East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency

East Delhi
East Delhi
Lok Sabha Constituency
	File:Gautam Gambhir - LS MP.jpg Gautam Gambhir
Incumbent	Gautam Gambhir
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1967
Reservation	None
Union Territory	Delhi
Assembly Constituencies	Jangpura; Okhla; Trilokpuri; Kondli; Patparganj; Laxmi Nagar ; Vishwas Nagar; Krishna Nagar; Gandhi Nagar; Shahdara

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Political map of Delhi showing parliamentary constituencies as of 2019 elections.

East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 7 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966. It presently comprises 40 municipal wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi with approximately 16 lakh voters and a population of approx 25 lakhs.^[1]

East Delhi is one of the larger and highly populated Lok Sabha constituencies not only in Delhi but all over India. The constituency covers areas east of the Yamuna and has a large population, including Seelampur, Shahdara, Gandhi Nagar and Preet Vihar. The current MP from here is Gautam Gambhir.

Assembly segments[edit]

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
41	Jangpura	None	South East Delhi
54	Okhla	None	South East Delhi
55	Trilokpuri	SC	East Delhi
56	Kondli	SC	East Delhi
57	Patparganj	None	East Delhi
58	Laxmi Nagar	None	East Delhi
59	Vishwas Nagar	None	Shahdara
60	Krishna Nagar	None	East Delhi
61	Gandhi Nagar	None	East Delhi
62	Shahdara	None	Shahdara

From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:^[3] Trilokpuri, Patparganj, Mandawali, Geeta Colony, Gandhi Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara, Seemapuri, Nand Nagari, Rohtas Nagar, Babarpur, Seelampur, Ghonda, Yamuna Vihar, Qarawal Nagar, Wazirpur, Nerela (Polling stations 1-64 and 70-97), Bhalswa Jahangirpur (Polling stations 3-163), Adarsh Nagar, Timarpur (Polling stations 46, 97-101) and Model Town (Polling stations 103-113)

From 1966 to 1993, the constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments: Wazirabad, Narela, Gita Colony, Gandhi Nagar, Krishan Nagar, Shahdara, Rohtas Nagar and Ghonda

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election	Member
1952-57-62	Does not exist
1967	Hardayal Devgun	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971	H. K. L. Bhagat	Indian National Congress
1977	Kishore Lal	Janata Party
1980	H. K. L. Bhagat	Indian National Congress (I)
1984		Indian National Congress
1989		Indian National Congress
1991	Baikunth Lal Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
Major boundary changes
1996	Baikunth Lal Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
1997 (By Poll)	Lal Bihari Tiwari
1998
1999
2004	Sandeep Dikshit	Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
2009	Sandeep Dikshit	Indian National Congress
2014	Maheish Girri	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Gautam Gambhir	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit]

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: East Delhi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gautam Gambhir	6,96,158	55.35	+7.52
	INC	Arvinder Singh Lovely	3,04,934	24.24	+7.25
	AAP	Atishi Marlena	2,19,328	17.44	-14.47
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,920	0.39	-0.03
Majority			3,91,222	31.11	+15.19
Turnout			12,58,195	61.70	-3.69
	BJP hold		Swing	+7.52

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: East Delhi^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Maheish Girri	5,72,202	47.83	+15.53
	AAP	Rajmohan Gandhi	3,81,739	31.91	N/A
	INC	Sandeep Dikshit	2,03,240	16.99	-43.42
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,975	0.42	N/A
Majority			1,90,463	15.92	-12.19
Turnout			11,96,336	65.39	+11.96
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+15.53

15th Lok Sabha: 2009 General Elections[edit]

2009 Indian general election: East Delhi^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sandeep Dikshit	5,18,001	60.41	+4.19
	BJP	Chetan Chauhan	2,76,948	32.30	-4.63
	BSP	Mohammad Yunus	45,447	5.30	+1.02
	IND.	Vikram Seth	3,556	0.41
	[[Lok Dal\|Template:Lok Dal/meta/shortname]]	Abdul Gaffar	3,157	0.37
Majority			2,41,053	28.11	+8.81
Turnout			8,57,406	53.43
	INC hold		Swing	+1.88

14th Lok Sabha: 2004 General Elections[edit]

2004 Indian general election: East Delhi^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sandeep Dikshit	6,69,527	56.22	+13.97
	BJP	Lal Bihari Tiwari	4,39,748	36.93	-13.29
	BSP	Bal Raj SIngh	50,985	4.28	+0.67
Majority			2,29,779	19.30	+11.37
Turnout			11,90,814
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	+7.33

13th Lok Sabha: 1999 General Elections[edit]

1999 Indian general election: East Delhi^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lal Bihari Tiwari	5,21,434	50.22	+1.39
	INC	AVM H L Kapur	4,38,674	42.25	-2.64
	BSP	Javed Ansari	37,444	3.61	+0.56
Majority			82,760	7.93	+3.99
Turnout			10,38,275	43.37	-8.07
	BJP hold		Swing	+0.07

12th Lok Sabha: 1998 General Elections[edit]

1998 Indian general election: East Delhi^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lal Bihari Tiwari	5,63,083	48.83	+0.13
	INC	Sheila Dikshit	5,17,721	44.89	+18.74
	BSP	Zahid Khan	35,126	3.05
Majority			45,362	3.94	-18.61
Turnout			11,53,220	51.44	+27.09
	BJP hold		Swing	+0.13

11th Lok Sabha: 1997 By-Election[edit]

Lok Sabha By-election, 1997: East Delhi^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lal Bihari Tiwari	2,64,550	48.24	-0.49
	INC	Ashok Kumar Walia	1,42,027	25.89	-9.04
	Independent	H. K. L. Bhagat	1,21,364	22.34	+22.25
Majority			1,22,523	22.55	+8.75
Turnout			5,43,383	24.58	-26.19
	BJP hold		Swing	-0.03

11th Lok Sabha: 1996 General Elections[edit]

1996 Indian general election: East Delhi^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Baikunth Lal Sharma "Prem"	5,38,655	48.73	+8.46
	INC	Deep Chand Bandhu	3,86,156	34.93	+2.88
	JD	Chaudhari Kesari Singh	48,455	4.38	-16.70
	AIIC(T)	Jitender Kumar	38,401	3.47
Majority			1,52,499	13.80	+5.58
Turnout			11,05,410	50.54	+2.31
	BJP hold		Swing	+8.46

10th Lok Sabha: 1991 General Elections[edit]

1991 Indian general election: East Delhi^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. L. Sharma (Prem)	303,141	40.27
	INC	H. K. L. Bhagat	241,316	32.05	-17.74
	JD	Ram Bir Singh Bidhuri	158,712	21.08	+15.83
Majority			61,825	8.22	-16.15
Turnout			752,846	48.23	-1.40
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

9th Lok Sabha: 1989 General Elections[edit]

1989 Indian general election: East Delhi^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H K L Bhagat	359,602	49.79	-27.16
	Independent	Chand Ram	183,603	25.42
	BSP	Kanshi Ram	81,095	11.23
	JD	Kishor Lal	37,925	5.25
Majority			175,999	24.37	-37.84
Turnout			722,183	49.63	-11.72
	INC hold		Swing	-27.16

8th Lok Sabha: 1984 General Elections[edit]

1984 Indian general election: East Delhi^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H K L Bhagat	386,150	76.95	+21.95
	JP	Kishore Lal	73,970	14.74	-19.17
Majority			312,180	62.21	+41.12
Turnout			501,822	61.35	-1.01
	INC hold		Swing	+21.95

7th Lok Sabha: 1980 General Elections[edit]

1980 Indian general election: East Delhi^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Indian National Congress (Indira)\|Template:Indian National Congress (Indira)/meta/shortname]]	H K L Bhagat	228,727	55.00	+24.64
	JP	Kishore Lal	141,019	33.91	-34.04
	[[Janata Party (Secular)\|Template:Janata Party (Secular)/meta/shortname]]	Mir Singh	25,539	6.14
Majority			87,708	21.09	-16.50
Turnout			415,881	62.36	-7.77
	Indian National Congress (Indira) gain from Bharatiya Lok Dal		Swing	+24.64

6th Lok Sabha: 1977 General Elections[edit]

1977 Indian general election: East Delhi^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
style="background-color: {{Template:Bharatiya Lok Dal/meta/color}}; width: 5px;" \|	[[Bharatiya Lok Dal\|{{Template:Bharatiya Lok Dal/meta/shortname}}]]	Kishore Lal	240,594	67.95
	INC	H K L Bhagat	107,487	30.36	-33.76
	[[Republican Party of India\|Template:Republican Party of India/meta/shortname]]	Radhey Shyam	3,748	1.06
Majority			133,107	37.59	+5.12
Turnout			354,078	70.13	+5.31
	Bharatiya Lok Dal gain from INC		Swing

5th Lok Sabha: 1971 General Elections[edit]

1971 Indian general election: East Delhi^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H K L Bhagat	146,632	64.12	+18.65
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh\|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]]	Hardayal Devgun	72,382	31.65	-17.11
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress (Organization)/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Indian National Congress (Organization)\|Template:Indian National Congress (Organization)/meta/shortname]]	Fateh Singh	5,717	2.50
Majority			74,250	32.47	+29.18
Turnout			228,685	64.82	-2.47
	INC gain from Bharatiya Jana Sangh		Swing	+18.65

4th Lok Sabha: 1967 General Elections[edit]

1967 Indian general election: East Delhi^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh\|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]]	Hardayal Devgun	83,261	48.76
	INC	B Mohan	77,645	45.47
	[[Republican Party of India\|Template:Republican Party of India/meta/shortname]]	V N Kaushik	9,855	5.77
Majority			5,616	3.29
Turnout			170,761	67.29

References[edit]

↑ "Delimitation panel accepts NCP's proposals". The Hindu. 3 December 2005. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
↑ "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.
↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
↑ 2009 Lok Sabha results by constituency Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
↑ 2004 Lok Sabha results by constituency
↑ 1999 Lok Sabha results by constituency Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
↑ 1998 Lok Sabha results by constituency Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
↑ 1997 Lok Sabha Bye election
↑ 1996 Lok Sabha results by constituency
↑ 1991 Lok Sabha results by constituency
↑ 1989 Lok Sabha results by constituency
↑ 1984 Lok Sabha results by constituency
↑ 1980 Lok Sabha results by constituency
↑ 1977 Lok Sabha results by constituency
↑ 1971 Lok Sabha results by constituency
↑ 1967 Lok Sabha results by constituency

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Coordinates: 28°38′31″N 77°17′53″E / 28.6420°N 77.2980°E / 28.6420; 77.2980

[1] "Delimitation panel accepts NCP's proposals". The Hindu. 3 December 2005. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2010.

[eci1-2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.

[3] "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.

[4] "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[5] 2009 Lok Sabha results by constituency Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[6] 2004 Lok Sabha results by constituency

[7] 1999 Lok Sabha results by constituency Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[8] 1998 Lok Sabha results by constituency Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[9] 1997 Lok Sabha Bye election

[10] 1996 Lok Sabha results by constituency

[11] 1991 Lok Sabha results by constituency

[12] 1989 Lok Sabha results by constituency

[13] 1984 Lok Sabha results by constituency

[14] 1980 Lok Sabha results by constituency

[15] 1977 Lok Sabha results by constituency

[16] 1971 Lok Sabha results by constituency

[17] 1967 Lok Sabha results by constituency

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