2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

1 December 2003
All 70 to the Delhi Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53.42% (Error creating thumbnail: 4.43%)
First party Second party   File:Sheila Dikshit.jpg File:Vijay Kumar Malhotra.jpeg Leader Sheila Dikshit Vijay Kumar Malhotra Party INC BJP Leader's seat Gole Market Greater Kailash Last election 52 15 Seats won 47 20 Seat change Decrease 5 Error creating thumbnail: 5 Popular vote 2,172,062 1,589,323 Percentage 48.13% 35.22% Swing Error creating thumbnail: 0.37% Error creating thumbnail: 1.2%   Third party Fourth party   File:Sharad Pawar addressing the National Conference on Cooperatives for the celebration of International Year of Cooperatives, 2012, in New Delhi on May 15, 2012 (cropped).jpg File:H-d-deve-gowda 1.jpg Leader Sharad Pawar H. D. Deve Gowda Party NCP JD(S) Leader's seat did not contest did not contest Last election Party did not exist Party did not exist Seats won 1 1 Seat change Error creating thumbnail: 1 Error creating thumbnail: 1 Percentage 2.24% 0.75% Swing Error creating thumbnail: 2.24% Error creating thumbnail: 0.75
Chief Minister before election Sheila Dikshit INC Elected Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit INC

File:An old man at a Polling booth to cast his vote during Assembly Elections of Delhi on December 1, 2003 (Monday).jpg

An old man at a Polling booth to cast his vote during Assembly Elections of Delhi on 1 December 2003 (Monday)

The Delhi state assembly elections 2003 were elections for the Legislative Assembly of Delhi held on 1 December 2003 with the results declared on 4 December. The Indian National Congress retained control of the Legislative Assembly. Of the 70 elected legislators 63 were men and 7 women.

Parties and Alliances

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress	File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg	File:INC Hand.svg	Sheila Dikshit	70
	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:BJP flag.svg	File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	70
	Bahujan Samaj Party	File:Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg	File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png	Mayawati	40
	Samajwadi Party	File:SP Flag.png	File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png	Mulayam Singh Yadav	39
	Nationalist Congress Party	File:NCP-flag.svg	File:Indian Election Symbol Clock.png	Sharad Pawar	33
	Lok Jan Shakti Party	File:Lok Janshakti Party Flag.svg		Ram Vilas Paswan	14
	Janata Dal (Secular)	File:Janata Dal (Secular) flag (1).svg	File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg	H. D. Deve Gowda	12
	INDEPENDENTS				284

Result

File:India Delhi Legislative Assembly 2003.svg
Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	Seats Changed	% Votes
Indian National Congress	70	47	Decrease 5	48.13
Bharatiya Janata Party	70	20	Error creating thumbnail: 5	35.22
Bahujan Samaj Party	40	0	Steady	5.76
Nationalist Congress Party	33	1	Error creating thumbnail: 1	2.24
Janata Dal (Secular)	12	1	Error creating thumbnail: 1	0.75
Independent	284	1	Decrease 1	4.86
Total		70		96.96

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Sarojini Nagar	None	Ashok Ahuja		Indian National Congress
Gole Market	None	Sheila Dikshit		Indian National Congress
Minto Road	None	Tajdar Babar		Indian National Congress
Kasturba Nagar	None	Sushil Choudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jangpura	None	Tarvinder Singh Marwah		Indian National Congress
Okhla	None	Parvez Hashmi		Indian National Congress
Kalkaji	None	Subhash Chopra		Indian National Congress
Malviya Nagar	None	Dr. Yoganand Shastri		Indian National Congress
Hauz Khas	None	Kiran Walia		Indian National Congress
R. K. Puram	None	Ashok Singh		Indian National Congress
Delhi Cantonment	None	Karan Singh Tanwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Janak Puri	None	Prof. Jagdish Mukhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hari Nagar	None	Harsharan Singh Balli		Bharatiya Janata Party
Tilak Nagar	None	OP Babbar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rajouri Garden	None	Ajay Makan		Indian National Congress
Madipur	SC	Mala Ram Gangwal		Indian National Congress
Tri Nagar	None	Anil Bhardwaj		Indian National Congress
Shakurbasti	None	Dr. S.c. Vats		Indian National Congress
Shalimar Bagh	None	Ravinder Nath Bansal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Badli	None	Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sahibabad Daulatpur	None	Kulwant Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bawana	SC	Surender Kumar		Indian National Congress
Sultanpur Majra	SC	Sushila Devi		Indian National Congress
Mangolpuri	SC	Raj Kumar Chauhan		Indian National Congress
Nangloi Jat	None	Bijender Singh		Indian National Congress
Vishnu Garden	None	Dayanand Chandila		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hastsal	None	Mukesh Sharma		Indian National Congress
Najafgarh	None	Ranbir Singh		Indian National Congress
Nasirpur	None	Mahabal Mishra		Indian National Congress
Palam	None	Dharam Dev Solanki		Bharatiya Janata Party
Mahipalpur	None	Vijay Singh Lochav		Indian National Congress
Mehrauli	None	Bhram Singh Tanwar		Indian National Congress
Saket	None	Vijay Jolly		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dr. Ambedkar Nagar	SC	Ch. Prem Singh		Indian National Congress
Tuglakabad	None	Ramesh Bidhuri		Bharatiya Janata Party
Badarpur	None	Ramvir Singh Bidhuri		Nationalist Congress Party
Trilokpuri	SC	Brahm Pal		Indian National Congress
Patpar Ganj	SC	Amrish Singh Gautam		Indian National Congress
Mandawali	None	Meera Bhardwaj		Indian National Congress
Geeta Colony	None	Ashok Kumar Walia		Indian National Congress
Gandhi Nagar	None	Arvinder Singh Lovely		Indian National Congress
Krishna Nagar	None	Harsh Vardhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Vishwash Nagar	None	Naseeb Singh		Indian National Congress
Shahdara	None	Narender Nath		Indian National Congress
Seemapuri	SC	Veer Singh		Indian National Congress
Nand Nagari	SC	Roop Chand		Indian National Congress
Rohtas Nagar	None	Ram Babu Sharma		Indian National Congress
Babarpur	None	Vinay Sharma		Indian National Congress
Seelampur	None	Ch. Mateen Ahmad		Indian National Congress
Ghonda	None	Bheeshm Sharma		Indian National Congress
Yamuna Vihar	None	Sahab Singh Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Qarawal Nagar	None	Mohan Singh Bisht		Bharatiya Janata Party
Wazirpur	None	Mange Ram Garg		Bharatiya Janata Party
Narela	SC	Charan Singh Kandera		Indian National Congress
Bhalswa Jahangirpur	None	J.s.chauhan		Indian National Congress
Adarsh Nagar	None	Mangat Ram		Indian National Congress
Pahar Ganj	None	Anjali Rai		Indian National Congress
Matia Mahal	None	Shoaib Iqbal		Janata Dal (Secular)
Balli Maran	None	Haroon Yusuf		Indian National Congress
Chandni Chowk	None	Prahlad Singh Sawhney		Indian National Congress
Timarpur	None	Surinder Pal Singh		Indian National Congress
Model Town	None	Kanwar Karan Singh		Indian National Congress
Kamla Nagar	None	Shadi Ram		Indian National Congress
Sadar Bazar	None	Rajesh Jain		Indian National Congress
Moti Nagar	None	Madan Lal Khurana		Bharatiya Janata Party
Patel Nagar	None	Rama Kant Goswami		Indian National Congress
Rajinder Nagar	None	Puran Chand Yogi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Karol Bagh	SC	Surender Pal Ratawal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ram Nagar	SC	Moti Lal Sodhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Baljit Nagar	SC	Krishna Tirath		Indian National Congress

Source: [1]

See also

• State Assembly elections in India, 2003
• First Legislative Assembly of Delhi
• Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi
• Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi
• Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
• Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
• Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Delhi, Official website