1989 Indian general election in Delhi

1989 Indian general election in Delhi

November 22, 1989 (1989-11-22)
7 seats
Turnout	54.3%
First party Second party Third party   Leader L. K. Advani Rajiv Gandhi V. P. Singh Party BJP INC JD Seats won 4 2 1 Seat change 4 5 New Popular vote 798,003 1,322,876 496,007 Percentage 26.19% 43.41% 16.28% Swing 7.34 25.31 New
Prime Minister before election Rajiv Gandhi INC Prime Minister after election V. P. Singh JD

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.

Parties and alliances

  Bharatiya Janata Party

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:BJP flag.svg		L. K. Advani	5

  Indian National Congress

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

  Janata Dal

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Janata Dal			V. P. Singh	3

List of Candidates

Constituency
		BJP			INC			JD
1	New Delhi		BJP	L. K. Advani		INC	V. Mohini Giri		Did not contest
2	South Delhi		BJP	Madan Lal Khurana		INC	Subhash Chopra		Did not contest
3	Outer Delhi		Did not contest			INC	Bharat Singh		JD	Tarif Singh
4	East Delhi		Did not contest			INC	H. K. L. Bhagat		JD	Kishore Lal
5	Chandni Chowk		BJP	Satish Khandelwal		INC	Jai Prakash Aggarwal		JD	Mirza Saadiq Ali
6	Delhi Sadar		BJP	Vijay Kumar Malhotra		INC	Jagdish Tytler		Did not contest
7	Karol Bagh (SC)		BJP	Kalka Dass		INC	Dharam Dass Shastri		Did not contest

Results

Results by Party/Alliance

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	BJP			7,98,003	26.19	7.34	5	4	4
	INC			13,22,876	43.41	25.31	7	2	5
	JD			4,96,007	16.28		3	1	1
	BSP			1,11,269	3.65		5	0
	Others			33,472	1.09		38	0
	IND			2,85,689	9.38	5.72	179	0
Total				30,47,316	100%	-	237	7	-

List of elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	New Delhi	Lal Krishna Advani		BJP	129,256	55.54	V. Mohini Giri		INC	97,415	41.85	31,841	13.69
2	South Delhi	Madan Lal Khurana		BJP	282,904	59.42	Shubash Chopra		INC	177,910	37.37	104,994	22.05
3	Outer Delhi	Tarif Singh		JD	384,076	49.46	Bharat Singh		INC	331,743	42.72	52,333	6.74
4	East Delhi	H. K. L. Bhagat		INC	359,602	49.79	Chand Ram		IND	183,603	25.42	175,999	24.37
5	Chandni Chowk	Jai Prakash Aggarwal		INC	89,891	35.91	Satish Chander Khandelwal		BJP	80,460	32.14	9,431	3.77
6	Delhi Sadar	Vijay Kumar Malhotra		BJP	163,524	53.75	Jagdish Tytler		INC	131,425	43.20	32,099	10.55
7	Karol Bagh (SC)	Kalka Dass		BJP	141,859	49.74	Dharam Dass Shastri		INC	134,890	47.30	6,969	2.44