New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)

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New Delhi
Lok Sabha Constituency
Member of Parliament, Meenakshi Lekhi
IncumbentMeenakshi Lekhi
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1951
ReservationNone
Union TerritoryDelhi
Assembly ConstituenciesKarol Bagh
Patel Nagar
Moti Nagar
Delhi Cantt
Rajinder Nagar
New Delhi
Kasturba Nagar
Malviya Nagar
R K Puram
Greater Kailash
Political Map of Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi) showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2019 elections.

New 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 1951. It is the oldest constituency of Delhi that currently exists.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

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
23 Karol Bagh SC Central Delhi
24 Patel Nagar SC New Delhi
25 Moti Nagar None West Delhi
38 Delhi Cantt None New Delhi
39 Rajinder Nagar None New Delhi
40 New Delhi None New Delhi
42 Kasturba Nagar None South East Delhi
43 Malviya Nagar None South Delhi
44 R K Puram None New Delhi
50 Greater Kailash None New Delhi

From 1993ā€“2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[2]

  1. Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 1-93)
  2. Gole Market (Polling stations 1-100)
  3. Minto Road (Polling stations 1-135)
  4. Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 1-21 and 23-114)
  5. Jangpura
  6. Matia Mahal (Polling stations 84-108)

From 1966ā€“93, New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:

  1. Sarojini Nagar
  2. Laxmibai Nagar
  3. Gole Market
  4. Bara Khamba
  5. Minto Road
  6. Jangpura
  7. Kasturba Nagar
  8. Lajpat Nagar

Members of Lok Sabha[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
1951 Sucheta Kripalani Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957 Indian National Congress
1961 (By Poll) Balraj Madhok Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962 Mehr Chand Khanna Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
1967 Manohar Lal Sondhi Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971 Mukul Banerji Indian National Congress
1977 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Janata Party
1980 Bharatiya Janata Party
1984 Krishan Chandra Pant Indian National Congress
1989 Lal Krishna Advani Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1992 (Bypoll) Rajesh Khanna Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
1996 Jagmohan Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999
2004 Ajay Maken Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
2009 Ajay Maken Indian National Congress
2014 Meenakashi Lekhi Bharatiya Janata Party
2019

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Election results[edit | edit source]

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
BJP Meenakshi Lekhi 5,04,206 54.77 +8.02
INC Ajay Maken 2,47,702 26.91 +8.04
AAP Brijesh Goyal 1,50,342 16.33 āˆ’13.64
NOTA None of the Above 6,601 0.72 +0.14
Majority 2,56,504 27.86 +11.08
Turnout 9,20,567 56.91 āˆ’8.17
BJP hold Swing +8.02

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
BJP Meenakshi Lekhi 4,53,350 46.75 +11.71
AAP Ashish Khetan 2,90,642 29.97 N/A
INC Ajay Maken 1,82,893 18.87 āˆ’40.72
IND. Ravi Kumar Gupta 20,028 2.07 N/A
BSP Solomon George 6,088 0.63 āˆ’2.29
NOTA None of the Above 5,589 0.58 N/A
Majority 1,62,708 16.78 āˆ’7.77
Turnout 9,69,812 65.08 +9.40
BJP gain from INC Swing -12.84

15th Lok Sabha: 2009 General Elections[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
INC Ajay Maken 4,55,867 59.59 +7.55
BJP Vijay Goel 2,68,058 35.04 āˆ’10.69
BSP Trilok Chand Sharma 22,364 2.92 +1.93
YFE Major Sangeeta Tomar 2,099 0.27 N/A
SP Aamer Ahmed Madni 1,732 0.23 N/A
Majority 1,87,809 24.55 +18.24
Turnout 7,65,018 55.83
INC hold Swing

14th Lok Sabha: 2004 General Elections[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general elections: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
INC Ajay Maken 1,05,415 52.04
BJP Jagmohan 92,631 45.73
BSP Vikram 1,983 0.93
Independent Sanjay Kumar Yadav 680 0.34
Independent Javed Abidi 397 0.20
Majority 12,784 6.31
Turnout 2,02,557 44.59
INC gain from BJP Swing

13th Lok Sabha: 1999 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1999 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
BJP Jag Mohan 1,24,626 54.95
INC R. K. Dhawan 96,733 42.65
Independent Ram Kumar Azad 1,579 0.69
NCP J.L. Jahrat 1,161 0.51
Independent Rajendra Singhal 781 0.34
Majority 27,893 12.30
Turnout 2,26,758 41.78
BJP hold Swing

12th Lok Sabha: 1998 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1998 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
BJP Jagmohan 1,39,905 54.36
INC R. K. Dhawan 1,07,258 41.67
JD Hukum Singh 4,060 1.57
BSP Khem Chand Jatav 2,582 1.00
RJD Swaraj Bala 1,081 0.42
Majority 32,647 12.69
Turnout 2,57,355 50.21
BJP hold Swing

11th Lok Sabha: 1996 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1996 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
BJP Jagmohan 1,39,945 54.34
INC Rajesh Khanna 81,630 31.70
JD Shoaib Iqbal 17,905 6.95
AIIC(T) Madan Singh Bisht 5,027 1.95
Independent Dharam Dutt 1,933 0.75
Majority 58,315 22.64
Turnout 2,57,513 50.95
BJP gain from INC Swing

10th Lok Sabha: 1991 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1991 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
BJP Lal Krishna Advani 93,662 43.40
INC Rajesh Khanna 92,073 42.66
JD Manju Mohan 20,439 9.47
JP Himanshu Pandey 2,834 1.31
BSP Om Parkash 641 0.30
Majority 1,589 0.74
Turnout 2,15,834 47.32
BJP hold Swing

10th Lok Sabha: 1992 By Election[edit | edit source]

  • The bye-poll was held because Advani retained Gandhinagar seat which he had won in 1991, and vacated New Delhi seat.
By Election, 1992: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
INC Rajesh Khanna 1,01,625 52.48
BJP Shatrughan Sinha 73,369 37.89
JD J. B. Jatav 10,638 5.49
Independent S. Kumar 1,135 0.58
Independent P. Devi 753 0.38
Majority 28,256 14.59
Turnout 1,93,612 42.45
INC gain from BJP Swing

9th Lok Sabha: 1989 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1989 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
BJP Lal Krishna Advani 1,29,256 55.54
INC V. Mohini Giri 97,415 41.85
Independent Maharaj Kumar 848 0.36
Independent Harkesh Singh Ujjainwal 728 0.31
Independent Rattan 531 0.23
Majority 31,841 13.69
Turnout 2,32,744 54.19
BJP gain from INC Swing

8th Lok Sabha: 1984 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1984 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
INC Krishna Chandra Pant 1,31,932 67.86
BJP Kanwar Lal Gupta 59,046 30.37
Independent Karuna Lal 514 0.26
Independent Harish Dhingra 442 0.23
Independent Rup Lal Mehta 393 0.20
Majority 72,886 37.49
Turnout 1,94,413 63.93
INC gain from BJP Swing

7th Lok Sabha: 1980 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1980 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 94,098 48.52
INC(I) C. M. Stephen 89,053 45.92
JP(S) Rajinder Puri 4,682 2.41
INC(U) Mukul Banerjee 762 0.39
Independent Yogeshwar Bhagwan 664 0.34
Majority 5,045 2.60
Turnout 1,93,933 64.41
BJP gain from JP Swing

6th Lok Sabha: 1977 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1977 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
JP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1,25,936 71.26
INC Shashi Bhushan 48,750 27.58
Independent Urmila 628 0.36
Independent Maharaj Kumar 580 0.33
Independent Laxmi Kant Jha 529 0.30
Independent Virendra Kumar 321 0.18
Majority 77,186 43.68
Turnout 1,76,744 65.29
JP gain from INC Swing

5th Lok Sabha: 1971 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1971 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
INC Mukul Banerji 81,867 64.38
ABJS M. L. Sondhi 37,334 29.36
Independent S. Madhusudan 5,108 4.02
Independent Parkash Chand 460 0.36
Independent Brij Mohan Toofan 422 0.33
Majority 44,533 35.02
Turnout 1,27,165 58.52
INC gain from Bharatiya Jana Sangh Swing

4th Lok Sabha: 1967 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1967 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
ABJS Manohar Lal Sondhi 82,173 55.39
INC Mehr Chand Khanna 57,313 38.63
Independent D. Singh 2,668 1.80
Independent Shital A. K. Dar 2,439 1.64
Independent R. Dass 2,074 1.40
Majority 24,860 16.76
Turnout 1,48,359 71.07
Bharatiya Jana Sangh gain from INC Swing

3rd Lok Sabha: 1962 General Elections[edit | edit source]

1962 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
INC Mehr Chand Khanna 96,264 56.66
ABJS Balraj Madhok 64,669 38.06
Independent Lanka Sundaram 3,786 2.23
Independent Parkash Baghi 2,197 1.29
PSP Tirath Dass 1,048 0.62
Majority 31,595 18.60
Turnout 1,73,042 64.41
INC gain from Bharatiya Jana Sangh Swing

2nd Lok Sabha: 1957 General Elections[edit | edit source]

  • Sucheta Kripalani (Congress)
    • Sucheta Kripalani resigned her Lok Sabha seat in 1960 and became a minister in Uttar Pradesh.

2nd Lok Sabha: 1961 By Election[edit | edit source]

By Election, 1961: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
ABJS Balraj Madhok 47,184 46.04
INC J. B. Singh 37,603 36.69
Independent Om Prakash 10,479 10.22
Independent Manmohani Sahgal 5,722 5.58
Independent Parkash Baghi 955 0.93
ABHM H. L. Saxena 536 0.52
Majority 9,581 9.35
Turnout 1,02,479 39.32
Bharatiya Jana Sangh gain from INC Swing

1st Lok Sabha: 1952 Election[edit | edit source]

1952 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
KMPP Sucheta Kripalani 47,735 46.72
INC Man Mohani Sehgal 40,064 39.21
Independent Durga Dass 6,749 6.61
Independent Om Prakash Gupta 3,945 3.86
Independent Mahant Raghubir Dass 2,025 1.98
Independent Ganesh Datt Bhavdu Joshi 1,657 1.62
Majority 7,671 7.51
Turnout 1,02,175 56.05
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ā†‘ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
  2. ā†‘ "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. ā†‘ Election Commission of India "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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