South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966.
South Delhi | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
Union Territory | Delhi |
Assembly constituencies | |
Established | 1966 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2019 |
The seat was a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009, after delimitation, INC won this seat.[1] Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP is the MP representing the constituency since 2014.[2]
Assembly segments edit
Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[3]
# | Name | District | Member | Party | |
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36 | Bijwasan | South West Delhi | Bhupinder Singh Joon | AAP | |
37 | Palam | Bhavna Gaur | AAP | ||
45 | Mehrauli | South Delhi | Naresh Yadav | AAP | |
46 | Chhatarpur | Kartar Singh Tanwar | AAP | ||
47 | Deoli (SC) | Prakash Jarwal | AAP | ||
48 | Ambedkar Nagar (SC) | Ajay Dutt | AAP | ||
49 | Sangam Vihar | South East Delhi | Dinesh Mohaniya | AAP | |
51 | Kalkaji | Atishi Marlena | AAP | ||
52 | Tughlakabad | Sahiram | AAP | ||
53 | Badarpur | Ramvir Singh Bidhuri | BJP |
From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[4]
- Okhla
- Kalkaji
- Malviya Nagar (Polling stations 1–60 and 71–128)
- Hauz Khas
- R K Puram
- Delhi Cantt
- Janakpuri (Polling stations 1–91)
- Hari Nagar
- Tilak Nagar
- Rajouri Garden
- Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94–107)
- Gole Market (Polling stations 101–109)
- Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 22 and 115–119)
From 1966 to 1993, South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:
- Delhi Cantt
- Okhla
- Malviya Nagar
- R K Puram
- Hauz Khas
- Ashok Nagar
- Tilak Nagar
- Rajouri Garden
Members of Parliament edit
The South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was created in 1967. The list of Member of Parliament (MP) is as follows:
^By-Poll
Election results edit
2024 general elections edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Ramvir Singh Bidhuri | ||||
AAP | Sahiram Pehalwan | ||||
Others | |||||
NOTA | None of the above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing |
2019 general elections edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Ramesh Bidhuri | 687,014 | 56.58 | +11.41 | |
AAP | Raghav Chadha | 3,19,971 | 26.35 | -9.12 | |
INC | Vijender Singh | 1,64,613 | 13.56 | +2.20 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 5,264 | 0.43 | +0.07 | |
Majority | 3,67,043 | 30.23 | +20.53 | ||
Turnout | 12,14,545 | 58.75 | -4.22 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +11.41 |
2014 general election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Ramesh Bidhuri | 4,97,980 | 45.17 | +8.65 | |
AAP | Col. Devinder Sehrawat | 3,90,980 | 35.47 | N/A | |
INC | Ramesh Kumar | 1,25,213 | 11.36 | -37.91 | |
IND. | Ruby Yadav | 56,749 | 5.15 | N/A | |
BSP | Sanjay Kumar Rai | 10,873 | 0.99 | -11.06 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,010 | 0.36 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,07,000 | 9.70 | -3.05 | ||
Turnout | 11,02,410 | 62.90 | +15.49 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | -4.10 |
2009 general election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ramesh Kumar | 3,60,278 | 49.27 | +2.36 | |
BJP | Ramesh Bidhuri | 2,67,059 | 36.52 | −13.73 | |
BSP | Kanwar Singh Tanwar | 88,120 | 12.05 | +11.19 | |
CPI | Shrichand Tanwar | 5,244 | 0.72 | N/A | |
Majority | 93,219 | 12.75 | +9.41 | ||
Turnout | 7,31,294 | 47.41 | +7.54 | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing | +2.36 |
2004 general election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra | 2,40,654 | 50.25 | −2.00 | |
INC | R. K. Anand | 2,24,649 | 46.91 | +0.66 | |
Independent | Shiv Khera | 4,832 | 1.01 | +1.01 | |
BSP | Surjeet Singh Assie | 4,100 | 0.86 | +0.66 | |
Majority | 16,005 | 3.34 | −2.66 | ||
Turnout | 4,78,876 | 39.87 | −2.00 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | −2.00 |
1999 general election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra | 2,61,230 | 52.25 | −5.99 | |
INC | Dr. Manmohan Singh | 2,31,231 | 46.25 | +8.50 | |
Independent | Mohammad Sarif | 2,846 | 0.57 | N/A | |
BSP | Narendra Nath Shukla | 1,021 | 0.20 | −1.60 | |
Majority | 29,999 | 6.00 | −14.49 | ||
Turnout | 4,99,937 | 41.87 | |||
BJP hold | Swing | −5.99 |
1998 general election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Sushma Swaraj | 3,31,756 | 58.24 | +3.55 | |
INC | Ajay Maken | 2,15,043 | 37.75 | +4.23 | |
BSP | Nisha Gotam | 10,260 | 1.80 | N/A | |
Independent | Jagjit Singh | 1,185 | 0.21 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,16,713 | 20.49 | −0.68 | ||
Turnout | 5,69,597 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | +3.55 |
1996 general election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Sushma Swaraj | 2,94,570 | 54.69 | +15.20 | |
INC | Kapil Sibal | 1,80,564 | 33.52 | +3.63 | |
AIIC(T) | Manoj Prabhakar | 17,690 | 3.28 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,14,006 | 21.17 | +11.96 | ||
Turnout | 5,38,551 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | +15.20 |
1991 general election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Madan Lal Khurana | 2,08,728 | 39.49 | −21.17 | |
INC | Romesh Bhandari | 1,58,005 | 29.89 | −8.25 | |
Majority | 48,723 | 9.21 | −13.30 | ||
Turnout | 5,28,550 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | −21.17 |
1989 general election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Madan Lal Khurana | 3,82,904 | 60.66 | ||
INC | Subhash Chopra | 77,910 | 22.14 | ||
Majority | 2,04,994 | 38.51 | |||
Turnout | 4,66,370 | ||||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
1984 general election edit
- Lalit Maken (Cong) : 215,898 votes [6]
- Vijay Kumar Malhotra (BJP) : 130,847
1985 bye-poll edit
- Arjun Singh (Cong) : 161,744 votes [7]
- V.K. Malhotra (BJP) : 121,830
1980 general election edit
- Charanjit Singh (Cong - I) : 150,513 votes
- Vijay Kumar Malhotra (Janata Party) : 146,413
- Shashi Bhushan (Cong - Urs) : 6339
- Balraj Madhok (Ind) : 2196 votes
1967 general election edit
- Balraj Madhok (BJS) : 105,611 votes [8]
- R. Singh (INC) : 69290
References edit
- ^ South Delhi Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabhaCNN IBN.
- ^ "Ramesh Bidhuri wins: margin 1.07 lakh votes". The Hindu. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004" (PDF). Government of Delhi website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011.
- ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "South Delhi Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
- ^ "1984 India General (8th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
- ^ "1967 India General (4th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".