2004 Indian general election in Delhi

2004 Indian general election in the National Capital Territory of Delhi

10 May 2004
7 seats
First party Second party   Leader Sonia Gandhi Atal Bihari Vajpayee Party INC BJP Seats won 6 1 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 2,261,199 1,677,833 Percentage 54.80% 40.66% Swing 12.84pp 11.09pp
Delhi
Prime Minister before election A. B. Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2004 Indian general election in Delhi, occurred for 7 seats in the state.^[1]

Schedule

Event	Date
Date for Nominations	16 April 2004
Last Date for filing Nominations	23 April 2004
Date for scrutiny of nominations	24 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	26 April 2004
Date of poll	10 May 2004
Date of counting	13 May 2004

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			A. B. Vajpayee	7

  United Progressive Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress			Sonia Gandhi	7

List of Candidates

Constituency
		UPA			NDA
1	New Delhi		INC	Ajay Makan		BJP	Jagmohan
2	South Delhi		INC	R. K. Anand		BJP	Vijay Kumar Malhotra
3	Outer Delhi		INC	Sajjan Kumar		BJP	Sahib Singh
4	East Delhi		INC	Sandeep Dikshit		BJP	Lal Bihari Tiwari
5	Chandni Chowk		INC	Kapil Sibal		BJP	Smriti Irani
6	Delhi Sadar		INC	Jagdish Tytler		BJP	Vijay Goel
7	Karol Bagh		INC	Krishna Tirath		BJP	Anita Arya

Results by Party

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INC			22,61,199	54.81	12.85	7	6	6
	BJP			16,77,833	40.67	11.08	7	1	6
	BSP			1,02,269	2.48	0.24	7	0
	Others			32,209	0.78		38	0
	IND			52,322	1.27	0.41	70	0
Total				41,25,832	100%	-	129	7	-

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	New Delhi	Ajay Maken		INC	105,415	52.04	Jagmohan		BJP	92,631	45.73	12,784	6.31
2	South Delhi	Vijay Kumar Malhotra		BJP	240,654	50.25	R. K. Anand		INC	224,649	46.91	16,005	3.34
3	Outer Delhi	Sajjan Kumar		INC	855,543	55.06	Sahib Singh Verma		BJP	631,753	40.66	223,790	14.40
4	East Delhi	Sandeep Dikshit		INC	669,527	56.22	Lal Bihari Tiwari		BJP	439,748	36.93	229,779	19.30
5	Chandni Chowk	Kapil Sibal		INC	127,396	71.17	Smriti Z. Iraani		BJP	47,981	26.80	79,415	44.36
6	Delhi Sadar	Jagdish Tytler		INC	140,073	51.58	Vijay Goel		BJP	124,099	45.70	15,974	5.88
7	Karol Bagh (SC)	Krishna Tirath		INC	138,596	55.62	Anita Arya		BJP	100,967	40.52	37,629	15.10

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Delhi

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Kapil Sibal	Chandni Chowk	MoS(I/C)	Science and Technology	23 May 2004	29 Jan 2006		INC
				Ocean Development
			Cabinet Minister	Science and Technology	29 Jan 2006	22 May 2009
				Ocean Development	29 Jan 2006	12 July 2006
				Earth Sciences	12 July 2006	22 May 2009
2	Jagdish Tytler	Delhi Sadar	MoS(I/C)	Non-Resident Indian Affairs	23 May 2004	9 Sept 2004
				Overseas Indian Affairs	9 Sept 2004	10 Aug 2005
3	Ajay Maken	New Delhi	MoS	Urban Development	29 Jan 2006	22 May 2009

Assembly segment wise lead of parties

Party		Assembly segments[2]	Position in Assembly (as of 2008 election)
	Indian National Congress	67	43
	Bharatiya Janata Party	16	23
Total		70

See also

• Indian general election, 2004 (Jammu and Kashmir)

References

1. "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
2. "IndiaVotes PC: Delhi [1977 Onwards] 2004". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 11 November 2023.