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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election, 2014 (Delhi)
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = Indian general election, 2009 (Delhi)
| previous_year = 2009
| next_election = Indian general election, 2019 (Delhi)
| next_year = 2019
| election_date = {{Start date|2014|04|10|df=yes}}
| seats_for_election = 7 seats
| turnout = 65.10% {{increase}}13.24[[Percentage point|pp]]
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg
|bSize=105|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=05|oTop=00}}
| leader1 = [[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leaders_seat1 = [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]] (Won)
| seats1 = 7
| percentage1 = 46.40%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 11.17[[Percentage point|pp]]
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=CM Arvind Kejriwal Official Portrait.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=5}}
| leader2 = [[Arvind Kejriwal]]
| party2 = Aam Aadmi Party
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest in Delhi''
| seats2 = 0
| percentage2 = 32.90%
| swing2 = ''New party''
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Kapil Sibal.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}
| leader3 = [[Kapil Sibal]]
| party3 = Indian National Congress
| seats3 = 0
| leaders_seat3 = [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]] (lost)
| percentage3 = 15.10%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 42.01[[Percentage point|pp]]
| map_image = File:Delhi Lok Sabha election result 2019.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Delhi]]
| ongoing = No
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 7
| seat_change2 = ''New party''
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 7
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Narendra Modi]]
| after_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}

The [[2014 Indian general election]] polls in [[Delhi]] for seven [[Lok Sabha]] seats was held in a single phase on 10 April 2014.<ref name="mospi.gov.in">{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note%20GE-2014_05032014.pdf |title= General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections |format=PDF |date= 5 March 2014 |accessdate= 5 March 2014}}</ref> As of 16 December 2013, the total voter strength of Delhi is 11,932,069.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mapsofindia.com/parliamentaryconstituencies/delhi/ |title= Delhi General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014 |work= Maps of India |accessdate= 16 April 2014}}</ref>

The Main political parties are [[Aam Aadmi Party]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and [[Indian National Congress]]. [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] won all 7 seats.

==Opinion polling==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:80%;line-height:20px;"
|-
! class="wikitable" rowspan="2" width="100px"| Conducted in month(s)
! class="wikitable" rowspan="2" width="10px"| Ref
! class="wikitable" rowspan="2" width="180px"| Polling Organisation/Agency
! class="wikitable" rowspan="2" width="140px"| Sample size
| bgcolor={{party color|United Progressive Alliance}} |
| bgcolor={{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}} |
| style="background:#9B870C;"|
|-
! class="wikitable" width="90px"| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! class="wikitable" width="90px"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
! class="wikitable" width="70px"| [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! Aug–Oct 2013
! <ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=3061&eid=31 |title=Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll |publisher=Outlook |date= |accessdate=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016180408/http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=3061&eid=31 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
! [[Times Now]]-[[India TV]]-CVoter
! 24,284 || 3 || 4 || 0
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! Jan–Feb 2014
! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/india-tv-c-voter-projection-big-gains-for-bjp-in-up-bihar-nda--14864.html |title=India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark |publisher=Indiatv |date= |accessdate=13 February 2013}}</ref>
! [[Times Now]]-[[India TV]]-CVoter
! 14,000 || 0 || 4 || 3
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! March 2014
! <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/live-blog/show/the-final-word-india-s-biggest-opinion-poll-495290|title= The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll |publisher= NDTV |date= 14 March 2014|accessdate= 14 March 2014}}</ref>
! [[NDTV]]- [[Hansa Research]]
! 46,571 || 1 || 2 || 4
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! March–April 2014
! <ref>{{cite news | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-tracker-bjp-takes-lead-to-win-34-seats-aap-23-congress-01/462349-81.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406133103/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-tracker-bjp-takes-lead-to-win-34-seats-aap-23-congress-01/462349-81.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 April 2014 | title=Delhi tracker: BJP takes lead, to win 3–4 seats, AAP 2–3, Congress 0–1 | work=CNN-IBN | date=3 April 2014 | accessdate=3 April 2014}}</ref>
! [[CNN-IBN]]-Lokniti-[[CSDS]]
! 891 || 0–1 || 3–4 || 2–3
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! 28–29 March 2014
! <ref name="indiatoday.intoday.in">{{cite news | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/highlights/story/bjp-narendra-modi-india-today-group-cicero-congress-delhi-aap-187369-2014-04-03 | title=India Today Group-Cicero opinion poll: BJP set to completely rout Congress in Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats | work=India Today| date=2 April 2014 | access-date=6 April 2014}}</ref>
! [[India Today]]- [[Cicero]]
! 1,188 || 0–2 || 5–7 || 1–2
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! April 2014
! <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/live-blog/show/ndtv-s-opinion-poll-latest-all-india-forecast-508454 |title= The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll |publisher= NDTV |date= 14 April 2014|accessdate= 15 April 2014}}</ref>
! [[NDTV]]- [[Hansa Research]]
! 24,000 || 0 || 6 || 1
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! 28–29 April 2014
! <ref name="indiatoday.intoday.in"/>
! [[India Today]]- [[Cicero]]
! 1,188 || 1 || 4 || 2
|}

==Election schedule==

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below<ref name=mospi.gov.in/> –
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Polling Day
! Phase
! Date
! Constituencies
! Voting Percentage
|-
| 1
| 3
| 10 April
| [[Chandni Chowk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandani Chowk]], [[North East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|North East Delhi]], [[East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|East Delhi]], [[New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|New Delhi]], [[North West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|North West Delhi]], [[West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|West Delhi]], [[South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|South Delhi]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 65.1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/04/third-round-voting-begins-india-201441044516573257.html |title=India votes in third phase of elections |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date= |accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>
|}

== Parties and alliances==

=== {{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}|[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]}} ===

{|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| [[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
| style="text-align:center| 7
|}

=== {{legend2|{{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]}} ===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! No.
! Party
! Flag
! Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| style="text-align:center| [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| [[File:Aam Aadmi Party logo (English).svg|50px]]
| [[File:AAP Symbol.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center| [[Arvind Kejriwal]]
| style="text-align:center| 7
|}

=== {{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}} ===

{|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| [[Kapil Sibal]]
| style="text-align:center| 7
|}

==Candidates==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
|colspan="3" bgcolor={{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}|
|colspan="3" bgcolor={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|
|colspan="3" bgcolor={{party color|Indian National Congress}}|
|-
!colspan="3"|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/complete-candidate-list-2014-elections |title=Complete Candidate List – 2014 Elections |publisher=aamaadmiparty.org |date= |accessdate=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407064423/http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/complete-candidate-list-2014-elections |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
!colspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bjp.org/media-resources/press-releases/4th-list-of-candidates-for-lok-sabha-election-2014 |title=4th List of Candidates for Lok Sabha Election 2014 |publisher=Bjp.org |date=15 March 2014 |accessdate=16 April 2014 |archive-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922151912/http://www.bjp.org/media-resources/press-releases/4th-list-of-candidates-for-lok-sabha-election-2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.inc.in/candidatelist | title=Indian National Congress : Candidate List for Lok Sabha 2014 | publisher=AICC | accessdate=17 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317122002/http://www.inc.in/candidatelist | archive-date=17 March 2014 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
!1
|[[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]
|{{Party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| [[Ashutosh (journalist)|Ashutosh]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Dr. Harsh Vardhan]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Kapil Sibal]]
|-

!2
|[[North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|North East Delhi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| [[Anand Kumar (sociologist)|Anand Kumar]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Manoj Tiwari (Delhi politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Jai Parkash Aggarwal]]
|-

!3
|[[East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|East Delhi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| [[Rajmohan Gandhi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Maheish Girri]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Sandeep Dikshit]]
|-

!4
|[[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| [[Ashish Khetan]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Meenakshi Lekhi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Ajay Maken]]
|-

!5
|[[North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|North West Delhi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| [[Rakhi Birla]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Udit Raj]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Krishna Tirath]]
|-

!6
|[[West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|West Delhi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| [[Jarnail Singh (politician, born 1973)|Jarnail Singh]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Pravesh Verma]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Mahabal Mishra]]
|-

!7
|[[South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|South Delhi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| [[Devinder Kumar Sehrawat]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Ramesh Bidhuri]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Ramesh Kumar (politician)|Ramesh Kumar]]
|-
|}

==Results==
===Results by Party===
{| 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]]
| 38,38,850
| 46.41
| {{increase}} 11.18
| 7
| 7
| {{increase}} 7
|-
| {{Party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
| 27,22,887
| 32.92
| {{new}}
| 7
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 12,53,078
| 15.15
| {{decrease}} 41.96
| 7
| 0
| {{decrease}} 7
|-
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| colspan="3" | Others
| 1,55,597
| 1.88
| {{steady}}
| 71
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 2,61,664
| 3.16
| {{increase}} 2.07
| 58
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|None of the above (India)}}
| colspan="3" | [[None of the above (India)|NOTA]]
| 39,690
| 0.48
| {{new}}
!colspan="3" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 82,71,766
! 100%
! -
! 150
! 7
! -
|}

===Detailed Results===
{|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
|[[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]
|[[Dr. Harsh Vardhan]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|437,938
|44.58
|[[Ashutosh (politician)|Ashutosh]]
|{{Party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|301,618
|30.71
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|136,320
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|13.87
|-

!2
|[[North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|North East Delhi]]
|[[Manoj Tiwari (Delhi politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|596,125
|45.23
|[[Anand Kumar (sociologist)|Anand Kumar]]
|{{Party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|452,041
|34.30
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|144,084
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|10.93
|-

!3
|[[East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|East Delhi]]
|[[Maheish Girri]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|572,202
|47.81
|[[Rajmohan Gandhi]]
|{{Party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|381,739
|31.90
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|190,463
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|15.91
|-

!4
|[[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]
|[[Meenakshi Lekhi]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|453,350
|46.73
|[[Ashish Khetan]]
|{{Party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|290,642
|29.96
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|162,708
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|16.77
|-

!5
|[[North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|North West Delhi]]
|[[Udit Raj]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|629,860
|46.44
|[[Rakhi Birla]]
|{{Party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|523,058
|38.56
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|106,802
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|7.88
|-

!6
|[[West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|West Delhi]]
|[[Parvesh Verma]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|651,395
|48.30
|[[Jarnail Singh (politician, born 1973)|Jarnail Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|382,809
|28.38
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|268,586
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|19.92
|-

!7
|[[South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|South Delhi]]
|[[Ramesh Bidhuri]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|497,980
|45.15
|[[Devinder Kumar Sehrawat]]
|{{Party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|390,980
|35.45
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|107,000
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white;"|9.70
|-
|}

==Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Delhi ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Constituency
!Designation
!Department
!From
!To
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|rowspan="3"|1
|rowspan="3"|Dr. Harsh Vardhan
|rowspan="3"|Chandni Chowk
|rowspan="3"|Cabinet Minister
|Health & Family Welfare
|27 May 2014
|9 November 2014
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|Science & Technology; Earth Sciences
|9 November 2014
|rowspan="2"|30 May 2019
|-
|Environment, Forest & Climate Change
|18 May 2017
|-
|}

== Assembly segment wise lead of parties ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Assembly segments<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes PC: Delhi [1977 Onwards] 2014 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/2014/delhi-%5B1977-onwards%5D/16/www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/2014/delhi-%5B1977-onwards%5D/16/57 |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
!Position in Assembly (as of 2013 election)
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
![[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|60
|32
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
![[Indian National Congress]]
|0
|8
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}" |
![[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|10
|28
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
! colspan="2" |70
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Indian general election, 2014}}
{{Delhi elections}}
{{16th Lok Sabha members from Union territories |state=autocollapse}}

[[Category:Indian general elections in Delhi]]
[[Category:2014 Indian general election by state or union territory|Delhi]]
[[Category:2010s in Delhi]]

2014 Indian general election in Delhi - Revision history

AlbaTinker204 at 08:58, 28 February 2026