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Vikaspuri
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateDelhi
DistrictWest Delhi
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAAP
Elected year2008

Vikaspuri Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Overview

Present geographical structure of Vikaspuri constituency came into existence in 2008 (Constituency didn't exist before 2008[1]) as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.[2]

Vikaspuri is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Uttam Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri, Matiala, Dwarka, Madipur and Najafgarh.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  BJP   INC   AAP

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | 2008 Nand Kishore Indian National Congress
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color" | 2013 Mahinder Yadav Aam Aadmi Party
2015

Election results

2015 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015: Vikaspuri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Mahinder Yadav 1,32,437 62.53 +28.20
BJP Sanjay Singh 54,772 25.86 −8.24
INC Nand Kishore 19,540 9.23 −16.96
BSP Radhey Sham Tyagi 4,169 1.01 −1.30
Majority 77,665 36.67 +36.45
Turnout 2,11,802
AAP hold Swing +28.20

2013 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2013: Vikaspuri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Mahinder Yadav 60 34.33
BJP Krishan Gahlot 61,627 34.10 −0.17
INC Nand Kishore 47,331 26.19 −8.77
BSP Sanjay Kumar 4,169 2.31 −9.95
Independent Jitender Dahiya 1,267 0.70
JD(U) Naresh Kumar 1,191 0.66
SHS Sangeeta Chauhan 634 0.35
Independent Suresh Kumar 523 0.29
Independent Radhey Shyam Singh 295 0.16
Independent Mohd Naeem 218 0.12
NOTA None 1,426 0.79
Majority 405 0.22 −0.47
Turnout 180,713
AAP gain from INC Swing

2008 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2008: Vikaspuri[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nand Kishore 47,819 34.96
BJP Krishan Gahlot 46,876 34.27
BSP Ashok Kumar Lakra 16,765 12.26
Independent Sanjay Singh 9,634 7.04
Independent Ravinder Singh 7,158 5.23
NCP Brij Bhushan 2,687 1.96
Independent Shiv Prasad 1,045 0.76
SP Itwari 1,035 0.76
Independent Sunil Kumar 780 0.57
Independent Prem Verma 537 0.39
Independent Sushil Kumar Sharma 385 0.28
Independent Virender Kumar 383 0.28
Independent Satish Kumar 291 0.21
Independent Vinod Kumar 271 0.20
Independent Bishan Singh 238 0.17
BJSH Mahender Kumar 205 0.15
Independent Dilbag Singh 186 0.14
Independent Inderjeet Verma 184 0.13
ABHM Bhopal Singh 148 0.11
RSMD Jitender Singh 147 0.11
Majority 943 0.69
Turnout 136,774 55.6
INC hold Swing

References

  1. ^ 19 old constituencies make way for new ones
  2. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
  3. ^ 2008 Election Commission of India