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Delhi Election - Vidhan Sabha statistics

Vidhan Sabha Elections

	1962	1967	1972	1977	1983	1987	1996	2002
Electorate (lakhs)	18.4	20.1	23.0	26.6	31.0	35.6	47.6	61.7
Turnout (%)	72.8	58.8	66.3	67.7	73.2	74.9	53.9	43.7
Seats	75	75	75	76	75	76	87	87
Candidates	174	206	342	409	512	528	547	709

Indian National Congress	-	61(75)	58(74)	11(63)	26(71)	26(31)	7(84)	20(78)
(INC)		53.0%	55.4%	16.9%	30.3%	20.2%	20.0%	24.2%

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	3(29)	3(32)	-	0(27)	2(29)	8(53)	1(58)
(BJS) till 1972		16.5%	9.8%		3.2%	5.1%	12.1%	8.6%

Janata Dal (JD)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(76)	-
JD							10.9%

Communist Party of India(CPI)	-	0(3)	0(1)	0(6)	0(3)	0(7)	0(3)	0(5)
		0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%

Marxist (CPM)	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(3)	1(4)	2(7)
					0.1%	0.2%	1.0%	0.9%

Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(29)	1(33)
							6.4%	4.5%

Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party (JKPP)	-	-	-	-	-	0(21)	1(45)	4(36)
						1.8%	2.3%	3.8%

Democratic Movement(DM)	-	-	-	13(72)	0(10)	0(12)	-	1(1)
(JP) till 1987				23.7%	0.3%	0.5%		0.6%

Jammu & Kashmir National Conference(JKNC)	70(75)	8(38)	-	47(75)	46(75)	40(45)	57(81)	28(85)
(NC) 1962	67.0%	17.2%		46.2%	47.3%	33.0%	34.8%	28.2%

J&K Awami League(JKAL)	3(25)	-	5(22)	1(19)	0(26)	-	1(27)	1(9)
(JMI) till 1983,(PP) 1952	17.5%		7.2%	3.6%	3.9%		2.4%	0.9%

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16(59)
								9.3%

ALL India Indira Congress Tiwari(INCT)	-	-	-	-	1(38)	0(23)	1(9)	-
(JKPC) till 1987					4.6%	3.7%	0.7%

Others	0(36)	0(23)	0(16)	-	0(7)	0(13)	0(2)	0(94)
	8.1%	4.2%	0.4%		0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	2.3%

Independents(IND)	2(38)	3(38)	9(197)	4(174)	2(254)	8(344)	2(134)	13(244)
	7.4%	8.6%	26.8%	9.5%	10.1%	34.8%	9.3%	16.5%

Election Dates-1972:March 8,9,11; 1987:March 23; 1996:September 16,21,30; 2002: September-October 16,24,1,8.
(BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (JP) janata Party, (NC) National Conference, (JMI) Jamait-i-Islami, (PP) Praja Party, (JKPC) Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference.
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Seats.