Delhi General Election 2024 was held in the sixth phase, on May 25 to elect 7 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. Voter turnout in Delhi is 57.67% with 1,47,18,119 electors. Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)- led National Democratic Alliance(NDA) contested against the Indian National Congress(INC) led INDIA alliances, comprising Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) and Indian National Congress(INC).
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AAP has entered into a pre-poll alliance with Congress, with the AAP contesting four seats(New Delhi, East Delhi, South Delhi, and West Delhi) and the Congress three(North West Delhi, North East Delhi, and Chandni Chowk). BJP is contesting alone in all 7 seats. Because of the AAP-Congress alliance, Aravinder Singh Lovely joined BJP, which he had left in 2018 to join Congress. BJP secured all seven seats in both 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha Polls.
Lok Sabha Election Results 2024Even in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BJP held a majority, and still in the 2020 Assembly election the same voters supported AAP. In the North East Delhi constituency, incumbent MP Manoj Tiwari(BJP) is contesting against political activist Kanhaiya Kumar(INC), and AAP fielded MLA Somnath Bharti against Bansuri Swaraj(BJP) in the New Delhi constituency.
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