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Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency

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Chandni Chowk
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
Union TerritoryDelhi
Assembly constituenciesAdarsh Nagar
Shalimar Bagh
Shakur Basti
Tri Nagar
Wazirpur
Model Town
Sadar Bazar
Chandni Chowk
Matia Mahal
Ballimaran
Established1956
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
Political Map of Delhi showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2019 elections.

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. It is the smallest constituency of Lok Sabha in terms of area.

Assembly segments

From 1966 to 1993, Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:

  1. Civil Lines
  2. Chandni Chowk
  3. Ballimaran
  4. Ajmeri Gate
  5. Kucha Pati Ram
  6. Matia Mahal
  7. Pahar Ganj
  8. Qasabpura

From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:

  1. Pahar Ganj
  2. Matia Mahal (Polling stations 1-83)
  3. Ballimaran
  4. Chandni Chowk
  5. Minto Road (Polling station 136)
  6. Ram Nagar (Polling stations 104–112)

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

# Name District Member Party
4 Adarsh Nagar North Delhi Pawan Kumar Sharma AAP
14 Shalimar Bagh North West Delhi Bandana Kumari AAP
15 Shakur Basti North Delhi Satyendra Kumar Jain AAP
16 Tri Nagar North West Delhi Preeti Tomar AAP
17 Wazirpur North Delhi Rajesh Gupta AAP
18 Model Town Akhilesh Pati Tripathi AAP
19 Sadar Bazar Central Delhi Som Dutt AAP
20 Chandni Chowk Parlad Singh Sawhney AAP
21 Matia Mahal Shoaib Iqbal AAP
22 Ballimaran Imran Hussain AAP

Members of Parliament

The Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency was created in 1957. The list of Member of Parliament (MP) is as follows:

Year Member Party
1957 Radha Raman Indian National Congress
1962 Sham Nath
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 (I)
1984 Jai Parkash Aggarwal Indian National Congress
1989
1991 Tarachand Khandelwal Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Jai Parkash Aggarwal Indian National Congress
1998 Vijay Goel Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004 Kapil Sibal Indian National Congress
2009
2014 Harsh Vardhan Bharatiya Janata Party
2019

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Chandni Chowk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Praveen Khandelwal
INC
NOTA None of the above
Turnout
gain from Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Chandni Chowk[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Harsh Vardhan 519,055 52.94 +8.34
INC Jai Prakash Agarwal 290,910 29.67 +11.75
AAP Pankaj Kumar Gupta 144,551 14.74 −15.98
BSP Shahid Ali 9,026 0.92 +0.13
RRP Richa Katiyar 475 0.05 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 5,133 0.52 +0.06
Margin of victory 228,145 23.27 +9.39
Turnout 980,814 62.78 −5.06
BJP hold Swing +8.36

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections

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 Elections

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 Elections

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 Elections

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
JD(S) 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 Elections

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 gain from BJP Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
  2. ^ "Constituency wise detailed result". Election Commission of India. 11 October 2019.

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