Vikaspuri (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Vikaspuri
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	West Delhi
State	Delhi
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	AAP
MLA	Mahinder Yadav

Vikaspuri Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: विकासपुरी विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Overview

Present geographical structure of Vikaspuri constituency came into existence in 2008 (Constituency didn't exist before 2008^[1]) as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.^[2]

Vikaspuri is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Uttam Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri, Matiala, Dwarka, Madipur and Najafgarh.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

BJP INC AAP

	Member	Party
2008	Nand Kishore	Indian National Congress
2013	Mahinder Yadav	Aam Aadmi Party
2015	Mahinder Yadav	Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2015 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015: Vikaspuri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AAP	Mahinder Yadav	1,32,437	62.53	+28.20
	BJP	Sanjay Singh	54,772	25.86	-8.24
	INC	Nand Kishore	19,540	9.23	-16.96
	BSP	Radhey Sham Tyagi	4,169	1.01	-1.30
Majority			77,665	36.67	+36.45
Turnout			2,11,802
	AAP hold		Swing	+28.20

2013 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2013: Vikaspuri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AAP	Mahinder Yadav	62,032	34.33
	BJP	Krishan Gahlot	61,627	34.10	-0.17
	INC	Nand Kishore	47,331	26.19	-8.77
	BSP	Sanjay Kumar	4,169	2.31	-9.95
	Independent	Jitender Dahiya	1,267	0.70
	JD(U)	Naresh Kumar	1,191	0.66
	Shiv Sena	Sangeeta Chauhan	634	0.35
	Independent	Suresh Kumar	523	0.29
	Independent	Radhey Shyam Singh	295	0.16
	Independent	Mohd Naeem	218	0.12
	NOTA	None	1,426	0.79
Majority			405	0.22	-0.47
Turnout			180,713
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

2008 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2008: Vikaspuri^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Nand Kishore	47,819	34.96
	BJP	Krishan Gahlot	46,876	34.27
	BSP	Ashok Kumar Lakra	16,765	12.26
	Independent	Sanjay Singh	9,634	7.04
	Independent	Ravinder Singh	7,158	5.23
	NCP	Brij Bhushan	2,687	1.96
	Independent	Shiv Prasad	1,045	0.76
	SP	Itwari	1,035	0.76
	Independent	Sunil Kumar	780	0.57
	Independent	Prem Verma	537	0.39
	Independent	Sushil Kumar Sharma	385	0.28
	Independent	Virender Kumar	383	0.28
	Independent	Satish Kumar	291	0.21
	Independent	Vinod Kumar	271	0.20
	Independent	Bishan Singh	238	0.17
	BJSH	Mahender Kumar	205	0.15
	Independent	Dilbag Singh	186	0.14
	Independent	Inderjeet Verma	184	0.13
	ABHM	Bhopal Singh	148	0.11
	RSMD	Jitender Singh	147	0.11
Majority			943	0.69
Turnout			136,774	55.6
	INC hold		Swing

References

↑ 19 old constituencies make way for new ones
↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
↑ 2008 Election Commission of India

Delhi Legislative Assembly
Assemblies	First (1993–98) Second (1998–2003) Third (2003–08) Fourth (2008–13) Fifth (2013–14) Sixth (2015–)
Constituencies	Adarsh Nagar Ambedkar Nagar Babarpur Badarpur Badli Ballimaran Bawana Bijwasan Burari Chandni Chowk Chhatarpur Delhi Cantt Deoli Dwarka Gandhi Nagar Ghonda Gokalpur Greater Kailash Hari Nagar Janakpuri Jangpura Kalkaji Karawal Nagar Karol Bagh Kasturba Nagar Kirari Kondli Krishna Nagar Laxmi Nagar Madipur Malviya Nagar Mangol Puri Matia Mahal Matiala Mehrauli Model Town Moti Nagar Mundka Mustafabad Najafgarh Nangloi Jat Nerela New Delhi Okhla Palam Patel Nagar Patparganj R.K. Puram Rajinder Nagar Rajouri Garden Rithala Rohini Rohtas Nagar Sadar Bazar Sangam Vihar Seelampur Seemapuri Shahdara Shakur Basti Shalimar Bagh Sultan Pur Majra Tilak Nagar Timarpur Tri Nagar Trilokpuri Tughlakabad Uttam Nagar Vikaspuri Vishwas Nagar Wazirpur
Former constituencies	Geeta Colony Yamuna Vihar

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