Delhi Lok Sabha elections 2024: A look at key parties and contests 

Delhi Lok Sabha Election 2024- (Photo-PTI) a file photo of top Congress leaders from Delhi

Delhi is scheduled to vote on 25 May 2024, during the 6th phase of the General Elections.

Delhi sends seven members to the Lok Sabha. For the 2024 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded candidates in all 7 constituencies.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has won all the Lok Sabha seats from Delhi in the 2019 and 2014 General Elections. The party seeks to repeat the feat in 2024. The BJP had won all the seats in Delhi constituency in 2014 with a vote share of 46.40%. It improved its performance in 2019, winning 56.86% of the votes.

After opposing each other in the last 2 elections, the Congress and the AAP, as part of the INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) alliance, have worked out a seat-sharing agreement. The Aam Aadmi Party, led by Arvind Kejriwal, will be contesting in four seats and the Indian National Congress, under the state leadership of Arvinder Singh Lovely, is fielding candidates in 3 Lok Sabha constituencies.

Here is a look at some of the major players in the fray:

The BJP candidates fighting the 2024 general elections from Delhi are: Bansuri Swaraj, Manoj Tiwari, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Praveen Khandelwal, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Harsh Malhotra, and Yogendra Chandolia.

Political activist Kanhaiya Kumar will contest under the Congress flag and is pitted against BJP’s Manoj Tiwari. Jai Prakash Agarwal from Chandni Chowk and Udit Raj from NW Delhi are the other two Congress candidates in the fray.

The AAP is contesting four seats in Delhi and has announced the following list: Somnath Bharti - New Delhi, Sahi Ram - South Delhi, Mahabal Mishra - West Delhi; and Kuldeep Kumar - East Delhi

Will BJP retain Delhi with an absolute sweep, or will the AAP – Congress Alliance manage to win some seats in the national capital? We need to wait till 4 June to know what the voters say.