East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Political Map of Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi) showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2009 elections.

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 Mahesh Giri

Assembly segments

From 1966-93, East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:

1. Wazirabad
2. Narela
3. Gita Colony,
4. Gandhi Nagar
5. Krishan Nagar
6. Shahdara
7. Rohtas Nagar
8. Ghonda

From 1993-2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:^[2]

1. Trilokpuri
2. Patparganj
3. Mandawali
4. Geeta Colony
5. Gandhi Nagar
6. Krishna Nagar
7. Vishwas Nagar
8. Shahdara
9. Seemapuri
10. Nand Nagari
11. Rohtas Nagar
12. Babarpur
13. Seelampur
14. Ghonda
15. Yamuna Vihar
16. Qarawal Nagar
17. Wazirpur
18. Nerela (Polling stations 1-64 and 70-97)
19. Bhalswa Jahangirpur (Polling stations 3-163)
20. Adarsh Nagar
21. Timarpur (Polling stations 46, 97-101)
22. Model Town (Polling stations 103-113)

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:^[3]

1. Jangpura
2. Okhla
3. Trilokpuri
4. Kondli
5. Patparganj
6. Laxmi Nagar
7. Vishwas Nagar
8. Krishna Nagar
9. Gandhi Nagar
10. Shahdara

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	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-election	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	Dr. Maheish Girri	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2014 general election

Indian general elections, 2014: East Delhi [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	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
	NOTA	None of the above	4,975	0.42	N/A
Majority			1,90,463	15.92	-12.19
Turnout			11,96,336	65.35	+11.91
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+15.53

2009 general election

Indian general election, 2009: East Delhi[5]
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
Majority			2,41,053	28.11	+8.81
Turnout			8,57,406	53.43
	INC hold		Swing	+1.88

2004 general election

Indian general election, 2004: East Delhi[6]
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

1999 general election

Indian general election, 1999: East Delhi[7]
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	Mohd Nahid	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

1998 general election

Indian general election, 1998: East Delhi[8]
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

1997 By-election

Lok Sabha By-election, 1997: East Delhi[9]
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

1996 general election

Indian general election, 1996: East Delhi[10]
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
	Janata Dal	Chaudhari Kesari Singh	48,455	4.38	-16.70
	IC(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

1991 general election

Indian general election, 1991: East Delhi[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. L. Sharma (Prem)	303,141	40.27
	INC	H. K. L. Bhagat	241,316	32.05	-17.74
	Janata Dal	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

1989 general election

Indian general election, 1989: East Delhi[12]
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
	Janata Dal	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

1984 general election

Indian general election, 1984: East Delhi[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H K L Bhagat	386,150	76.95	+21.95
	Janata Party	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

1980 general election

Indian general election, 1980: East Delhi[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	H K L Bhagat	228,727	55.00	+24.64
	Janata Party	Kishore Lal	141,019	33.91	-34.04
	JNP(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

1977 general election

Indian general election, 1977: East Delhi[15]
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

1971 general election

Indian general election, 1971: East Delhi[16]
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

1967 general election

Indian general election, 1967: East Delhi[17]
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

References

1. "Delimitation panel accepts NCP's proposals". The Hindu. Dec 3, 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2010. line feed character in |publisher= at position 5 (help)
2. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004" (PDF). Government of Delhi website.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
4. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
5. 2009 Lok Sabha results by constituency
6. 2004 Lok Sabha results by constituency
7. 1999 Lok Sabha results by constituency
8. 1998 Lok Sabha results by constituency
9. 1997 Lok Sabha Bye election
10. 1996 Lok Sabha results by constituency
11. 1991 Lok Sabha results by constituency
12. 1989 Lok Sabha results by constituency
13. 1984 Lok Sabha results by constituency
14. 1980 Lok Sabha results by constituency
15. 1977 Lok Sabha results by constituency
16. 1971 Lok Sabha results by constituency
17. 1967 Lok Sabha results by constituency

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