East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: पूर्व दिल्ली लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 7 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966. It presently comprises 40 municipal wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi with approximately 16 lakh voters and a population of approx 25 lakhs.[1]
East Delhi is one of the larger and highly populated Lok Sabha constituencies not only in Delhi but all over India. The constituency covers areas east of the Yamuna and has a large population, including Seelampur, Shahdara, Gandhi Nagar and Preet Vihar. The current MP from here is Gautam Gambhir.
Assembly segments
From 1966-93, East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:
- Wazirabad
- Narela
- Gita Colony
- Gandhi Nagar
- Krishan Nagar
- Shahdara
- Rohtas Nagar
- Ghonda
From 1993-2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[2]
- Trilokpuri
- Patparganj
- Mandawali
- Geeta Colony
- Gandhi Nagar
- Krishna Nagar
- Vishwas Nagar
- Shahdara
- Seemapuri
- Nand Nagari
- Rohtas Nagar
- Babarpur
- Seelampur
- Ghonda
- Yamuna Vihar
- Qarawal Nagar
- Wazirpur
- Nerela (Polling stations 1-64 and 70-97)
- Bhalswa Jahangirpur (Polling stations 3-163)
- Adarsh Nagar
- Timarpur (Polling stations 46, 97-101)
- Model Town (Polling stations 103-113)
Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[3]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1952-57-62 | Does not exist | ||
1967 | Hardayal Devgun | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
1971 | H. K. L. Bhagat | Indian National Congress | |
1977 | Kishore Lal | Janata Party | |
1980 | H. K. L. Bhagat | Indian National Congress (I) | |
1984 | H. K. L. Bhagat | Indian National Congress | |
1989 | H. K. L. Bhagat | Indian National Congress | |
1991 | Baikunth Lal Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Major boundary changes | |||
1996 | Baikunth Lal Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1997 (By Poll) | Lal Bihari Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1998 | Lal Bihari Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1999 | Lal Bihari Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2004 | Sandeep Dikshit | Indian National Congress | |
Major boundary changes | |||
2009 | Sandeep Dikshit | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Maheish Girri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2019 | Gautam Gambhir | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Gautam Gambhir | 6,96,158 | 55.35 | +7.52 | |
INC | Arvinder Singh Lovely | 3,04,934 | 24.24 | +7.25 | |
AAP | Atishi Marlena | 2,19,328 | 17.44 | -14.47 | |
BSP | Sanjay Kumar | 19,090 | 1.52 | -0.03 | |
AAP(P) | Ajay Chaudhary | 1,282 | 0.10 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,920 | 0.39 | -0.03 | |
Majority | 3,91,222 | 31.11 | +15.19 | ||
Turnout | 12,58,195 | 61.70 | -3.69 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +7.52 |
16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Dr. Maheish Girri | 5,72,202 | 47.83 | +15.53 | |
AAP | Rajmohan Gandhi | 3,81,739 | 31.91 | N/A | |
INC | Sandeep Dikshit | 2,03,240 | 16.99 | -43.42 | |
BSP | Mohammad Shakeel Saifi | 18,575 | 1.55 | -3.75 | |
AITC | Mohammad Shahid Siddiqui | 3,894 | 0.33 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,975 | 0.42 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,90,463 | 15.92 | -12.19 | ||
Turnout | 11,96,336 | 65.39 | +11.96 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | +15.53 | |||
15th Lok Sabha: 2009 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Sandeep Dikshit | 5,18,001 | 60.41 | +4.19 | |
BJP | Chetan Chauhan | 2,76,948 | 32.30 | -4.63 | |
BSP | Mohammad Yunus | 45,447 | 5.30 | +1.02 | |
IND. | Vikram Seth | 3,556 | 0.41 | ||
LKD | Abdul Gaffar | 3,157 | 0.37 | ||
Majority | 2,41,053 | 28.11 | +8.81 | ||
Turnout | 8,57,406 | 53.43 | |||
INC hold | Swing | +1.88 |
14th Lok Sabha: 2004 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Sandeep Dikshit | 6,69,527 | 56.22 | +13.97 | |
BJP | Lal Bihari Tiwari | 4,39,748 | 36.93 | -13.29 | |
BSP | Bal Raj SIngh | 50,985 | 4.28 | +0.67 | |
Majority | 2,29,779 | 19.30 | +11.37 | ||
Turnout | 11,90,814 | ||||
INC gain from BJP | Swing | +7.33 | |||
13th Lok Sabha: 1999 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Lal Bihari Tiwari | 5,21,434 | 50.22 | +1.39 | |
INC | AVM H L Kapur | 4,38,674 | 42.25 | -2.64 | |
BSP | Javed Ansari | 37,444 | 3.61 | +0.56 | |
Majority | 82,760 | 7.93 | +3.99 | ||
Turnout | 10,38,275 | 43.37 | -8.07 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +0.07 |
12th Lok Sabha: 1998 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Lal Bihari Tiwari | 5,63,083 | 48.83 | +0.13 | |
INC | Sheila Dikshit | 5,17,721 | 44.89 | +18.74 | |
BSP | Zahid Khan | 35,126 | 3.05 | ||
Majority | 45,362 | 3.94 | -18.61 | ||
Turnout | 11,53,220 | 51.44 | +27.09 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +0.13 |
11th Lok Sabha: 1997 By-Election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Lal Bihari Tiwari | 2,64,550 | 48.24 | -0.49 | |
INC | Ashok Kumar Walia | 1,42,027 | 25.89 | -9.04 | |
Independent | H. K. L. Bhagat | 1,21,364 | 22.34 | +22.25 | |
Majority | 1,22,523 | 22.55 | +8.75 | ||
Turnout | 5,43,383 | 24.58 | -26.19 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | -0.03 |
11th Lok Sabha: 1996 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Baikunth Lal Sharma "Prem" | 5,38,655 | 48.73 | +8.46 | |
INC | Deep Chand Bandhu | 3,86,156 | 34.93 | +2.88 | |
JD | Chaudhari Kesari Singh | 48,455 | 4.38 | -16.70 | |
AIIC(T) | Jitender Kumar | 38,401 | 3.47 | ||
Majority | 1,52,499 | 13.80 | +5.58 | ||
Turnout | 11,05,410 | 50.54 | +2.31 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +8.46 |
10th Lok Sabha: 1991 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | B. L. Sharma (Prem) | 303,141 | 40.27 | ||
INC | H. K. L. Bhagat | 241,316 | 32.05 | -17.74 | |
JD | Ram Bir Singh Bidhuri | 158,712 | 21.08 | +15.83 | |
Majority | 61,825 | 8.22 | -16.15 | ||
Turnout | 752,846 | 48.23 | -1.40 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
9th Lok Sabha: 1989 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | H K L Bhagat | 359,602 | 49.79 | -27.16 | |
Independent | Chand Ram | 183,603 | 25.42 | ||
BSP | Kanshi Ram | 81,095 | 11.23 | ||
JD | Kishor Lal | 37,925 | 5.25 | ||
Majority | 175,999 | 24.37 | -37.84 | ||
Turnout | 722,183 | 49.63 | -11.72 | ||
INC hold | Swing | -27.16 |
8th Lok Sabha: 1984 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | H K L Bhagat | 386,150 | 76.95 | +21.95 | |
JP | Kishore Lal | 73,970 | 14.74 | -19.17 | |
Majority | 312,180 | 62.21 | +41.12 | ||
Turnout | 501,822 | 61.35 | -1.01 | ||
INC hold | Swing | +21.95 |
7th Lok Sabha: 1980 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC(I) | H K L Bhagat | 228,727 | 55.00 | +24.64 | |
JP | Kishore Lal | 141,019 | 33.91 | -34.04 | |
JP(S) | Mir Singh | 25,539 | 6.14 | ||
Majority | 87,708 | 21.09 | -16.50 | ||
Turnout | 415,881 | 62.36 | -7.77 | ||
INC(I) gain from BLD | Swing | +24.64 | |||
6th Lok Sabha: 1977 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BLD | Kishore Lal | 240,594 | 67.95 | ||
INC | H K L Bhagat | 107,487 | 30.36 | -33.76 | |
RPI | Radhey Shyam | 3,748 | 1.06 | ||
Majority | 133,107 | 37.59 | +5.12 | ||
Turnout | 354,078 | 70.13 | +5.31 | ||
BLD gain from INC | Swing | ||||
5th Lok Sabha: 1971 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | H K L Bhagat | 146,632 | 64.12 | +18.65 | |
BJS | Hardayal Devgun | 72,382 | 31.65 | -17.11 | |
NCO | Fateh Singh | 5,717 | 2.50 | ||
Majority | 74,250 | 32.47 | +29.18 | ||
Turnout | 228,685 | 64.82 | -2.47 | ||
INC gain from BJS | Swing | +18.65 | |||
4th Lok Sabha: 1967 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJS | Hardayal Devgun | 83,261 | 48.76 | ||
INC | B Mohan | 77,645 | 45.47 | ||
RPI | V N Kaushik | 9,855 | 5.77 | ||
Majority | 5,616 | 3.29 | |||
Turnout | 170,761 | 67.29 |
See also
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
- Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
References
- "Delimitation panel accepts NCP's proposals". The Hindu. 3 December 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "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.
- "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
- "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- 2009 Lok Sabha results by constituency Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- 2004 Lok Sabha results by constituency
- 1999 Lok Sabha results by constituency Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- 1998 Lok Sabha results by constituency Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- 1997 Lok Sabha Bye election
- 1996 Lok Sabha results by constituency
- 1991 Lok Sabha results by constituency
- 1989 Lok Sabha results by constituency
- 1984 Lok Sabha results by constituency
- 1980 Lok Sabha results by constituency
- 1977 Lok Sabha results by constituency
- 1971 Lok Sabha results by constituency
- 1967 Lok Sabha results by constituency