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Seats by party
INC: 52 seats (74.3%)BJP: 15 seats (21.4%)IND: 2 seats (2.9%)JD: 1 seats (1.4%)36 for a majority7036 TO GOVERN
The story

Congress returns to Delhi

What happened

The party that had lost power at the previous election won it back this time.

The Indian National Congress won 52 of the 70 seats on offer, a landslide result.

Its nearest rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party, fell to just 15 seats, well down from its own previous term.

What changed

This was the first time Delhi's voters replaced a sitting government under the restored Assembly.

The INC grew from 14 seats to 52, its best tally yet in the city.

Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — fell by -12.2 pp percentage points from the previous election.

Notable numbers

A few numbers from that election stand out.

The closest race was in Rohtas Nagar, Delhi, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 167.

At the other extreme, Matia Mahal, Delhi was won by 45.0% of the vote.

The largest electorate was in Badarpur, Delhi, where 2,02,371 people were registered to vote.

The most crowded contest was in Nasirpur, Delhi, where 47 candidates stood.

The backdrop

This election showed Delhi's newly restored Assembly settling into its ordinary electoral rhythm.

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