2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 December 2013, with the result announced on 8 December resulting in formation of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.

2013 Delhi state assembly election

4 December 2013 (2013-12-04)

All 70 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi
36 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout66.02% (8.42%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Dr. Harsh Vardhan Arvind Kejriwal Sheila Dikshit
Party BJP AAP INC
Leader since 2012 2012 1998
Leader's seat Krishna Nagar New Delhi New Delhi
(lost)
Seats before 23 New 43
Seats after 32 28 8
Seat change 9 New 35
Popular vote 2,604,100 2,322,330 1,932,933
Percentage 33% 29.5% 24.6%
Swing 3.4% New 15.7%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Mayawati
Party BSP
Leader's seat Not Contested
Seats before 2
Seats after 0
Seat change 2
Popular vote 420,926
Percentage 5.35%
Swing 8.69%

Map of Delhi showing results of the 2013 Vidhan Sabha election

Chief Minister before election

Sheila Dikshit
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Arvind Kejriwal
AAP

The Bharatiya Janata Party won a plurality, closely followed by Aam Aadmi Party, in its first election; this resulted in a hung assembly. After the BJP refused to form a government in the hung assembly, the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal became chief minister with external support from the Indian National Congress (INC).

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