Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015

2013 ← 7 February 2015 → 2020

All 70 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi 36 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Arvind Kejriwal Kiran Bedi Ajay Maken Party AAP BJP INC Leader's seat New Delhi Krishna Nagar (lost) Sadar Bazar (lost) Last election 28 seats 32 seats 8 seats Seats won 67 3 0 Seat change 39 29 8 Popular vote 48,79,127 28,91,510 8,67,027 Percentage 54.3% 32.3% 9.7% Swing 24.8% 0.8% 14.9%

Map of Delhi showing results of the 2015 Vidhan Sabha election

Chief Minister before election President's rule Republic of India Elected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal AAP

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Republic of India

Arvind Kejriwal
AAP

A Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 7 February 2015 to elect 70 members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The results were announced on 10 February 2015. The Aam Aadmi Party secured an absolute majority in the assembly, winning 67 of the 70 seats.

In the 2013 Delhi state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (along with its pre-poll ally Shiromani Akali Dal) emerged as the single-largest party, winning 32 out of the 70 seats. However they fell short of an outright majority and therefore were unable to form the government. This led the then Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung to invite the Aam Aadmi Party, the second largest party after the BJP, to form the government. On 28 December 2013, AAP formed the state government after taking outside support from the Indian National Congress. AAP's leader Arvind Kejriwal, who defeated the incumbent chief minister Sheila Dixit, became the 7th chief minister of Delhi. However, on 14 February 2014 (after 49 days of rule), Arvind Kejriwal resigned from his post citing the reason as his government's inability to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in Delhi Assembly for discussion due to stiff opposition from other political parties in the house.

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