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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Delhi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name= South Delhi
|Existence = 1966
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMP =[[Ramesh Bidhuri]]
|CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
|State =
|AssemblyConstituencies =[[Bijwasan (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Bijwasan]] 
[[Palam (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Palam]] [[Mehrauli (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Mehrauli]] [[Chhatarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Chhatarpur]] [[Deoli (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Deoli]] [[Ambedkar Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Ambedkar Nagar]] [[Sangam Vihar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Sangam Vihar]] [[Kalkaji (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Kalkaji]] [[Tughlakabad (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Tughlakabad]] [[Badarpur, Delhi Assembly constituency|Badarpur]]
|UnionTerritory=[[Delhi]]|SuccessfulParty=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (8 times)}}
[[File:Delhi Lok Sabha election result 2019.png|alt=|thumb|Political Map of Delhi showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2019 elections.]]

'''South Delhi''' Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies in the [[India]]n National Capital Territory of [[Delhi]]. This constituency came into existence in 1966.

The seat was a stronghold of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] for many years but in 2009, after delimitation, [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won this seat.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090519181157/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/30/30/southdelhi.html South Delhi Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabha][[CNN IBN]].</ref> [[Ramesh Bidhuri]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] is the MP representing the constituency since 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/Ramesh-Bidhuri-wins-margin-107-lakh-votes/article6018553.ece|title=Ramesh Bidhuri wins: margin 1.07 lakh votes|work=The Hindu|date=17 May 2014|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>

==Assembly segments==
Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:<ref name="eci1">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=556}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="500px"
! width="50px" style="font-size:75%" |Constituency number
! width="200px" |Name
! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
! width="150px" |District
|-
|36
|[[Bijwasan (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Bijwasan]]
|None
|[[South West Delhi district|South West Delhi]]
|-
|37
|[[Palam (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Palam]]
|None
|[[South West Delhi district|South West Delhi]]
|-
|45
|[[Mehrauli (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Mehrauli]]
|None
|[[South Delhi]]
|-
|46
|[[Chhatarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Chhatarpur]]
|None
|[[South Delhi]]
|-
|47
|[[Deoli (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Deoli]]
|SC
|[[South Delhi]]
|-
|48
|[[Ambedkar Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Ambedkar Nagar]]
|SC
|[[South Delhi]]
|-
|49
|[[Sangam Vihar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Sangam Vihar]]
|None
|[[South East Delhi district|South East Delhi]]
|-
|51
|[[Kalkaji (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Kalkaji]]
|None
|[[South East Delhi district|South East Delhi]]
|-
|52
|[[Tughlakabad (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Tughlakabad]]
|None
|[[South East Delhi district|South East Delhi]]
|-
|53
|[[Badarpur, Delhi Assembly constituency|Badarpur]]
|None
|[[South East Delhi district|South East Delhi]]
|-
|}
From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following [[Delhi Vidhan Sabha]] segments:<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004|url=http://www.delhi.gov.in/DoIT/DoIT_CEO/parliamentary.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006180007/http://www.delhi.gov.in/DoIT/DoIT_CEO/parliamentary.pdf|archive-date=2011-10-06|publisher=Government of Delhi website}}</ref>
# [[Okhla (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Okhla]]
# [[Kalkaji (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Kalkaji]]
# [[Malviya Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Malviya Nagar]] (Polling stations 1–60 and 71–128)
# Hauz Khas
# [[R K Puram (Delhi Assembly constituency)|R K Puram]]
# [[Delhi Cantt (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Delhi Cantt]]
# [[Janakpuri (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Janakpuri]] (Polling stations 1–91)
# [[Hari Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Hari Nagar]]
# [[Tilak Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Tilak Nagar]]
# [[Rajouri Garden (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rajouri Garden]]
# Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94–107)
# [[Gole Market]] (Polling stations 101–109)
# [[Kasturba Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|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 (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Delhi Cantt]]
# [[Okhla (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Okhla]]
# [[Malviya Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Malviya Nagar]]
# [[R K Puram (Delhi Assembly constituency)|R K Puram]]
# Hauz Khas
# Ashok Nagar
# [[Tilak Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Tilak Nagar]]
# [[Rajouri Garden (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rajouri Garden]]

==Members of Lok Sabha==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election!!Member
!colspan="2" |Party
|-
| 1952-57-62
| colspan="3" align="center" |''Does not exist''
|-
| [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| [[Balraj Madhok]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[Shashi Bhushan]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[Janata Party]]
|-
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| [[Charanjit Singh Atwal|Charanjit Singh]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| [[Lalit Maken]] (Died in 1985)
|-
| 1985 By-election
| [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]] (bye-poll)
|-
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
| rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="6" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|-
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Sushma Swaraj]]
|-
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|-
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
|-
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|-
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| [[Ramesh Kumar (politician)|Ramesh Kumar]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="1" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Ramesh Bidhuri]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|}

==Election results==
===2019 general election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[South Delhi]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ramesh Bidhuri]]
|votes = 6,87,014
|percentage = 56.58
|change = +11.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = [[Raghav Chadha]]
|votes = 3,19,971
|percentage = 26.35
|change = -9.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Vijender Singh]]
|votes = 1,64,613
|percentage = 13.56
|change = +2.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 5,264
|percentage = 0.43
|change = +0.07
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,67,043
|percentage = 30.23
|change = +20.53
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,14,545
|percentage = 58.75
|change = -4.22
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +11.41
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014 general election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[South Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU057.htm?ac=7|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|publisher=ECI|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ramesh Bidhuri]]
|votes = 4,97,980
|percentage = 45.17
|change = +8.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = [[Devinder Kumar Sehrawat|Col. Devinder Sehrawat]]
|votes = 3,90,980
|percentage = 35.47
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Ramesh Kumar (politician)|Ramesh Kumar]]
|votes = 1,25,213
|percentage = 11.36
|change = -37.91
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
|candidate = Ruby Yadav
|votes = 56,749
|percentage = 5.15
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sanjay Kumar Rai
|votes = 10,873
|percentage = 0.99
|change = -11.06
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 4,010
|percentage = 0.36
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,07,000
|percentage = 9.70
|change = -3.05
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,02,410
|percentage = 62.90
|change = +15.49
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = -4.10
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2009 general election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[South Delhi]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Ramesh Kumar (politician)|Ramesh Kumar]]
|votes = 3,60,278
|percentage = 49.27
|change = +2.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ramesh Bidhuri]]
|votes = 2,67,059
|percentage = 36.52
|change = −13.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[Kanwar Singh Tanwar]]
|votes = 88,120
|percentage = 12.05
|change = +11.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Shrichand Tanwar
|votes = 5,244
|percentage = 0.72
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 93,219
|percentage = 12.75
|change = +9.41
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,31,294
|percentage = 47.41
|change = +7.54
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +2.36
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2004 general election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[South Delhi]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra|Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
|votes = 2,40,654
|percentage = 50.25
|change = −2.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[RK Anand|R. K. Anand]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 2,24,649
|percentage = 46.91
|change = +0.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Shiv Khera]]
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 4,832
|percentage = 1.01
|change = +1.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Surjeet Singh Assie
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 4,100
|percentage = 0.86
|change = +0.66
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,005
|percentage = 3.34
|change = −2.66
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,78,876
|percentage = 39.87
|change = −2.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = −2.00
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1999 general election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: [[South Delhi]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra|Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
|votes = 2,61,230
|percentage = 52.25
|change = −5.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Dr. Manmohan Singh]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 2,31,231
|percentage = 46.25
|change = +8.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mohammad Sarif
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 2,846
|percentage = 0.57
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Narender Nath Shukla
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 1,021
|percentage = 0.20
|change = −1.60
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29,999
|percentage = 6.00
|change = −14.49
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,99,937
|percentage = 41.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = −5.99
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1998 general election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election]]: [[South Delhi]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sushma Swaraj]]
|votes = 3,31,756
|percentage = 58.24
|change = +3.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Ajay Maken]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 2,15,043
|percentage = 37.75
|change = +4.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Nisha Gotam
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 10,260
|percentage = 1.80
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jagjit Singh
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 1,185
|percentage = 0.21
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,16,713
|percentage = 20.49
|change = −0.68
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,69,597
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +3.55
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1996 general election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election]]: [[South Delhi]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sushma Swaraj]]
|votes = 2,94,570
|percentage = 54.69
|change = +15.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Kapil Sibal]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 1,80,564
|percentage = 33.52
|change = +3.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Manoj Prabhakar]]
|party = All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
|votes = 17,690
|percentage = 3.28
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,14,006
|percentage = 21.17
|change = +11.96
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,38,551
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +15.20
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1991 general election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election]]: [[South Delhi]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|votes = 2,08,728
|percentage = 39.49
|change = −21.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Romesh Bhandari]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 1,58,005
|percentage = 29.89
|change = −8.25
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 48,723
|percentage = 9.21
|change = −13.30
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,28,550
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = −21.17
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1989 general election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Indian general election]]: [[South Delhi]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|votes = 3,82,904
|percentage = 60.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Subhash Chopra]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 77,910
|percentage = 22.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,04,994
|percentage = 38.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,66,370
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1984 general election===
* Lalit Maken (Cong) : 215,898 votes <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/south-delhi-lok-sabha|title = South Delhi Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency}}</ref>
* Vijay Kumar Malhotra (BJP) : 130,847

====1985 bye-poll====
* Arjun Singh (Cong) : 161,744 votes <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1984-election-results.html|title = 1984 India General (8th Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref>
* V.K. Malhotra (BJP) : 121,830

===1980 general election===
* 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===
* Balraj Madhok (BJS) : 105,611 votes <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|title = 1967 India General (4th Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref>
* R. Singh (INC) : 69290

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
* [[Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of National Capital Territory}}

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