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Lok Sabha elections will be held in the national capital in a single phase on May 25, the Election Commission of India (EC) announced on Saturday. The results will be declared on June 4 when the counting of votes takes place.
After drawing a blank in the last two general elections (2014 and 2019), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have allied with the national capital to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP had won all seven seats in both 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Aam Aadmi Party, which had polled an impressive 33.1 per cent in its debut Lok Sabha election in 2014, put up a dismal performance and was relegated to the third position with its vote share down to 18.1 per cent in 2019.
Congress, meanwhile, put up an improved show. While it had barely managed just 15.2 per cent of the votes in 2014 with three of its candidates losing their security deposits, in 2019 the party polled 22.5 per cent of the votes. Though the margins of loss were huge, Congress came second on five seats.
In 2019, the BJP, Congress, and AAP were in a triangular contest. However, this time, the AAP and the Congress are contesting together as part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) grouping.
The AAP has already announced its candidates on the four seats that the party will contest — East Delhi, South Delhi, New Delhi and West Delhi. The Congress which will contest the remaining three seats — North East, Chandni Chowk and North West — is yet to announce its candidates.
