1996 Indian general election in Delhi

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1996 Indian general election in Delhi

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| ← 1991 | April 27, 1996 (1996-04-27) | 1998 →

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7 seats
Turnout| 50.6%[1]
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Leader  | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | P. V. Narasimha Rao
Party  | BJP | INC
Seats won  | 5  | 2
Seat change  |  |
Popular vote  | 1,992,947  | 1,500,731
Percentage  | 49.58%  | 37.33%
Swing  |  9.31 pp |  2.24 pp

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| Prime Minister before election

Narasimha Rao
INC

| Prime Minister after election

A. B. Vajpayee
BJP

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The 1996 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 5 of the 7 seats in Delhi, with its opposition, the Indian National Congress winning 2 seats.

## Parties and alliances

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###   Bharatiya Janata Party

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No.  | Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats contested

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1. | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | A. B. Vajpayee | 7

###   Indian National Congress

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No.  | Party  | Flag | Symbol  | Leader | Seats contested

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1. | Indian National Congress |  |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 7

## List of Elected MPs

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No.  | Constituency  | Name of Elected M.P.  | Party Affiliation[2]

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1  | New Delhi | Jagmohan | Bharatiya Janata Party
2  | South Delhi | Sushma Swaraj | Bharatiya Janata Party
3  | Outer Delhi | Krishan Lal Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party
4  | East Delhi | Baikunth Lal Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party
5  | Chandni Chowk | Jai Parkash Aggarwal | Indian National Congress
6  | Delhi Sadar | Vijay Kumar Goel | Bharatiya Janata Party
7  | Karol Bagh | Meira Kumar | Indian National Congress

## References

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1. ^ "IndiaVotes PC: Delhi [1977 Onwards] 1996". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
2. ^ "General Election, 1996 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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