Delhi Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 6: Seats, Key Candidates, Battles To Watch Out For
Delhi Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 6: The fate of 162 candidates will be decided on May 25 as voting will be held in the national capital across seven seats.
Delhi Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 6: As the second last phase of the Lok Sabha elections is around the corner, the Union Territory of Delhi, will go to polling in the sixth phase to elect the representative for its seven seats. During the phase 6 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Delhi, along with seven other states and UTs will go to polling on May 25, Saturday.
Of the 889 candidates whose electoral fate will be decided in the sixth phase, 162 of them are in fray from Delhi.
Since Delhi has just seven seats, the general elections in Delhi are usually conducted in a single phase.
Just like the previous elections, this year too, the pattern remains consistent for the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, as the Election Commission of India (ECI) has opted to conduct the 18th Lok Sabha elections in the Union Territory within a single phase on Saturday.
However, Delhi does hold the distinction of possessing the highest number of Lok Sabha seats among the other Union Territories.
Seven Lok Sabha Seats In Delhi
The seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital include:
| Constituency | Number of Candidates |
| New Delhi | 17 |
| Chandni Chowk | 25 |
| North East Delhi | 28 |
| North West Delhi | 26 |
| East Delhi | 20 |
| South Delhi | 22 |
| West Delhi | 24 |
Key Candidates In Delhi
The Election Commission of India received a total of 367 nomination forms from Delhi. Out of these, 166 candidates were found to be valid after scrutiny. However, after withdrawal, the final number of candidates who will be contesting elections from Delhi stood at 162.
Though several candidates have gotten into the electoral battle in Delhi, the fight will largely be between the Bharatiya Janata Party, which wrested all seven seats in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, and the alliance of Aam Aadmi Party (4 seats) and Congress (3 seats).
| Constituency | Candidate Name | Party Name |
| Chandni Chowk | JP Agarwal | INC |
|
Praveen Khandelwal |
NDA | |
| New Delhi | Bansuri Swaraj | NDA |
| Somnath Bharti | AAP | |
| Raaj Kumar Anand | BSP | |
| East Delhi | Harsh Malhotra | NDA |
| Kuldeep Kumar | AAP | |
| West Delhi | Mahabal Mishra | AAP |
| Kamaljeet Sehrawat | NDA | |
| North West Delhi | Udit Raj | INC |
| Yogendra Chandolia | NDA | |
| North East Delhi | Manoj Tiwari | NDA |
| Kanhaiya Kumar | INC | |
|
South Delhi |
Ramvir Singh Bidhuri | NDA |
|
|
Sahi Ram Pehelwan | AAP |
Key Battles To Watch Out In Delhi
Out of these candidates, the key battles to watch out for will be in the North East Delhi seat where BJP's Manoj Tiwari, who is a two-time sitting MP, is in the fray against former student leader Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar.
The Bhojpuri singer-turned-politician is the only candidate of the saffron party who has been re-nominated and is vying for a third term.
AAP's three-time MLA from Malviya Nagar, Somnath Bharti, will be competing against BJP's Bansuri Swaraj in New Delhi seat. Besides them, Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand, who resigned from AAP, has entered the fray on a BSP ticket, making the fight three-cornered.
In East Delhi, BJP's Harsh Malhotra, who is the former mayor of East MCD, is pitted against another AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar.
In West Delhi, former mayor and BJP candidate Kamaljeet Sehrawat has been fielded against AAP's Mahabal Mishra. Mishra was elected as an MP from the West Delhi seat in 2009 on a Congress ticket.
Veteran Congress leader Jai Prakash Agarwal is in fray against the saffron party's candidate Praveen Khandelwal from the Chandni Chowk seat.
BJP MLA and opposition leader in Delhi assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri will face off AAP's Tugh;aqabad MLA Sahi Ram from the South Delhi seat.
In Northwest Delhi seat, BJP has pitted Yogendra Chandolia against former MP Udit Raj of Congress.
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