2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

2013 Delhi state assembly election

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All 70 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi 36 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	66.02% ( 8.42%)
First party Second party   Leader Harsh Vardhan Arvind Kejriwal Party NDA AAP Leader since 2012 2012 Leader's seat Krishna Nagar New Delhi Seats before 23 New Seats after 32 28 Seat change 9 New Popular vote 26,75,857 2,322,330 Percentage 34.07% 29.5% Swing 1.97% New   Third party Fourth party   Leader Sheila Dikshit Mayawati Party INC BSP Leader since 1998 Leader's seat New Delhi (lost) Not Contested Seats before 43 2 Seats after 8 0 Seat change 35 2 Popular vote 1,932,933 420,926 Percentage 24.6% 5.35% Swing 15.7% 8.69%
Structure of the Delhi Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Sheila Dikshit INC Elected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal AAP

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The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 December 2013, with the result announced on 8 December resulting in formation of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.^[1][2]

The Bharatiya Janata Party won a plurality, closely followed by Aam Aadmi Party, in its first election; this resulted in a hung assembly. After the BJP refused to form a government in the hung assembly, the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal became chief minister with external support from the Indian National Congress (INC).^[3]