Chandni Chowk (Lok Sabha constituency)
Chandni Chowk [ edit ] | |
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Current MP | Harsh Vardhan |
Party | BJP |
Elected Year | 2014 |
State | Delhi |
Total Electors | 1,447,230 |
Most Successful Party | BJP (2 times) |
Political Map of Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi) showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2009 elections.
Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: चाँदनी चौक लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the seven Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1956.
Assembly segments
From 1966-93, Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:
- Civil Lines
- Chandni Chowk
- Ballimaran
- Ajmeri Gate
- Kucha Pati Ram
- Matia Mahal
- Pahar Ganj
- Qasabpura
From 1993-2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[1]
- Pahar Ganj
- Matia Mahal (Polling stations 1-83)
- Ballimaran
- Chandni Chowk
- Minto Road (Polling station 136)
- Ram Nagar (Polling stations 104-112)
Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1952 | Does not exist | ||
1957 | Radha Raman | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | Sham Nath | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | Ram Gopal Shalwale | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
1971 | Subhadra Joshi | Indian National Congress | |
1977 | Sikandar Bakht | Janata Party | |
1980 | Bhiku Ram Jain | Indian National Congress | |
1984 | Jai Prakash Agarwal | Indian National Congress | |
1989 | Jai Prakash Agarwal | Indian National Congress | |
1991 | Tarachand Khandelwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1996 | Jai Prakash Agarwal | Indian National Congress | |
1998 | Vijay Goel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1999 | Vijay Goel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2004 | Kapil Sibal | Indian National Congress | |
2009 | Kapil Sibal | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Harsh Vardhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
General Election 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | 4,37,938 | 44.58 | +10.62 | |
AAP | Ashutosh | 3,01,618 | 30.71 | N/A | |
INC | Kapil Sibal | 1,76,206 | 17.94 | -41.73 | |
IND. | Dildar Hussain Beg | 28,605 | 2.91 | N/A | |
BSP | Narendra Kumar Pandey | 7,746 | 0.79 | -2.60 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,534 | 0.46 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,36,320 | 13.87 | -11.84 | ||
Turnout | 9,81,863 | 67.85 | +12.64 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | +10.64 | |||
General Election 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kapil Sibal | 4,65,713 | 59.67 | -11.49 | |
BJP | Vijender Gupta | 2,65,003 | 33.96 | +7.16 | |
BSP | Mohammad Mustaqeem | 26,486 | 3.39 | +2.59 | |
Margin of victory | 2,00,710 | 25.71 | -18.65 | ||
Turnout | 7,80,445 | 55.21 | +2.17 | ||
INC hold | Swing | -11.49 |
General Election 2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kapil Sibal | 1,27,395 | 71.17 | +35.95 | |
BJP | Smriti Irani | 47,978 | 26.80 | ||
BSP | Gian Prakash Saini | 1,444 | 0.81 | N/A | |
Majority | 79,415 | 44.37 | +43.39 | ||
Turnout | 1,79,003 | 53.04 | -1.24 | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing | +31.25 | |||
General Election 1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Vijay Goel | 74,001 | 36.19 | +2.06 | |
INC | Jai Prakash Agarwal | 72,006 | 35.22 | -9.70 | |
JD(S) | Shoaib Iqbal | 52,721 | 25.79 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,995 | 0.97 | -9.81 | ||
Turnout | 2,04,453 | 54.28 | -3.24 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +2.06 |
General Election 1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Jai Prakash Agarwal | 92,634 | 44.92 | ||
BJP | J.K. Jain | 70,390 | 34.13 | ||
Janata Dal | Viresh Pratap Chaudhry | 23,225 | 11.26 | ||
Margin of victory | 22,244 | 10.78 | |||
Turnout | 2,06,234 | 57.52 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
See also
References
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004" (PDF). Government of Delhi website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06.
- ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
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