Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1993

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Madan Lal Khurana

2 December 1993 – 26 February 1996 (2 years, 86 days)

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1993

1952 ← 1993 → 1998

All 70 seats to the Delhi Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Leader Madan Lal Khurana Party BJP INC Seats before - - Seats won 49 14 Percentage 47.82% 34.48%

Chief Minister before election No official position from Nov. 1956 - 1993, before that Gurumukh Nihal Singh (Feb. 1955 - Nov. 1956) INC Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana BJP

Legislative Assembly elections' were held in Delhi in 1993. The result was a victory for the Bhartiya Janata Party, which won 49 of the 70 seats in the Assembly.^[1]

Contents

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• 1State Reorganization
• 2Results
• 3See also
• 4References

State Reorganization[edit]

First Legislative Assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1952. But under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was made aUnion Territory under the direct administration of the President of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.^[2] So the next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution.^[3]

Results[edit]

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party		47.82	49
Indian National Congress		34.48	14
Janata Dal		12.65	4
Bahujan Samaj Party		1.88	0
Communist Party (Marxist)		0.38	0
Communist Party		0.21	0
Janata Party		0.20	0
Shiv Sena		0.14	0
All India Forward Bloc		0.03	0
Unrecognised parties		1.29	0
Independents		5.92	3
Invalid/blank votes	60,902	–	–
Total	3,612,713	100	70
Registered voters/turnout	5,850,545	61.75	–
Source: ECI