Delhi Cantt (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Delhi Cantt assembly constituency (Delhi Cantonment) is one of the seventy Delhi assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India.

Delhi Cantt
Constituency
DistrictNew Delhi
StateDelhi
Current constituency
Created1993
PartyAAP
MLA[[Virendra Singh (advocate)|Virendra Singh]]

Delhi Cantt assembly constituency is a part of New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) will be used along with EVMs in Delhi Cantt assembly constituency in 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.[1][2] 26/11 hero Surinder Singh won this seat in 2013 by 355 votes.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

  BJP     INC     AAP  

ElectionMemberParty
1993 Karan Singh Tanwar Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Kiran Chaudhary Indian National Congress
2003 Karan Singh Tanwar Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013 Surinder Singh Aam Aadmi Party
2015
2020 Virender Singh Kadian

Election results

2015 results
2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Delhi Cantonment
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AAP Surinder Singh 40,13 51.82 +12.15
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 28,935 37.36 -1.77
INC Sandeep Tanwar 7,087 9.15 -9.05
BSP Gyan Chand 467 0.60 -0.53
NOTA None of the above 326 0.42 -0.31
Majority 11,198 14.46 +13.92
Turnout 77,444
AAP hold Swing +12.15

2013 results
2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Delhi Cantt [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AAP Surinder Singh 26,124 39.67
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 25,769 39.13 -16.45
INC Ashok Kumar Jain 11,988 18.20 -20.35
BSP Rajesh Pihal 745 1.13 -2.37
Independent Ravi Kumar 176 0.27
Independent Sunil Kumar Singh 146 0.22
Independent Sanjeev Tokas 143 0.22
SHS Sanjay Kumar Nanda 120 0.18
Independent Surender Kumar 94 0.14
RJSP Heera Lal 44 0.07
Independent Ashok Jindal 34 0.05
NOTA None 478 0.73
Majority 355 0.54 -16.49
Turnout 65,861
AAP gain from BJP Swing

2008 results
2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Delhi Cantt[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 23,696 55.58 +3.06
INC Ashok Ahuja 16,435 38.55 -4.83
BSP Shrichand Chauhan 1,492 3.50
Independent Sandeep 278 0.65
Independent Sanjay Mangal 136 0.32
IJP Bal Kumar Singh 113 0.27
RRD Ishwar Singh Jakhar 91 0.21
Independent Vinod Kumar 73 0.17
NSCP Anita Raj Sharma 69 0.16
Independent Prem Ravi 61 0.14
Independent Ramesh Lohia 42 0.10
Independent Naresh Kumar 37 0.09
Independent Ravinder Kumar Tanwar 35 0.08
Independent Bhupender Rohilla 31 0.07
Independent Yoginder Singh 24 0.06
Independent Tanwar Singh Dhama 20 0.05
Majority 7,261 17.03 +7.89
Turnout 42,633 56.6 +2.92
BJP hold Swing +3.06

2003 results
Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2003: Delhi Cantt[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 21,638 52.52 +6.40
INC Kiran Choudhary 17,872 43.38 -8.56
NCP Amit Mittar 695 1.69
Independent Hemant Setia 241 0.58
Independent Yogesh Kumar 190 0.46
ABJS Kuldeep Sharma 181 0.44
Independent Baljit 156 0.38
JPJD Jagdish Kalyan 76 0.18
ASP Rohtash Gautam 36 0.09
Independent Pradeep Tomar 31 0.08
Independent Tanveer Singh 25 0.06
Independent Ashok Choudhary 22 0.05 -0.40
Independent Dil Bag 21 0.05 -0.06
Independent Anil Kumar Chauhan 16 0.04
Majority 3,766 9.14 +3.32
Turnout 41,200 53.68 -9.29
BJP gain from INC Swing +6.40

1998 results
Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1998: Delhi Cantt[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Kiran Choudhary 23,445 51.94 +14.91
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 20,819 46.12 -13.73
Independent Rajendra 356 0.79
Independent Ashok Choudhary 202 0.45
Independent Baljeet Singh 173 0.38
Independent Emanuel Massey 61 0.14
Independent Dil Bag 51 0.11
Independent Kaushal Sharma 30 0.07
Majority 2,626 5.82 -17.00
Turnout 45,137 44.39 -8.02
INC gain from BJP Swing +14.91

1993 results
Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1993: Delhi Cantt[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 23,260 59.85
INC Kiran Chaudhary 14,391 37.03
BSP Emanuel Massey 428 1.10
JD Jawahar Singh 373 0.96
Independent Mukh Ram 154 0.40
Independent Ram Kishan 110 0.28
Independent Sushil 26 0.07
Independent Dharamvir Singh 24 0.06
Independent Om Prakash 16 0.04
Independent Maheshwar Singh Bawa 16 0.04
Independent Mahender Kumar 13 0.03
Independent Vijay Kumar 13 0.03
Independent Pritam 11 0.03
Independent Satpal 10 0.03
Independent Narender 9 0.02
Independent Anup 8 0.02
Majority 8,869 22.82
Turnout 38,862 52.41
BJP win (new seat)
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References
  1. http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/25-days-enough-to-hold-polls-says-delhi-ceo/article1-1306160.aspx
  2. http://www.thehindu.com/elections/delhi2015/in-a-first-brush-to-mark-voters/article6863135.ece
  3. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-assembly-elections/26/11-hero-wins-on-AAP-ticket-defeats-3-time-BJP-MLA/articleshow/27093822.cms
  4. Assembly Elections December 2013 Results, Election Commission of India
  5. 2008 Election Commission of India
  6. 2003 Election Commission of India
  7. 1998 Election Commission of India
  8. 1993 Election Commission of India
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