1989 Indian general election in Delhi
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The 1989 Indian general election in Delhi was held to elect representatives of the 7 seats of the NCT of Delhi in the Lok Sabha.
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November 22, 1989
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| Turnout | 54.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bharatiya Janata Party won 4 of the 7 seats in Delhi, with its opposition, the Indian National Congress winning 2 seats, and the Janata Dal at third place with one seat. Although the BJP won most of the seats, the Congress led in terms of votes.[1][2]
Parties and alliances
Bharatiya Janata Party
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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L. K. Advani | 5 |
Indian National Congress
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Indian National Congress |  |
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Rajiv Gandhi | 7 |
Janata Dal
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Janata Dal |  |
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V. P. Singh | 3 |
List of Candidates
| Constituency | ||||||||||
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| BJP | INC | JD | ||||||||
| 1 | New Delhi | BJP | L. K. Advani | INC | V. Mohini Giri | Did not contest | ||||
| 2 | South Delhi | BJP | Madan Lal Khurana | INC | Subhash Chopra | Did not contest | ||||
| 3 | Outer Delhi | Did not contest | INC | Bharat Singh | JD | Tarif Singh | ||||
| 4 | East Delhi | Did not contest | INC | H. K. L. Bhagat | JD | Kishore Lal | ||||
| 5 | Chandni Chowk | BJP | Satish Khandelwal | INC | Jai Prakash Aggarwal | JD | Mirza Saadiq Ali | |||
| 6 | Delhi Sadar | BJP | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | INC | Jagdish Tytler | Did not contest | ||||
| 7 | Karol Bagh (SC) | BJP | Kalka Dass | INC | Dharam Dass Shastri | Did not contest | ||||
Results
List of elected MPs
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | New Delhi | Lal Krishna Advani | BJP | 129,256 | 55.54 | V. Mohini Giri | INC | 97,415 | 41.85 | 31,841 | 13.69 | ||
| 2 | South Delhi | Madan Lal Khurana | BJP | 282,904 | 59.42 | Shubash Chopra | INC | 177,910 | 37.37 | 104,994 | 22.05 | ||
| 3 | Outer Delhi | Tarif Singh | JD | 384,076 | 49.46 | Bharat Singh | INC | 331,743 | 42.72 | 52,333 | 6.74 | ||
| 4 | East Delhi | H. K. L. Bhagat | INC | 359,602 | 49.79 | Chand Ram | IND | 183,603 | 25.42 | 175,999 | 24.37 | ||
| 5 | Chandni Chowk | Jai Prakash Aggarwal | INC | 89,891 | 35.91 | Satish Chander Khandelwal | BJP | 80,460 | 32.14 | 9,431 | 3.77 | ||
| 6 | Delhi Sadar | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | BJP | 163,524 | 53.75 | Jagdish Tytler | INC | 131,425 | 43.20 | 32,099 | 10.55 | ||
| 7 | Karol Bagh (SC) | Kalka Dass | BJP | 141,859 | 49.74 | Dharam Dass Shastri | INC | 134,890 | 47.30 | 6,969 | 2.44 | ||