Delhi state assembly election, 2013

2008 4 December 2013 2014

All 70 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi
36 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
irst !arty "econd !arty #hird !arty

Leader
Harsh
Vardhan
Arvind Kejriwal Sheila Dikshit
$arty !" AA" #$%
Leader%s seat
Krishna
$a&ar
$ew Delhi
$ew Delhi
(lost)
"eats before 2' ( 4'
"eats after '1 28 8
"eat change 8 New ')
$ercentage ''*1+ 2,*)+ 24*-+
"&ing '*2+ 2,*)+ 1)*.+
'hief (inister before election
Sheila Dikshit
#$%
'hief (inister)designate
Arvind Kejriwal
AA"

Al!habetical List *f Assembly 'onstit+ency
Adarsh $a&ar Karol a& /* K "0ra1
A12edkar $a&ar Kast0r2a $a&ar /ajendra $a&ar
a2arp0r Kirari /ajo0ri 3arden
adarp0r Kondli /ithala
adli Krishna $a&ar /ohini
alli1aran 4a51i $a&ar /ohtas $a&ar
awana 6adip0r Sadar a7ar
ijaswan 6alvi8a $a&ar San&a1 Vihar
0rari 6an&ol "0ri Seela1p0r
%handni %howk 6atia 6ehal See1ap0ri
%hhatarp0r 6atiala Shahadra
Delhi %annt 6ehra0li Shak0r asti
Deoli 6odel 9own Shali1ar a&
Dwarka 6oti $a&ar S0ltanp0r 6ajra
3A$DH# $A3A/ 60ndka 9ilak $a&ar
3honda 60sta:a2ad 9i1arp0r
3okalp0r $aja:&arh 9irlok "0ri
3reater Kailash $an&loi !at 9ri $a&ar
Hari $a&ar $erala 90&laka2ad
!anakp0ri $ew Delhi ;tta1 $a&ar
!an&p0ra Okhla Vikasp0ri
Kalkaji "ala1 Vishwas $a&ar
Karawal $a&ar "atel $a&ar <a7irp0r
"atpar3anj
9here were 810 =andidates r0nnin& :or o::i=e> in=l0din& 224 independents*
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$arty
"eats
contested
'hief (inister
'andidate
,otes-Lin. to
'andidate lists
Aa1 Aad1i "art8 AAA"B .0 Arvind Kejriwal
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All #ndia Corward lo= AA#CB 2
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ah0jan Sa1aj "art8 AS"B .0
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harti8a !anata "art8 A!"B -- Harsh Vardhan
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%o110nist "art8 o: #ndia A%"#B 10
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%o110nist "art8 o: #ndia A6ar5istB
A%"6B
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%o110nist "art8 o: #ndia A6ar5ist(
4eninistB 4i2eration A%"#D64B A4B
4
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Desi8a 60rpokk0 Dravida
Ka7ha&a1 AD6DKB
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#ndian $ational %on&ress A#$%B .0 Sheila Di5it
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$ationalist %on&ress "art8 A$%"B .0
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Shiro1ani Akali Dal ASADB 4
Harsh Vardhan
Aas part o: $DAB
So=ial De1o=rati= "art8 o: #ndia
ASD"#B
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'am!aign
B*E Dikshit said she had her E:in&ers =rossedE on the o0t=o1e> while national part8 leader Sonia 3andhi said
:ro1 her $ir1an havan pollin& stationF E<e will win*E
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At 1an8 pla=es people with disa2ilities =o0ld not
vote d0e to ina==essi2le pollin& 2ooths*
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#n all over 4'>000 postal 2allots were re=eived> an in=rease :ro1 the last ele=tionGs 1>-00 postal 2allots* 9he
Delhi Hle=tion %o11ission anno0n=ed that 2>000 %entral "ara1ilitar8 Cor=e and Delhi "oli=e personnel
were at the vote =o0ntin& =entres in the =it8 on the da8 o: the res0lt anno0n=e1ent and %%9V =a1eras and
live strea1in& o: pro=eedin&s thro0&h we2 =astin&> two la8ers o: se=0rit8 =over have 2een set at all the 14
=o0ntin& =entres* Delhi %hie: Hle=toral o::i=er Vija8 Dev saidF E"ara1ilitar8 9he AA" leader Arvind
Kejriwal =alled the !"Gs Harsh Vardhan the E6an1ohan Sin&h o: the !"E as in=apa2le o: ste11in& the
ErotE in DelhiGs &overnan=e* He addedF E<e will help the people o: Delhi &et rid o: %on&ress
1is&overnan=e :irst> and then ens0re =han&e at the national level in the 4ok Sa2ha polls*E However>
Vardhan was s0pported 28 the !"Gs pri1e 1inisterial =andidate in the #ndian &eneral ele=tion> 2014>
$arendra 6odi*
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9he Hindustan Times s0&&ested that the /ajnath Sin&hDappointed !" Delhi leader>
Vija8 3oel> tho0&h or&anisationall8 =o1petent> lost :avo0r d0e to his e5=l0sion o: esta2lished re&ional
leaders in reor&anisin& lo=al 0nits* Sin&h was still viewed as rel0=tant to E=han&e horses in 1idDstrea1E 20t
a&reed* 6odi led the =har&e> with other part8 leaders> to have Vardhan as the =hie: 1inisterial =andidate
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and 3oel hi1sel: a&reed to the no1ination o: Vardhan*
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9he AA" released its :irst ele=toral 1ani:esto*
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9he doorDtoDdoor =a1pai&nin& 28 the Aa1 Aad1i "art8 started :ro1 $ew Delhi asse12l8 =onstit0en=8 is
not j0st reapin& politi=al dividends* %a1pai&n 1ana&ers sa8 the peopleD=onne=t pro&ra11e has led to a
s02stantial =olle=tion o: :0nds* AA" has =olle=ted =lose to /s 4 lakh :ro1 20>000 ho0seholds in the
=onstit0en=8 and the part8 now plans to e5pand the pro&ra11e to all .0 =onstit0en=ies*
E<e started the doorDtoDdoor =a1pai&n last 1onth and alread8 .0+ o: ho0seholds have 2een =overed* 9he
p02li= response is en=o0ra&in&* 6an8 o: the1 are> in :a=t> s0pportin& 0s 28 2e=o1in& vol0nteers or
donatin&>E said part8 =hie: Arvind Kejriwal* He said that 0nlike the 1ajor politi=al parties> %on&ress or !">
the8 do not have eno0&h 1one8 to spend on advertise1ents> hoardin&s and :ree2ies* E0t we have
tho0sands o: dedi=ated workers and s0pporters who a=t as o0r 1o2ile 1essen&ers>E he sa8s*
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9here were 11>.)' pollin& stations> in=l0din& the presen=e o: HV6s> while -'0 identi:ied as =riti=al and
h8per =riti=al* 9here were 11*, 1illion eli&i2le voters> o: whi=h -*- 1illion were 1en and )*' 1illion were
wo1en while there were 40)>000 :irst ti1e voters* '2>801 Delhi "oli=e personnel and 10. =o1panies o:
=entral para1ilitar8 :or=es were deplo8ed to ens0re a pea=e:0l ele=tion* "ollin& stations opened at 8F00 a1
and t0rno0t was --+*
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"ollin& stations in 90&laJa2ad> Karol a&h> 9rilokp0ri and adarp0r reportedl8 had
lon& waits 2e=a0se HV6s d8s:0n=tioned* #n !0n&p0ra> adli> Krishna $a&ar and Kondli =onstit0en=ies>
so1e voters =o1plained that their na1es were on the ele=toral rolls and that the8 =o0ld not vote*
A:ter votin& part8 leaders e5pressed their opinion* Kejriwal said he is =on:ident o: a positive res0lt :or his
part8*
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Vardhan =lai1ed the !" was E:ar aheadE o: the #$% and Aa1 Aad1i "art8* E# =an tell 8o0 ver8
=ate&ori=all8 that we are :ar ahead o: %on&ress and the new entrant in Delhi politi=s* # a1 100 per =ent
=on:ident a2o0t o0r vi=tor8* # think no2od8 =an 1ake an8 dent in o0r vote 2ank* #: there is an8 =ontest or
:i&ht> it is 2etween the %on&ress and the new entrant A:or the se=ond pla=e:or=e :or1s the inner =ir=le o:
se=0rit8 o: =entres while adeJ0ate n012ers o: Delhi "oli=e personnel will ens0re sa:et8 :ro1 o0tside*
%o0ntin& o: votes will start :ro1 8 A6 to1orrow and d0rin& the :irst ho0r postal 2allots will 2e
=o0nted*E
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9he postal 2allots were =o0nted 2e:ore the HV6
$ota2l8> the #$%Gs %ha0dhar8 "re1 Sin&h lost in the A12edkar $a&ar =onstit0en=8> he held the seat sin=e
1,,' and had not lost a sin&le ele=tion in )0 8earsK however Ashok K01ar o: the AA" won the seat*
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#n=012ent %hie: 6inister Sheila Di5it lost her $ew Delhi =onstit0en=8 seat to AA" leader Arvind Kejriwal
28 a 1ar&in that was do02le her total votes and was also less than )00 votes 1ore than the !"Gs Vijender
K01arK
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she then s021itted her resi&nation to 4ie0tenant 3overnor $ajee2 !0n&*
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votes*
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/HS;9I
/overnment formation
As no part8 won a 1ajorit8 o: the .0 seats in the asse12l8>
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i: the ne=essar8 =oalition &overn1ent is not
possi2le> Delhi wo0ld 2e p0t 0nder presidentGs r0le 0ntil a new ele=tion is held within si5 1onths* However>
the #$%> !" and AA" have all said the8 wo0ld not seek allian=es with ea=h other* 9he other option was to
tr8 to 2rin& in independentsK tho0&h sin=e there are not eno0&h> the 1edia spe=0lated that the other option
wo0ld 2e l0re awa8 64As :ro1 another part8 Athe AA" 2ein& the 1ost likel8 in their anal8sisB*
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As the !" won '1 seats> while its allian=e partner Shiro1ani Akali Dal won one seat> the8 &ained a
pl0ralit8 and wo0ld have the :irst ri&ht to :or1 a new &overn1ent* However> the8 de=lined the o::er :ro1
4ie0tenant 3overnor $ajee2 !0n& to :or1 a new &overn1ent =itin& an ina2ilit8 to o2tain 1ajorit8* !0n&
then invited the Aa1 Aad1i "art8 to :or1 the &overn1ent*
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Kejriwal wrote to !" national leader
/ajnath Sin&h and #$% national leader Sonia 3andhi :or =lari:i=ation on 18 iss0es 2e:ore seekin& their
s0pport in :or1in& a =oalition* 9he !" did not repl8 and the #$% a&reed to 1- o: the 18 iss0es and o::ered
its o0tside s0pport* 9he AA" then so0&ht p02li= opinion thro0&h a variet8 o: 1edi01s
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s0=h as via
=o110nit8 1eetin&s> te5t 1essa&es and pa1phlets
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a2o0t whether or not it sho0ld take the s0pport o: the
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AA" then :or1ed a 1inorit8 &overn1ent with o0tside s0pport :ro1 the #$%*
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#n a letter to the
4ie0tenant 3overnor $ajee2 !0n&> the AA" did not however 1ention that it has the s0pport o: the #$%*
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!0n& then sent his re=o11endations to "resident "rana2 60kherjee* Kejriwal was then sworn in as .th
%hie: 6inister o: Delhi on 28 De=e12er> leadin& the 8o0n&est =a2inet in Delhi ever*
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6* S* Dhir was
ele=ted as the speaker o: the le&islative asse12l8 on ' !an0ar8 2014*
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A1on&st its :irst tasks> the AA" initiated a =orr0ption response 1e=hanis1 in a EdurbarEK
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it also retra=ted the CD# in 10ltiD2rand retail that the previo0s &overn1ent had
san=tioned* Kejriwal said that tho0&h this wo0ld &ive =ons01ers 1ore options it has 2een
shown that it Eleads to loss o: jo2s to a ver8 lar&e e5tent* 9here is h0&e 0ne1plo81ent in
Delhi and AA" &overn1ent does not wish to in=rease this 0ne1plo81ent* Delhi is not
prepared :or CD#*E Let he added that he was not a&ainst CD# 28 itsel: 20t that it needed to
o==0r on a =aseD28D=ase 2asis*
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Government resignation
A:ter 4, da8s> Kejriwal resi&ned as a =hie: 1inister :ollowin& the :ail0re o: the introd0=tion o: DelhiGs !an 4okpal ill in the asse12l8
on 14 Ce2r0ar8 2014* "residentGs r0le was then i1posed and the asse12l8 was kept in s0spended ani1ation*
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e M d "+mmary of res+lts of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2013
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$olitical $arty lag
"eats
'ontested
2on
,et
'hange
in seats
3 of
"eats
4otes 4ote 3
'hange
in
vote 3
harati8a
!anata "art8
-- '1 8 44*' ''*0. '
Aa1 Aad1i
"art8
-, 28 New 40*0 2,*4, New
#ndian
$ational
%on&ress
.0 8 ') 11*4' 24*)) 1)
!anata Dal
A;nitedB
2. 1 1 1*4' 0*8. New
Shiro1ani
Akali Dal
4 1 1 1*4' 1 $NA
#ndependents 22) 1 0 1*4' 10 $NA
#otal 70 4oters 76,55,600 #+rno+t 66 3