Delhi Election Trivia

Interesting facts about Delhi Assembly elections

Often it is the small facts that are the most interesting. For this 2025 Delhi Assembly election season, we attempt to dig out interesting and little known facts related to the politics and elections . Scroll down to know and don't forget to share with your friends about your #TIL moment (for the uninitiated, #TIL stands for Today I Learned).

#50FEBRUARY 12 ,2025 ,11:42 IST

The BJP won 12 constituencies with a margin of less than 5% in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections.

#48FEBRUARY 12 ,2025 ,11:41 IST

Vishwas Nagar is the only constituency of Delhi that has never won by AAP in its electoral history.

#47FEBRUARY 12 ,2025 ,11:40 IST

Patel Nagar and Kasturba Nagar constituencies saw the lowest number of contesting candidates (5) in the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections.

#46FEBRUARY 12 ,2025 ,11:39 IST

New Delhi constituency had the highest number of contesting candidates (23) in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections.

#44FEBRUARY 12 ,2025 ,11:38 IST

Aahir Deepak Chaudharyy (BJP) won the assembly seat of Badli with the lowest vote share of 40.56 % in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections.

#42FEBRUARY 12 ,2025 ,11:36 IST

Aaley Mohammed Iqbal (AAP) defeated Deepti Indora (BJP) with the highest margin of 42,724 votes (50.58%) from the Matia Mahal constituency in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections.

#41FEBRUARY 12 ,2025 ,11:34 IST

Chandan Kumar Choudhary (BJP) narrowly defeated Dinesh Mohaniya (AAP) with the lowest margin of 344 votes (0.27%) from the Sangam Vihar constituency in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections

#39February 07 2025 11:43 IST

Delhi Cantt saw the highest increase in voter participation, with a 14% gain in the 2025 election compared to the 2020 election.

#38February 07 2025 11:28 IST

Mehrauli recorded the lowest voter turnout of 53.02% in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections.

#37February 07 2025 11:29 IST

Mustafabad recorded the highest voter turnout of 69.01% in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections.

#36February 07 2025 11:43 IST

The voter turnout in the 2025 Delhi assembly election was 60.54%, which was 2.28% lower than the previous assembly election.

#35JANUARY 30 ,2025 ,18:12 IST

Among the three major parties contesting in the 2025 Delhi election, AAP has fielded 9 female candidates, INC 9 and BJP 8.

#34JANUARY 30 ,2025 ,18:11 IST

There are 602 male, 96 female, and 1 transgender candidate (total 699 candidates) contesting in the 2025 Delhi Assembly election.

#33JANUARY 30 ,2025 ,18:10 IST

Rajender of Aam Janmat Party contesting from the Badli Assembly constituency, aged 88, is the oldest candidate contesting in the 2025 Delhi Assembly election.

#32JANUARY 30 ,2025 ,18:09 IST

The average age of candidates contesting in the 2025 Delhi election is 48 years.

#31JANUARY 30 ,2025 ,18:09 IST

A total of 106 political parties (excluding independents) are contesting in the 2025 Delhi Assembly election

#30JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:52 IST

Out of the 8 assembly seats won by the BJP in 2020 elections, 5 were from the East Delhi region (Trans Yamuna).

#29JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:40 IST

The Congress party failed to be a runner-up in a single assembly seat in the 2020 Delhi assembly elections.

#28February 12 2025 11:33 IST

The Congress Party failed to win any assembly seats in the last three assembly elections of Delhi (2025, 2020 and 2015).

#27JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:39 IST

Narela seat in North Delhi is the largest Assembly constituency in Delhi in terms of area. It covers an area of 140 square kilometres. Narela is 47 times bigger in area than the smallest, Matia Mahal.

DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2025

ELECTION PROFILE
No. of states/UTs :	1
Total seats :	70
General seats :	58
Reserved for SCs :	12
Reserved for STs :	--
Population estimate :	2.18 crore
Total electors :	1.56 crore
Male electors :	83.76 lakh
Female electors :	72.36 lakh
Third gender electors :	1,267
18-19 electors :	2.39 lakh
Service electors :	79,885
PwD electors :	79,436
Senior Citizens (85+) :	1.09 lakh
Polling Stations :	13,766
Term of Assembly ends :	15.02.2025

Assembly cons. Results

Cons. name	2025	2020	2015
Narela	BJP	AAP	AAP
Burari	AAP	AAP	AAP
Timarpur	BJP	AAP	AAP
Adarsh Nagar	BJP	AAP	AAP
Badli	BJP	AAP	AAP
Rithala	BJP	AAP	AAP
Bawana	BJP	AAP	AAP
Mundka	BJP	AAP	AAP
Kirari	AAP	AAP	AAP
Sultanpur Majra	AAP	AAP	AAP