Sangam Vihar (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Sangam Vihar
constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District

South Delhi

Pincode-110080
State Delhi
Current constituency
Created 2008
Party AAP
MLA DINESH MOHANIYA


Sangam Vihar Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: संगम विहार विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Overview

Present geographical structure of Sangam Vihar 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]

Sangam Vihar is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Bijwasan, Ambedkar Nagar, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, Palam, Badarpur and Mehrauli. It is the largest unauthorised colony of Asia. Around 1.5 million lived there. There is only one government school for around 5 lakhs people. water supply is mainly through tankers. There is no government hospital.

It is in a major part of South Delhi and has large areas of forest and unused land connected on the other side with Haryana borders. But still government interactions in this area is very limited.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Assembly Name of the Member Political Party
Fourth Dr. S.C.L. Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifth Dinesh Mohaniya Aam Aadmi Party
Sixth Dinesh Mohaniya Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2015 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015: Sangam Vihar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Dinesh Mohaniya 72,131 65.95 +38.08
BJP Dr. Shiv Charan Lal Gupta 28,143 25.73 -1.27
INC Vishan Swaroop Agarwal 3,423 3.13 -15.30
BSP Shish Pal Singh 3,146 2.87 -8.18
NOTA None of the above 467 0.42 +0.09
Majority 43,988 40.22 +39.35
Turnout 1,09,358
AAP hold Swing +37.45

2013 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2013: Sangam Vihar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Dinesh Mohaniya 24,851 27.87
BJP Shiv Charan Lal Gupta 24,074 27.00 -0.37
INC Jag Parvesh 16,435 18.43 -4.11
BSP Vir Singh 9,850 11.05 -4.68
JD(U) Shish Pal Singh 9,010 10.10 +9.96
Independent Dasharth Chohan 1,500 1.68
PECP Shahid 753 0.84
Independent Kalpana Jha 508 0.57
Proutist Bloc Amarjeet Verma 484 0.54
Independent Lokesh Kumar 281 0.32
Independent Diwakar Jha 246 0.28
RMSP Ram Wati 199 0.22
Independent Shailendra Kumar 193 0.22
Indian Justice Party Rita Gill 172 0.19 -0.04
RJSP Dipankar Banerjee 152 0.17
SP Naresh Sharma 91 0.10 -12.91
LJP Mohd Younus 70 0.08 -3.93
NOTA None 298 0.33
Majority 777 0.87 -3.96
Turnout 89,167
AAP gain from BJP Swing

2008 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2008: Sangam Vihar[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr S C L Gupta 20,332 27.37
INC Amod Kumar Kanth 16,743 22.54
BSP Ranjit Singh 11,687 15.73
NCP Vir Singh 10,577 14.24
SP A K Gupta 9,665 13.01
LJP Suresh Choudhary 2,975 4.01
Independent Vijay Dua 424 0.57
Independent Rekha 360 0.48
RBCP Karan Singh Kadam 269 0.36
NLHP Md Nasir Khan 219 0.29
Independent Kailash Giri 219 0.29
Independent Mohd Anwar Alam 211 0.28
Independent Jag Prasad 191 0.26
Independent Bimal Gupta 153 0.21
Indian Justice Party Brahm Pal Singh 152 0.20
JD(U) Mahesh Chandra Singh 104 0.14
Majority 3,589 4.83
Turnout 74,281 51.4
BJP hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
  2. ↑ 2008 Election Commission of India