New Delhi Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 Live Updates: With the counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections underway, the results for one of the biggest elections in the world are finally being declared.
Over seven thousand candidates are in the electoral fray to gain the mandate of over 900 million eligible voters across 543 constituencies spread across 28 states and 9 union territories. The voting for these parliamentary elections were held in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024. Now, it is time for the results.
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Live Updates of New Delhi Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
The polling for New Delhi was held in Phase 6 on 25 May.
The key candidates for the 2024 General Elections in New Delhi are Bansuri Swaraj (BJP) and Somnath Bharti (AAP).
As per the latest trends of counting of votes for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP's Bansuri Swaraj has won New Delhi Lok Sabha seat.
Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of senior BJP leader late Sushma Swaraj, has replaced Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi from the New Delhi seat by the BJP. On the other hand, AAP and Congress have joined forces to prevent another BJP clean sweep in Delhi. The alliance has fielded former Delhi cabinet minister Somnath Bharti to take on Swaraj.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the New Delhi seat was won by BJP candidate Meenakashi Lekhi, while Congress candidate Ajay Makan had come in second place.
In 2014's General Elections, New Delhi constituency was won by BJP candidate Meenakashi Lekhi and AAP candidate Ashish Khetan was the runner-up.
Assembly seats that fall under New Delhi parliamentary constituency include Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Moti Nagar, Delhi Cantt, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, R K Puram, Greater Kailash.
New Delhi is one of the Lok Sabha seats of Delhi.
Delhi Lok Sabha Elections 2024
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, all seven seats of Delhi National Capital Territory (NCT) went to polls in phase six on 25 May.
The ruling party AAP and Congress have entered into an alliance as part of the INDIA bloc. According to the seat-sharing agreement between the two, Congress fielded its candidates on three seats and AAP has nominated members on the remaining four seats. BJP is contesting all seven seats alone.
BJP has been making clean sweep in the past two Lok Sabha elections (2019 and 2014) in Delhi, winning all seven seats. This year, Delhi CM and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest in the alleged excise policy scam is said to be an influencing factor in Delhi’s polls.
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