The Assembly returns, BJP's first win
What happened
Delhi's newly restored Legislative Assembly held its first election, ending a long stretch of direct central rule.
The Bharatiya Janata Party won 49 of the 70 seats on offer, a landslide result.
Its nearest rival, the Indian National Congress, won 14 seats.
What changed
This was Delhi's first Assembly election since the city's earlier legislature was dissolved and replaced by direct central administration.
The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991, together with the Constitution's 69th Amendment, restored an elected Legislative Assembly for Delhi after a 37-year gap. The first election to the new 70-seat Assembly was held in 1993; land, police and public order remained under central government control.
The BJP grew from 19 seats in the Council's final election to 49 in the Assembly's first.
Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — rose by +6.9 pp percentage points from the Council's last election.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from that election stand out.
The closest race was in Adarsh Nagar, Delhi, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 40.
At the other extreme, Matia Mahal, Delhi was won by 45.3% of the vote.
The largest electorate was in Hastsal, Delhi, where 1,13,909 people were registered to vote.
The most crowded contest was in Nasirpur, Delhi, where 45 candidates stood.
The backdrop
This also closed out the era of Delhi's Metropolitan Council, which had functioned only in an advisory role.