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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).

#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.

#28JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:39 IST

The Congress party failed to win any assembly seats in both the 2015 and 2020 Delhi elections.

#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.

#26JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:37 IST

Matia Mahal in Old Delhi is the smallest Assembly constituency in Delhi in terms of area. It covers an area of 2.97 square kilometres.

#25JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:36 IST

AAP has won 26 assembly seats of Delhi consecutively in the last three assembly elections (2020,2015 and 2013).

#24JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:35 IST

BJP won the assembly seat of Laxmi Nagar for the first time in its electoral history in the 2020 Delhi assembly elections.

#23JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:33 IST

There were 13,750 operational polling stations during the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections.

#22JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:23 IST

Delhi Cantt constituency had the lowest number of polling stations (115) in the 2020 Delhi assembly elections.

#21JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:22 IST

Vikaspuri constituency had the highest number of polling stations (376) in the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections.

#20JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:12 IST

Delhi Cantt is the smallest assembly constituency based on the electorate size (78,893 voters).

#19JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:11 IST

Vikaspuri is the largest assembly constituency in Delhi based on the electorate size (462,184 voters).

#18JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:11 IST

The average voter turnout in the 2015 Delhi Assembly election was higher, at 67.65%.

#17JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:04 IST

The average voter turnout of the 2020 Delhi assembly election was 62.59%.

#16JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:03 IST

Okhla constituency in Delhi has the lowest electorate gender ratio (731 female voters per 1000 male voters).

#15JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:03 IST

Tilak Nagar constituency has the highest electorate gender ratio (967 female voters per 1000 male voters).

#14JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,12:02 IST

Compared to the 2015 elections, Delhi Cantt saw the largest dip in voter turnout (13.23%) in the 2020 assembly elections.

#13JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,11:56 IST

Compared to the 2015 elections, Ballimaran witnessed the highest increase in voter turnout (2.63%) in the 2020 assembly elections.

#12JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,11:55 IST

According to the 2011 Census of India, Rohini has the lowest concentration of the Scheduled Caste population, with only 4.98%.

#11JANUARY 28 ,2025 ,11:52 IST

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sultanpur Majra has the largest proportion of the Scheduled Caste population in Delhi, at 44.37%.

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 :	1.55 crore
Male electors :	82.79 lakh
Female electors :	70.78 lakh
Third gender electors :	1,261
18-19 electors :	2.08 lakh
Service electors :	12,776
PwD electors :	79,436
Senior Citizens (85+) :	1.09 lakh
Polling Stations :	13,033
Term of Assembly ends :	15.02.2025

Assembly cons. Results

Cons. name	2020	2015	2013
Narela	AAP	AAP	BJP
Burari	AAP	AAP	AAP
Timarpur	AAP	AAP	AAP
Adarsh Nagar	AAP	AAP	BJP
Badli	AAP	AAP	INC
Rithala	AAP	AAP	BJP
Bawana	AAP	AAP	BJP
Mundka	AAP	AAP	IND
Kirari	AAP	AAP	BJP
Sultanpur Majra	AAP	AAP	INC