| 1952 | 1972 | 1977 | 1983 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electorate Lakhs | 7.4 | 20.7 | 27.4 | 33.5 | 58.5 | 84.2 | 84.5 | 107.3 | 119.4 |
| Turnout (%) | 58.5 | 68.9 | 55.8 | 55.6 | 61.8 | 48.5 | 53.4 | 57.8 | 66.0 |
| Seats | 48(6) | 56 | 56 | 56 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
| Candidates | 187 | 270 | 249 | 400 | 1316 | 815 | 817 | 875 | 810 |
| Indian National Congress (Cong) | 39(47) | 44(52) | 10(51) | 34(56) | 14(70) | 52(70) | 47(70) | 43(70) | 8(70) |
| 52.1% | 48.5% | 35.5% | 47.5% | 34.5% | 47.8 | 48.1% | 40.3% | 24.7% | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), | 5(31) | 5(56) | - | 19(50) | 49(70) | 15(67) | 20(70) | 23(69) | 31(68) |
| (BJS) till 1962 | 21.9% | 38.5% | - | 37.0% | 42.8% | 34.0% | 35.2% | 36.3% | 33.3% |
| Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28(70) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29.7% | |
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 0(1) | 3(4) | 0(4) | 0(2) | 0(12) | 0(3) | 0(2) | 0(5) | 0(10) |
| 0.5% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) | - | - | 0(1) | 0(1) | 0(6) | 0(4) | 0(3) | 0(4) | 0(3) |
| - | - | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
| Shrimoni Akali Dal (SAD) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(2) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.9% | |
| Janata Party (JP), | 2(6) | 0(11) | 46(56) | 1(37) | 0(20) | 0(8) | 0(2) | - | - |
| (SOC) till 1972 | 2.4% | 0.3% | 52.6% | 3.7% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | - | - |
| Lok Dal (LD), | - | 2(19) | - | 2(6) | 0(7) | 0(9) | - | 0(1) | - |
| (INCO) in 1972 | - | 2.0% | - | 4.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | - | 0.0% | - |
| Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0(14) | 1(41) | 0(16) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.2% | |
| Janata Dal United (JDU), | - | - | - | - | 4(70) | 1(48) | 0(17) | 0(11) | 1(27) |
| (JD) 1993-1998 | - | - | - | - | 12.6% | 1.8% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.9% |
| Janata Dal Secular (JDS) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(12) | 0(3) | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.80% | 0.0% | - | |
| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(33) | 0(16) | 0(9) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.2% | 1.4% | 0.1% |
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | - | - | - | - | 0(55) | 0(58) | 0(40) | 2(70) | 0(69) |
| - | - | - | - | 1.9% | 3.1% | 5.8% | 14.0% | 5.4% | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindi Mahasabha (ABHM) | 1(5) | 0(1) | 0(2) | - | 0(3) | 0(3) | 0(9) | 0(11) | 0(1) |
| 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Others | 0(19) | 0(23) | 0(6) | 0(5) | 0(237) | 0(192) | 0(301) | 0(216) | 0(243) |
| 5.9% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.5% | 4.1% | 2.4% | 2.7% | 1.8% | |
| Independents (IND) | 1(78) | 2(104) | 0(129) | 0(243) | 3(766) | 2(353) | 1(284) | 1(358) | 1(222) |
| 15.9% | 5.6% | 8.3% | 7.3% | 5.9% | 8.7% | 4.9% | 3.9% | 2.9% |
Election Dates-1972:March 11; 1977:June 12; 1993:November 6. Results from 1952 to 1983 refer to Metropolitan Council of Delhi.
1998: November 25, 2003: December 1; 2008: Nov 29, 2013: Dec 4.
(BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh,(SOC) Socialist Party, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (JD) Janata Dal.
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Seats