Madipur Assembly constituency

Madipur is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Madipur
Constituency No. 26 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
Union TerritoryDelhi
DistrictWest Delhi
Established1983
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Girish Soni
PartyAAP

Overview

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Present geographical structure of Madipur constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.[1] Madipur is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Assembly segments, namely, Uttam Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Dwarka, Matiala and Najafgarh.

Madipur Village

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Madipur Village is a census town and a village in West Delhi Tehsil in West Delhi District of Delhi State, India. It is located 8 km to the east of District headquarters Rajouri Garden, 5 km from West Delhi, 12 km from State capital Delhi. Madipur Village Pin code is 110063 and postal head office is Paschim Vihar. Paschim Vihar (2 km), Basai Dara Pur (3 km), Khyala village (3 km), Rajouri Garden (3 km), Sunder Vihar (3 km) are the nearby villages to Madipur Village. Madipur Village is surrounded by North West Delhi Tehsil to the north, Central Delhi Tehsil to the east, North Delhi Tehsil to the east, Bahadurgarh Tehsil to the west. Madipur is a big Yadav dominated village. Shri "JAILDAR UDMI SINGH YADAV" was the most dominant person of this village during 1900s. Most of the MADIPUR agricultural land was acquired by the DDA to develop this Area including PUNJABI BAGH WEST,PASCHIM PURI,SHYAM SIDHA COLONY, ARIHANT NAGAR, MADIPUR COLONY ORDINANCE DEPOT MADIPUR, SHIVAJI PARK ETC.It is famous for a pandavas era self originated shivling which is a source of pilgrimage to lakhs of devotees. Every year during shivratri festival it hosts a large fair near the temple. This village is one of leading manufacturing centres of handmade female footwear in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Name Party
1993 Swarup Chand Rajan Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Mala Ram Gangwal Indian National Congress
2003
2008
2013 Girish Soni Aam Aadmi Party
2015
2020

Election results

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2020

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Madipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Girish Soni 64,440 56.00 −1.24
BJP Kailash Sankla 41,721 36.26 +4.29
INC Jai Prakash Panwar 6,788 5.90 −2.99
NOTA None of the above 517 0.45 −0.06
Majority 22,719 19.74 −5.53
Turnout 1,15,157 65.79 −5.52
AAP hold Swing -1.24


2015

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Madipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Girish Soni 66,571 57.24 +21.27
BJP Raj Kumar 37,184 31.97 −2.91
INC Mala Ram Gangwal 10,350 8.89 −16.36
BSP Lala Ram 600 0.51 −1.63
NOTA None of the above 601 0.51 −0.31
Majority 29,387 25.27 +24.18
Turnout 1,16,313 71.31
AAP hold Swing +21.27


2013

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Madipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Girish Soni 36,393 35.97
BJP Kailash Sankla 35,290 34.88 −3.65
INC Mala Ram Gangwal 25,545 25.25 −23.50
BSP Mishri Lal Khorwal 2,169 2.14 −9.04
IDP Tara Chand 464 0.46
Independent Lalit Kumar Johar 269 0.27
Independent Mala Ram 190 0.19 −0.59
NOTA None 848 0.84
Majority 1,103 1.09 −9.13
Turnout 101,226 68.09
AAP gain from INC Swing


2008

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Madipur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mala Ram Gangwal 40,698 48.75 −2.21
BJP Kailash Sankla 32,166 38.53 −2.74
BSP Mohan Lal 9,337 11.18
Independent Mala Ram 649 0.78
Independent Nirmala 392 0.47
Independent Deepak Kumar 241 0.29
Majority 8,532 10.22 +0.53
Turnout 83,483 58.4 +3.20
INC hold Swing -2.21

2003

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Madipur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mala Ram Gangwal 33,329 50.96 −4.42
BJP Kailash 26,990 41.27 −0.79
SP Radhey Shyam 2,328 3.56
Independent Naval Kishore Bilunia 1,891 2.89
INLP Kalu Ram 382 0.58
Independent Rohtash 316 0.48
Independent Kushal Chand 170 0.26
Majority 6,339 9.69 −3.63
Turnout 65,406 55.20 +3.26
INC hold Swing -4.42

1998

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Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Madipur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mala Ram Gangwal 33,639 55.38 +12.91
BJP Laxman Singh Atal 25,543 42.06 −9.04
BSP Roop Singh Ahirwar 1,184 1.95 +1.04
Independent Naval Kishore 183 0.30
RPI Om Prakash Phulwaria 146 0.24 +0.10
SHS K R Sunda 42 0.07
Majority 8,096 13.32 +4.69
Turnout 60,737 51.94 −11.48
INC hold Swing +12.91

1993

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Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Madipur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Swarup Chand Rajan 28,861 51.10
INC Mala Ram Gangwal 23,986 42.47
JD B L Gautam 1,797 3.18
CPI Kanta Devi 886 1.57
BSP Roop Singh Ahirwar 512 0.91
Independent Shambhu Prasad 96 0.17
RPI Khoob Ram Khorwal 81 0.14
Independent Raj Kumar 72 0.13
Independent Prahalad Rai 58 0.10
SP P D Aditya 53 0.09
Doordarshi Party Ram Maruti 48 0.08
Independent Puran Chand Sakkarwal 33 0.06
Majority 4,875 8.63
Turnout 56,483 63.42
BJP hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
  2. ^ 2008 Election Commission of India
  3. ^ 2003 Election Commission of India
  4. ^ 1998 Election Commission of India
  5. ^ 1993 Election Commission of India

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