Lok Sabha Polls 2024 | Congress-AAP announce seat-sharing in Delhi, other states
Lok Sabha Pollls 2024 | In a significant move, Congress and AAP announce seat-sharing in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Chandigarh and Goa for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024, likely to be held in April-May this year.
During a press conference, Congress General Secretary Mukul Wasnik announced that the AAP will compete in three constituencies in Delhi: New Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi, and East Delhi. The Congress party will contest in the remaining three constituencies: Chandni Chowk, North East, and North West Delhi.'
In Delhi (7 seats), Congress to contest on 3 and AAP on 4
In Gujarat (26 seats), Congress to contest on 24 and AAP on 2 (in Bharuch and Bhavnagar)
In Haryana (10 seats), Congress to contest 9 and AAP on 1 (Kurukshetra)
In Chandigarh, Congress to contest on the lone seat
In Goa, Congress to contest on both seats.
No agreement on seat-sharing was declared for Punjab, despite earlier statements from the ruling AAP that it would field candidates in all 12 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
The seat-sharing alliance came through after several rounds of deliberations this week and today, as well as a meeting held at KC Venugopal's house in Delhi.
In the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha the BJP won all seven seats from Delhi. In the 2004 elections the Congress had won 6 seats and the BJP 1 seat while in 2009 Lok Sabha polls the Congress won all 7 seats in Delhi.
Meanwhile the Aam Admi Party had dominated the assembly elections winning 67 of the 70 seats in the 2015 assembly election and 62 of 70 assembly seats in the 2020 elections.
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