Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency

Chandni Chowk
Chandni Chowk
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1956
Reservation	None
Union Territory	Delhi
Assembly Constituencies	Adarsh Nagar; Shalimar Bagh; Shakur Basti; Tri Nagar; Wazirpur; Model Town; Sadar Bazar; Chandni Chowk; Matia Mahal; Ballimaran

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.

Political Map of Delhi showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2019 elections.

Assembly segmentsEdit

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
4	Adarsh Nagar	None	North Delhi
14	Shalimar Bagh	None	North West Delhi
15	Shakur Basti	None	North Delhi
16	Tri Nagar	None	North West Delhi
17	Wazirpur	None	North Delhi
18	Model Town	None	North Delhi
19	Sadar Bazar	None	Central Delhi
20	Chandni Chowk	None	Central Delhi
21	Matia Mahal	None	Central Delhi
22	Ballimaran	None	Central Delhi

From 1993-2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:^[2]

Pahar Ganj
Matia Mahal (Polling stations 1-83)
Ballimaran
Chandni Chowk
Minto Road (Polling station 136)
Ram Nagar (Polling stations 104-112)

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

Members of ParliamentEdit

Election	Member^[3]
1952	Does not exist
1957	Radha Raman	Indian National Congress
1962	Sham Nath	Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
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	J. P. Agarwal
1989	J. P. Agarwal
1991	Tarachand Khandelwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
Major boundary changes
1996	J. P. Agarwal	Indian National Congress
1998	Vijay Goel	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Vijay Goel	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Kapil Sibal	Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
2009	Kapil Sibal	Indian National Congress
2014	Harsh Vardhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Harsh Vardhan	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election resultsEdit

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General ElectionsEdit

2019 Indian general elections: Chandni Chowk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	5,19,055	52.94	+8.34
	INC	Jai Prakash Agarwal	2,90,910	29.67	+11.75
	AAP	Pankaj Kumar Gupta	1,44,551	14.74	-15.98
	BSP	Shahid Ali	9,026	0.92	+0.13
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,133	0.52	+0.06
Margin of victory			2,28,145	23.27	+9.39
Turnout			9,80,814	62.78	-5.06
	BJP hold		Swing	+8.36

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General ElectionsEdit

2014 Indian general elections: Chandni Chowk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	437,938	44.60	+10.64
	AAP	Ashutosh	301,618	30.72	N/A
	INC	Kapil Sibal	176,206	17.95	-41.72
	Independent	Dildar Hussain Beg	28,605	2.91	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,534	0.46	N/A
Majority			136,320	13.88	-11.83
Turnout			981,863	67.84	+12.63
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+10.64

15th Lok Sabha: 2009 General ElectionsEdit

2009 Indian general elections: Chandni Chowk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kapil Sibal	465,713	59.67	-11.49
	BJP	Vijender Gupta	265,003	33.96	+7.16
	BSP	Mohammad Mustaqeem	26,486	3.39	+2.59
Margin of victory			200,710	25.71	-18.65
Turnout			780,445	55.21	+2.17
	INC hold		Swing	-11.49

14th Lok Sabha: 2004 General ElectionsEdit

2004 Indian general elections: Chandni Chowk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kapil Sibal	127,395	71.17	+35.95
	BJP	Smriti Irani	47,978	26.80
	BSP	Gian Prakash Saini	1,444	0.81	N/A
Majority			79,415	44.37	+43.39
Turnout			179,003	53.04	-1.24
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	+31.25

13th Lok Sabha: 1999 General ElectionsEdit

1999 Indian general election: Chandni Chowk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Goel	74,001	36.19	+2.06
	INC	J. P. Agarwal	72,006	35.22	-9.70
	[[Janata Dal (Secular)\|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]]	Shoaib Iqbal	52,721	25.79	N/A
Margin of victory			1,995	0.97	-9.81
Turnout			204,453	54.28	-3.24
	BJP hold		Swing	+2.06

12th Lok Sabha: 1996 General ElectionsEdit

1996 Indian general election: Chandni Chowk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	J. P. Agarwal	92,634	44.92
	BJP	J. K. Jain	70,390	34.13
	JD	Viresh Pratap Chaudhry	23,225	11.26
Margin of victory			22,244	10.78
Turnout			206,234	57.52
	INC hold		Swing	Indian National Congress gain from bjp

ReferencesEdit

↑ "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.
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External linksEdit

Previous Lok Sabha Members by Constituency Lok Sabha website

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of National Capital Territory

Coordinates: 28°39′40″N 77°13′37″E / 28.6610°N 77.2270°E / 28.6610; 77.2270

[eci1-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.

[2] "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.

[3] Template:Rayment-hc

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