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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1989 Indian general election in Delhi
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1984 Indian general election in Delhi
| previous_year = 1984
| next_election = 1991 Indian general election in Delhi
| next_year = 1991
| election_date = {{Start date|1989|11|22}}
| seats_for_election = 7 seats
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Lalkrishna Advani.jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=06|oTop=04}}
| leader1 = '''[[L. K. Advani]]'''
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leaders_seat1 =
| seats1 = '''4'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 4
| popular_vote1 = 798,003
| percentage1 = 26.19%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 7.34
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=06|oTop=04}}
| leader2 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| leaders_seat2 =
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| seats2 = 2
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 5
| popular_vote2 = '''1,322,876'''
| percentage2 = '''43.41%'''
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 25.31
| map_image = File:1989delhi.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption =
| turnout = 54.3%
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=06|oTop=04}}
| leader3 = [[V. P. Singh]]
| party3 = Janata Dal
| seats3 = 1
| seat_change3 = ''New''
| popular_vote3 = 496,007
| percentage3 = 16.28%
| swing3 = ''New''
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[V. P. Singh]]
| after_party = Janata Dal
}}

The [[1989 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 4 of the 7 seats in Delhi, with its opposition, the [[Indian National Congress]] winning 2 seats, and the [[Janata Dal]] at third place with one seat. Although the BJP won most of the seats, the Congress led in terms of votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1989 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/57/www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/57/9 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 August 2018 |title=General Election, 1989 (Vol I, II) |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4120-general-election-1989-vol-i-ii/ |access-date=12 November 2023 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

== Parties and alliances==

=== {{legend2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}} ===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! No.
! Party
! Flag
! Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| style="text-align:center| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:BJP flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]]
| style="text-align:center|[[L. K. Advani]]
| style="text-align:center| 5
|}

=== {{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress]]}} ===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! No.
! Party
! '''Flag'''
! Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| style="text-align:center| [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:INC Logo.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| style="text-align:center| 7
|}

=== {{legend2|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|[[Janata Dal]]}} ===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! No.
! Party
! '''Flag'''
! Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Janata Dal}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| style="text-align:center| [[Janata Dal]]
|[[File:Janata Dal symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50px]]
| style="text-align:center| [[V. P. Singh]]
| style="text-align:center| 3
|}
==List of Candidates==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Constituency
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|-
!colspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|'''BJP''']]
!colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|'''INC''']]
!colspan="3"|[[Janata Dal|'''JD''']]
|-
!1
|[[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[L. K. Advani]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[V. Mohini Giri]]
|style="background:white;"|
|colspan=2|''Did not contest''
|-

!2
|[[South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|South Delhi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Subhash Chopra]]
|style="background:white;"|
|colspan=2|''Did not contest''
|-

!3
|[[Outer Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|Outer Delhi]]
|style="background:white;"|
|colspan=2|''Did not contest''
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Bharat Singh
|{{Party name with colour|Janata Dal}}
| [[Tarif Singh]]
|-

!4
|[[East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|East Delhi]]
|style="background:white;"|
|colspan=2|''Did not contest''
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[H. K. L. Bhagat]]
|{{Party name with colour|Janata Dal}}
| [[Kishore Lal]]
|-

!5
|[[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Satish Khandelwal]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Jai Prakash Aggarwal]]
|{{Party name with colour|Janata Dal}}
| Mirza Saadiq Ali
|-

!6
|[[Delhi Sadar Lok Sabha constituency|Delhi Sadar]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Jagdish Tytler]]
|style="background:white;"|
|colspan=2|''Did not contest''
|-

!7
|[[Karol Bagh Lok Sabha constituency|Karol Bagh (SC)]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Kalka Dass]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Dharam Dass Shastri]]
|style="background:white;"|
|colspan=2|''Did not contest''
|-
|}

== Results ==
=== Results by Party/Alliance ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Party Name
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 7,98,003
| 26.19
| {{increase}} 7.34
| 5
| 4
| {{increase}} 4
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 13,22,876
| 43.41
| {{decrease}} 25.31
| 7
| 2
| {{decrease}} 5
|-
| {{Party color cell|Janata Dal}}
| colspan="3"|[[Janata Dal|JD]]
| 4,96,007
| 16.28
| {{Steady}}
| 3
| 1
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| 1,11,269
| 3.65
| {{Steady}}
| 5
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| colspan="3" | Others
| 33,472
| 1.09
| {{steady}}
| 38
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 2,85,689
| 9.38
| {{increase}} 5.72
| 179
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 30,47,316
! 100%
! -
! 237
! 7
! -
|}

== List of elected MPs ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! data-sort-type=number | %
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
!1
|[[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]
|Lal Krishna Advani
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|129,256
|55.54
|V. Mohini Giri
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|97,415
|41.85
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|31,841
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|13.69
|-

!2
|[[South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|South Delhi]]
|Madan Lal Khurana
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|282,904
|59.42
|Shubash Chopra
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|177,910
|37.37
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|104,994
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|22.05
|-

!3
|[[Outer Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|Outer Delhi]]
|Tarif Singh
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Dal|JD]]
|384,076
|49.46
|Bharat Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|331,743
|42.72
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|52,333
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|6.74
|-

!4
|[[East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|East Delhi]]
|H. K. L. Bhagat
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|359,602
|49.79
|Chand Ram
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|183,603
|25.42
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|175,999
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|24.37
|-

!5
|[[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]
|Jai Prakash Aggarwal
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|89,891
|35.91
|Satish Chander Khandelwal
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|80,460
|32.14
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|9,431
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|3.77
|-

!6
|[[Delhi Sadar Lok Sabha constituency|Delhi Sadar]]
|Vijay Kumar Malhotra
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|163,524
|53.75
|Jagdish Tytler
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|131,425
|43.20
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|32,099
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|10.55
|-

!7
|[[Karol Bagh Lok Sabha constituency|Karol Bagh]] (SC)
|Kalka Dass
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|141,859
|49.74
|Dharam Dass Shastri
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|134,890
|47.30
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|6,969
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|2.44
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Delhi elections}}

[[Category:1989 Indian general election by state or union territory|D]]
[[Category:Indian general elections in Delhi]]
[[Category:1980s in Delhi]]
[[Category:1990s in Delhi]]

1989 Indian general election in Delhi - Revision history

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