South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)

South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: दक्षिण दिल्ली लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966.

Political Map of Delhi showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2019 elections.

The seat was a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009, after delimitation, INC won this seat.[1] As of 2014, Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP is the MP representing the constituency.[2]

Assembly segments

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

1. Delhi Cantt
2. Okhla
3. Malviya Nagar
4. R K Puram
5. Hauz Khas
6. Ashok Nagar
7. Tilak Nagar
8. Rajouri Garden

From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[3]

1. Okhla
2. Kalkaji
3. Malviya Nagar (Polling stations 1–60 and 71–128)
4. Hauz Khas
5. R K Puram
6. Delhi Cantt
7. Janakpuri (Polling stations 1–91)
8. Hari Nagar
9. Tilak Nagar
10. Rajouri Garden
11. Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94–107)
12. Gole Market (Polling stations 101–109)
13. Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 22 and 115–119)

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[4]

1. Bijwasan
2. Palam
3. Mehrauli
4. Chhatarpur
5. Deoli
6. Ambedkar Nagar
7. Sangam Vihar
8. Kalkaji
9. Tughlakabad
10. Badarpur

Members of Parliament

Key

  BJP     INC     AAP     BJS     JP  

Election		Member	Party
	1952-57-62	Does not exist
	1967	Balraj Madhok	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
	1971	Shashi Bhushan	Indian National Congress
	1977	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	Janata Party
	1980	Charanjit Singh	Indian National Congress
	1984	Lalit Maken	Indian National Congress
	1985 By-election	Arjun Singh	Indian National Congress
	1989	Madan Lal Khurana	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1991	Madan Lal Khurana	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1996	Sushma Swaraj	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1998	Sushma Swaraj	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1999	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2004	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2009	Ramesh Kumar	Indian National Congress
	2014	Ramesh Bidhuri	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2019	Ramesh Bidhuri	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019 general election

2019 Indian general elections: South Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Ramesh Bidhuri	6,87,014	56.58	+11.41
	AAP	Raghav Chadha	3,19,971	26.35	-9.12
	INC	Vijender Singh	1,64,613	13.56	+2.20
	BSP	Siddhant Gautam	14,761	1.22	+0.23
	HBP	Aditya Kumar Naveen	3,892	0.32	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,264	0.43	+0.07
Majority			3,67,043	30.23	+20.53
Turnout			12,14,545	58.75	-4.22
	BJP hold		Swing	+11.41

2014 general election

2014 Indian general elections: South Delhi [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Ramesh Bidhuri	4,97,980	45.17	+8.65
	AAP	Col. Devinder Sehrawat	3,90,980	35.47	N/A
	INC	Ramesh Kumar	1,25,213	11.36	-37.91
	IND.	Ruby Yadav	56,749	5.15	N/A
	BSP	Sanjay Kumar Rai	10,873	0.99	-11.06
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,010	0.36	N/A
Majority			1,07,000	9.70	-3.05
Turnout			11,02,410	62.90	+15.49
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	-4.10

2009 general election

2009 Indian general elections: South Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Ramesh Kumar	3,60,278	49.27	+2.36
	BJP	Ramesh Bidhuri	2,67,059	36.52	−13.73
	BSP	Kanwar Singh Tanwar	88,120	12.05	+11.19
	CPI	Shrichand Tanwar	5,244	0.72	N/A
Majority			93,219	12.75	+9.41
Turnout			7,31,294	47.41	+7.54
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	+2.36

2004 general election

2004 Indian general elections: South Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra	2,40,654	50.25	−2.00
	INC	R. K. Anand	2,24,649	46.91	+0.66
	Independent	Shiv Khera	4,832	1.01	+1.01
	BSP	Surjeet Singh Assie	4,100	0.86	+0.66
Majority			16,005	3.34	−2.66
Turnout			4,78,876	39.87	−2.00
	BJP hold		Swing	−2.00

1999 general election

1999 Indian general election: South Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra	2,61,230	52.25	−5.99
	INC	Dr. Manmohan Singh	2,31,231	46.25	+8.50
	Independent	Mohammad Sarif	2,846	0.57	N/A
	BSP	Narender Nath Shukla	1,021	0.20	−1.60
Majority			29,999	6.00	−14.49
Turnout			4,99,937	41.87
	BJP hold		Swing	−5.99

1998 general election

1998 Indian general election: South Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Sushma Swaraj	3,31,756	58.24	+3.55
	INC	Ajay Maken	2,15,043	37.75	+4.23
	BSP	Nisha Gotam	10,260	1.80	N/A
	Independent	Jagjit Singh	1,185	0.21	N/A
Majority			1,16,713	20.49	−0.68
Turnout			5,69,597
	BJP hold		Swing	+3.55

1996 general election

1996 Indian general election: South Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Sushma Swaraj	2,94,570	54.69	+15.20
	INC	Kapil Sibal	1,80,564	33.52	+3.63
	AIIC(T)	Manoj Prabhakar	17,690	3.28	N/A
Majority			1,14,006	21.17	+11.96
Turnout			5,38,551
	BJP hold		Swing	+15.20

1991 general election

1991 Indian general election: South Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Madan Lal Khurana	2,08,728	39.49	−21.17
	INC	Romesh Bhandari	1,58,005	29.89	−8.25
Majority			48,723	9.21	−13.30
Turnout			5,28,550
	BJP hold		Swing	−21.17

1989 general election

1989 Indian general election: South Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Madan Lal Khurana	3,82,904	60.66
	INC	Subhash Chopra	77,910	22.14
Majority			2,04,994	38.51
Turnout			4,66,370
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

References

1. South Delhi Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabhaCNN IBN.
2. Bidhuri-wins-margin-107-lakh-votes/article6018553.ece "Ramesh Bidhuri wins: margin 1.07 lakh votes" Check |url= value (help). The Hindu. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
3. "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.
4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
5. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

See also

• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)