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3rd Delhi Assembly

third Legislative Assembly of Delhi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ19898634 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted in 2003 after Delhi Legislative Assembly election held on 1 December 2003.

Election and Government formation

In all, six national parties, twelve state parties, forty-five registered (unrecognized) parties and other independent candidates contested for 70 assembly seats. With 47 seats, INC emerged as the single largest party and formed the Government with Sheila Dikshit as the Chief Minister. BJP won 20 seats and secured the second position. JD(S), NCP and Independent contestant each won one seat.

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The public source identifies “3rd Delhi Assembly” as third Legislative Assembly of Delhi. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Delhi, Assembly and third.

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This entry incorporates text from “3rd Delhi Assembly” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.