South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
Union Territory | Delhi |
Assembly constituencies | |
Established | 1966 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
18th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2024 |
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South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian 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, INC won this seat.[1] Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP is the MP representing the constituency since 2014.[2]
Assembly segments
[edit]Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[3]
# | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading
(in 2024) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
36 | Bijwasan | South West Delhi | Bhupinder Singh Joon | AAP | BJP | ||
37 | Palam | Bhavna Gaur | AAP | BJP | |||
45 | Mehrauli | South Delhi | Naresh Yadav | AAP | BJP | ||
46 | Chhatarpur | Kartar Singh Tanwar | AAP | BJP | |||
47 | Deoli (SC) | Prakash Jarwal | AAP | BJP | |||
48 | Ambedkar Nagar (SC) | Ajay Dutt | AAP | AAP | |||
49 | Sangam Vihar | South East Delhi | Dinesh Mohaniya | AAP | AAP | ||
51 | Kalkaji | Atishi Marlena | AAP | BJP | |||
52 | Tughlakabad | Sahiram | AAP | AAP | |||
53 | Badarpur | Ramvir Singh Bidhuri | BJP | BJP |
From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[4]
- Okhla
- Kalkaji
- Malviya Nagar (Polling stations 1–60 and 71–128)
- Hauz Khas
- R K Puram
- Delhi Cantt
- Janakpuri (Polling stations 1–91)
- Hari Nagar
- Tilak Nagar
- Rajouri Garden
- Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94–107)
- Gole Market (Polling stations 101–109)
- 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
- Okhla
- Malviya Nagar
- R K Puram
- Hauz Khas
- Ashok Nagar
- Tilak Nagar
- Rajouri Garden
Members of Parliament
[edit]The South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was created in 1967. The list of Member of Parliament (MP) is as follows:
^By-Poll
Election results
[edit]2024 general elections
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Ramvir Singh Bidhuri | 692,832 | 53.46 | ![]() | |
AAP | Sahiram Pehalwan | 568,499 | 43.87 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 5,961 | 0.46 | ||
Majority | 124,333 | 9.45 | |||
Turnout | 1,293,598[a] | 56.45 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 22,91,764 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing |
- ^ does not include postal ballots
2019 general elections
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Ramesh Bidhuri | 687,014 | 56.58 | ![]() | |
AAP | Raghav Chadha | 3,19,971 | 26.35 | ![]() | |
INC | Vijender Singh | 1,64,613 | 13.56 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 5,264 | 0.43 | ![]() | |
Majority | 3,67,043 | 30.23 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 12,14,545 | 58.75 | ![]() | ||
BJP hold | Swing | ![]() |
2014 general election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Ramesh Bidhuri | 497,980 | 45.17 | ![]() | |
AAP | Col. Devinder Sehrawat | 3,90,980 | 35.47 | New | |
INC | Ramesh Kumar | 1,25,213 | 11.36 | ![]() | |
IND. | Ruby Yadav | 56,749 | 5.15 | N/A | |
BSP | Sanjay Kumar Rai | 10,873 | 0.99 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,010 | 0.36 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,07,000 | 9.70 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 11,02,410 | 62.90 | ![]() | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | ![]() |
2009 general election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ramesh Kumar | 360,278 | 49.27 | ![]() | |
BJP | Ramesh Bidhuri | 2,67,059 | 36.52 | ![]() | |
BSP | Kanwar Singh Tanwar | 88,120 | 12.05 | ![]() | |
CPI | Shrichand Tanwar | 5,244 | 0.72 | N/A | |
Majority | 93,219 | 12.75 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 7,31,294 | 47.41 | ![]() | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing | ![]() |
2004 general election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra | 240,654 | 50.25 | ![]() | |
INC | R. K. Anand | 2,24,649 | 46.91 | ![]() | |
Independent | Shiv Khera | 4,832 | 1.01 | ![]() | |
BSP | Surjeet Singh Assie | 4,100 | 0.86 | ![]() | |
Majority | 16,005 | 3.34 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 4,78,876 | 39.87 | ![]() | ||
BJP hold | Swing | ![]() |
1999 general election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra | 261,230 | 52.25 | ![]() | |
INC | Dr. Manmohan Singh | 2,31,231 | 46.25 | ![]() | |
Independent | Mohammad Sarif | 2,846 | 0.57 | N/A | |
BSP | Narendra Nath Shukla | 1,021 | 0.20 | ![]() | |
Majority | 29,999 | 6.00 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 4,99,937 | 41.87 | |||
BJP hold | Swing | ![]() |
1998 general election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Sushma Swaraj | 331,756 | 58.24 | ![]() | |
INC | Ajay Maken | 2,15,043 | 37.75 | ![]() | |
BSP | Nisha Gotam | 10,260 | 1.80 | N/A | |
Independent | Jagjit Singh | 1,185 | 0.21 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,16,713 | 20.49 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 5,69,597 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | ![]() |
1996 general election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Sushma Swaraj | 294,570 | 54.69 | ![]() | |
INC | Kapil Sibal | 1,80,564 | 33.52 | ![]() | |
AIIC(T) | Manoj Prabhakar | 17,690 | 3.28 | New | |
Majority | 1,14,006 | 21.17 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 5,38,551 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | ![]() |
1991 general election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Madan Lal Khurana | 208,728 | 39.49 | ![]() | |
INC | Romesh Bhandari | 1,58,005 | 29.89 | ![]() | |
Majority | 48,723 | 9.21 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 5,28,550 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | ![]() |
1989 general election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Madan Lal Khurana | 382,904 | 60.66 | ||
INC | Subhash Chopra | 77,910 | 22.14 | ||
Majority | 2,04,994 | 38.51 | |||
Turnout | 4,66,370 | ||||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
1984 general election
[edit]- Lalit Maken (Cong) : 215,898 votes[6]
- Vijay Kumar Malhotra (BJP) : 130,847
1985 bye-poll
[edit]- Arjun Singh (Cong) : 161,744 votes [7]
- V.K. Malhotra (BJP) : 121,830
1980 general election
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Balraj Madhok (BJS) : 105,611 votes [8]
- R. Singh (INC) : 69290
References
[edit]- ^ South Delhi Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabhaCNN IBN.
- ^ "Ramesh Bidhuri wins: margin 1.07 lakh votes". The Hindu. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "South Delhi Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
- ^ "1984 India General (8th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
- ^ "1967 India General (4th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".