2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

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2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

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All 70 to the Delhi Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.42% (Increase4.43%)
  First party Second party
  Sheila Dikshit Ji.jpg Vijay Kumar Malhotra.jpeg
Leader Sheila Dikshit Vijay Kumar Malhotra
Party INC BJP
Leader's seat Gole Market Greater Kailash
Last election 52 15
Seats won 47 20
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 5
Popular vote 2,172,062 1,589,323
Percentage 48.13% 35.22%
Swing Increase 0.37% Increase 1.2%

Chief Minister before election

Sheila Dikshit
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Sheila Dikshit
INC

An old man at a Polling booth to cast his vote during Assembly Elections of Delhi on 1 December 2003 (Monday)

The Delhi state assembly elections 2003 were elections for the Legislative Assembly of Delhi held on 1 December 2003 with the results declared on 4 December. The Indian National Congress retained control of the Legislative Assembly. Of the 70 elected legislators 63 were men and 7 women.[1]

Result[edit]

SN Party Seats
Contested
Seats
won
Seats
Changed
% Votes
1 Indian National Congress 70 47 - 48.13
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 70 20 - 35.22
3 Bahujan Samaj Party 40 0 - 5.76
4 Nationalist Congress Party 33 1 - 2.24
5 Janata Dal (Secular) 12 1 - 0.75
6 Independent 284 1 - 4.86
Total 70 96.96

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2003 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NCT OF DELHI" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

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