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Delhi Assembly Elections

Historical results, trends and insights from 1972 to 2025.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
Lok Sabha15Vidhan Sabha11
20252020201520132008
More years
200319981993198319771972

Current government

Who governs Delhi today

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Rekha Gupta
Chief Minister of Delhi
Rekha GuptaBJP

In office since 20 Feb 2025 · 1 year, 6 months

Rekha Gupta (born 19 July 1974) is an Indian politician serving as the current Chief Minister of Delhi from February 2025. A member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she has been the MLA for Shalimar Bagh since 2025.

Current seats
72
in the present Delhi assembly
Elections contested
11
Leading party, 2025
BJP
48 of 70 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Vidhan Sabha elections in Delhi.

2025vs

Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.

Seat share over the years

Seats and vote share by election for the parties that have won the most Vidhan Sabha seats in Delhi

Party20252020201520132008200319981993198319771972
INC000843475214331044
BJP488331232015491900
AAAP226267280000000
JNP000000001460
Others000343372012
Total seats7070707070707070555656

Seats won over time

The four parties that have won the most Vidhan Sabha seats in Delhi

01938567519721977198319931998200320082013201520202025INCBJPAAAPJNP
  • INC
  • BJP
  • AAAP
  • JNP

Vote share trend

How each party's Vidhan Sabha vote share has moved over time in Delhi

0%15%30%46%61%19721977198319931998200320082013201520202025INCBJPAAAPJNP
  • INC
  • BJP
  • AAAP
  • JNP

Constituency performance

From the 70 results in Delhi, 2025

Best performance
MATIA MAHAL
AALEY MOHAMMED IQBAL, 68.80% share
Closest contest
SANGAM VIHAR
won by 344 (0.27%)
Biggest victory
MATIA MAHAL
won by 42,724 (50.58%)
Lowest turnout
MEHRAULI
53.26%

Seat change & vote share

Delhi, 2025

70SEATS
  • Retained26 (37%)
  • Changed hands42 (60%)
  • New seat2 (3%)

26 constituencies were won by the same party as 2020; 42 changed hands; 2 did not exist then.

Vote share by party
BJP45.56%
AAAP43.57%
INC6.34%
JD(U)1.06%
AIMIM0.77%
BSP0.58%
LJP(RV)0.53%
IND0.46%

Result by election

2025Full result →70 seats
BJP 48AAAP 22
  • BJP48
  • AAAP22
2020Full result →70 seats
AAAP 62BJP 8
  • AAAP62
  • BJP8
2015Full result →70 seats
AAAP 67
  • AAAP67
  • BJP3
2013Full result →70 seats
BJP 31AAAP 28INC 8
  • BJP31
  • AAAP28
  • INC8
  • SAD1
  • JD(U)1
  • IND1
2008Full result →70 seats
INC 43BJP 23
  • INC43
  • BJP23
  • BSP2
  • IND1
  • LJP1
2003Full result →70 seats
INC 47BJP 20
  • INC47
  • BJP20
  • JD(S)1
  • IND1
  • NCP1
1998Full result →70 seats
INC 52BJP 15
  • INC52
  • BJP15
  • IND2
  • JD1
1993Full result →70 seats
BJP 49INC 14
  • BJP49
  • INC14
  • JD4
  • IND3
1983Full result →55 seats
INC 33BJP 19
  • INC33
  • BJP19
  • LKD2
  • JNP1
1977Full result →56 seats
JNP 46INC 10
  • JNP46
  • INC10
1972Full result →56 seats
INC 44BJS 5
  • INC44
  • BJS5
  • CPI3
  • NCO2
  • IND2

Top leaders

Chief Ministers of Delhi, most recent first

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Rekha Gupta
BJPIncumbent
2025–present
Atishi
AAAP
2024–2025
Arvind Kejriwal
AAAP
2013–2024
Sheila Dikshit
INC
1998–2013

Assembly constituencies

72 current, 154 under former boundaries · showing 151–200 of 226

No.Assembly seatReservationElectionsLast contested
34DR. AMBEDKAR NAGARformer boundarySC32003
35CIVIL LINESformer boundaryGEN21983
35DARIBAformer boundaryGEN11972
35TUGHLAKABADformer boundaryGEN11993
35TUGLAKABADformer boundaryGEN22003
36BADARPURformer boundaryGEN32003
36MATIA MAHALformer boundaryGEN11972
37CHAWRI BAZARformer boundaryGEN11972
37TRILOK PURIformer boundarySC11993
37TRILOKPURIformer boundarySC22003
37VIJAY NAGARformer boundaryGEN21983
38BALLIMARANformer boundaryGEN11972
38PATPAR GANJformer boundarySC32003
39AJMERI GATEformer boundaryGEN11972
39MANDAWALIformer boundaryGEN32003
40BALLIMARANformer boundaryGEN21983
40GEETA COLONYformer boundaryGEN32003
40KALAN MASJIDformer boundaryGEN11972
41AJMERI GATEformer boundaryGEN21983
41GANDHI NAGARformer boundaryGEN52003
41PAHARGANJformer boundaryGEN11972
42KRISHNA NAGARformer boundaryGEN42003
42KUCHA PATI RAMformer boundaryGEN21983
42RAM NAGARformer boundaryGEN11972
43BASTI JULAHANformer boundarySC11972
43VISHWASH NAGARformer boundaryGEN32003
44QASAB PURAformer boundaryGEN11972
44SHAHDARAformer boundaryGEN52003
45DEPUTY GANJformer boundaryGEN11972
45SEEMAPURIformer boundarySC32003
46NAND NAGARIformer boundarySC32003
46PRATAP NAGARformer boundaryGEN11972
46QASABPURAformer boundaryGEN21983
47ARYA PURAformer boundaryGEN11972
47DEPUTY GANJformer boundaryGEN21983
47ROHTAS NAGARformer boundaryGEN52003
48BABARPURformer boundaryGEN32003
48SHAKTI NAGARformer boundaryGEN11972
48SOHAN GANJformer boundaryGEN21983
49SARAI ROHILLAformer boundaryGEN11972
49SEELAMPURformer boundaryGEN32003
49SHAKTI NAGARformer boundaryGEN21983
50GHONDAformer boundaryGEN52003
50KARAMPURAformer boundaryGEN21983
50KISHAN GANJformer boundaryGEN11972
51MOTIA KHANformer boundaryGEN11972
51SARAI ROHILLAformer boundaryGEN21983
51YAMUNA VIHARformer boundaryGEN32003
52MOTIA KHANformer boundaryGEN21983
52QARAWAL NAGARformer boundaryGEN32003

Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.

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