Chandni Chowk (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency 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]
- Adarsh Nagar
- Shalimar Bagh
- Shakur Basti
- Tri Nagar
- Wazirpur
- Model Town
- Sadar Bazar
- Chandni Chowk
- Matia Mahal
- Ballimaran
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
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 2019
Indian general elections, 2014: Chandni Chowk[4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
AAP | Ashutosh | 8,01,618 | 30.72 | N/A | |
INC | Kapil Sibal | 1,76,206 | 17.95 | -41.72 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,534 | 0.46 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,36,320 | 13.88 | -11.83 | ||
Turnout | 9,85,745 | 67.84 | +12.61 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | +10.64 | |||
General Election 2009
Indian general elections, 2009: Chandni Chowk | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
INC | Kapil Sibal | 4,65,713 | 59.67 | -11.49 | |
BSP | Mohammad Mustaqeem | 26,486 | 3.39 | +2.59 | |
Margin of victory | 2,00,710 | 25.71 | -18.65 | ||
Turnout | 7,80,445 | 55.23 | +2.19 | ||
INC hold | Swing | -11.49 | |||
General Election 2004
Indian general elections, 2004: Chandni Chowk | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
INC | Kapil Sibal | 7,27,936 | 71.17 | +35.95 | |
BSP | Gian Prakash Saini | 1,444 | 0.81 | N/A | |
Majority | 79,415 | 44.36 | +43.39 | ||
Turnout | 1,79,547 | 53.04 | -1.24 | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing | +31.25 | |||
General Election 1999
Indian general election, 1999: Chandni Chowk | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Indian general election, 1996: Chandni Chowk | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
- Chandni Chowk
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004". Government of Delhi website.
- ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
- ↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.
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