Lok Sabha Election 2024
New Delhi is considered to be the most prominent Lok Sabha seat in the Union Territory of Delhi. Let us tell you that there are 7 Lok Sabha seats under Delhi. BJP has captured all these 7 seats in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In both the elections, BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi has won the election from this seat with a huge margin. Therefore, now everyone’s eyes are on whether BJP will score a hat-trick of victory on this seat or will Aam Aadmi Party be successful in opening its account in Delhi? Let us know what is the electoral equation on this seat.
What was the result of the last elections?
New Delhi Lok Sabha seat is with BJP since 2014. In the elections held in the year 2019, BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi defeated Congress candidate Ajay Maken by a margin of 2,56,504 votes. At the same time, in the Lok Sabha elections held in 2014, Meenakshi Lekhi defeated her nearest rival AAP leader Ashish Khaitan by 2,90,642 votes. Let us tell you that earlier in the elections of 2004 and 2009, Ajay Maken of Congress had won the election from New Delhi seat.
What is the equation?
New Delhi is one of the oldest Lok Sabha seats in the country. Various areas and buildings including the Supreme Court, Parliament House come under this Lok Sabha seat. There are more than 16 lakh voters here and most of them come under urban areas. Let us tell you that in the last two Lok Sabha elections, BJP has won all the 7 Lok Sabha seats of Delhi including New Delhi.
When were the elections held in the year 2019?
The Election Commission had announced the dates for the Lok Sabha elections on March 10, 2019. The Election Commission had announced that the 2019 elections would be conducted in 7 phases. These elections ran from 11 April to 19 May. The counting of votes took place on 23 May. Whereas in the year 2014, elections were held from 7 April to 12 May. The results were released on 16 May.
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