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Lok Sabha election 2019: Delhi will see a fight amongst AAP, BJP and Congress
The Lok Sabha election 2019 will be held on May 12 and the votes will be counted on May 23.
It will be a triangular contest in the Lok Sabha election 2019 in New Delhi, where the ruling AAP will contest against the Congress party and the BJP.
The chief of Congress’ Delhi unit Sheila Dikshit firmly shut the doors on the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, which had proposed that the two rival parties work together to counter the BJP, which holds all the seven seats to the Lok Sabha in the national capital.
All the three parties have said they are confident about winning the election to the 17th Lok Sabha.
The Lok Sabha election 2019 will be held on May 12 and the votes will be counted on May 23.
Here is how the numbers and names stack up in Delhi:
*Date of voting: May 12
*Counting of votes: May 23
* Ruling party/coalition in the state: Aam Aadmi Party
* Number of Lok Sabha seats in Delhi: 7
* Party wise break-up of the Lok Sabha seats: BJP-7
* Number of voters in the state: 1,36,95, 291
* Voter turnout in 2014: 64%
* Number of assembly seats: 70
* Party wise break-up of assembly seats: AAP-66; BJP-4
* Key leaders across parties: Sheila Dikshit (Congress), Arvind Kejriwal (AAP), Manoj Tiwari (BJP)
* Key issues
Full statehood status for Delhi
Regularisation of unauthorised colonies
The growing tension between the state and the Centre and its impact on development projects such as Metro Phase-IV, Regional Rapid Transit System and governance
Sealing and demolition in commercial establishments
The work done by the AAP government in the last four years
