68.9
55.9
55.3
61.8
49.0
53.4
57.6
66.0
67.5
62.8
Seats
48(6)
56
56
56
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
Candidates
187
270
249
400
1316
815
817
875
810
673
672
Indian National Congress (Cong)
39(47)
44(52)
10(52)
34(56)
14(70)
52(70)
47(70)
43(70)
8(70)
0(70)
0(66)
52.1%
48.5%
36.2%
47.5%
34.5%
47.8%
48.1%
40.3%
24.6%
9.7%
4.3%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),
5(31)
5(56)
-
19(50)
49(70)
15(67)
20(70)
23(69)
31(68)
3(69)
8(67)
(BJS) till 1962
21.9%
38.5%
37.0%
42.8%
34.0%
35.2%
36.3%
33.1%
32.2%
38.5%
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
28(70)
67(70)
62(70)
29.5%
54.3%
53.6%
Communist Party of India (CPI)
0(1)
3(4)
0(4)
0(2)
0(12)
0(3)
0(2)
0(5)
0(10)
0(5)
0(3)
0.5%
3.9%
3.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)
-
-
0(1)
0(1)
0(6)
0(4)
0(3)
0(4)
0(3)
0(3)
0(3)
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Shrimoni Akali Dal (SAD)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1(2)
0(1)
-
0.9%
0.5%
Janata Party (JP),
2(6)
0(11)
46(56)
1(37)
0(20)
0(8)
0(2)
-
-
-
-
(SOC) till 1972
2.4%
0.3%
52.6%
3.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
Lok Dal (LD),
-
2(19)
-
2(6)
0(7)
0(9)
-
0(1)
-
-
-
(INCO) in 1972
2.0%
4.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP)
0(14)
1(41)
0(16)
-
0(5)
0.4%
1.3%
0.2%
0.4%
Janata Dal United (JDU),
-
-
-
-
4(70)
1(48)
0(17)
0(11)
1(27)
0(3)
0(2)
(JD) 1993-1998
12.6%
1.8%
0.1%
0.1%
0.9%
0.0%
0.9%
Janata Dal Secular (JDS)
-
-
-
-
-
-
1(12)
0(3)
-
-
-
0.80%
0.0%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
-
-
-
-
-
-
1(33)
0(16)
0(9)
0(9)
0(5)
2.2%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
-
-
-
-
0(55)
0(58)
0(40)
2(70)
0(69)
0(70)
0(68)
1.9%
3.1%
5.8%
14.0%
5.4%
1.3%
0.7%
Akhil Bharatiya Hindi Mahasabha (ABHM)
1(5)
0(1)
0(2)
-
0(3)
0(3)
0(9)
0(11)
0(1)
0(4)
0(1)
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Others
0(19)
0(23)
0(6)
0(5)
0(237)
0(192)
0(301)
0(216)
0(243)
0(174)
0(234)
5.9%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
1.5%
4.1%
2.4%
2.4%
1.7%
1.1%
0.7%
Independents (IND)
1(78)
2(104)
0(128)
0(243)
3(766)
2(353)
1(284)
1(358)
1(222)
0(195)
0(148)
15.9%
5.6%
7.7%
7.4%
5.9%
8.7%
4.9%
3.9%
2.9%
0.5%
0.4%
None of the Above (NOTA)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.6%
0.4%
0.5%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Seats, Results from 1952 to 1983 refer to Metropolitan Council of Delhi.
Election Dates-1952: March; 1972:March 11; 1977:June 12;19883: February; 1993:November 6. 1998: November 25, 2003: December 1; 2008: November 29, 2013: December 4; 2015: February 7; 2020: February 8.
(BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (SOC) Socialist Party, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (JD) Janata Dal.