Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi

Legislative Assembly of Delhi
(Vidhan Sabha of Delhi)
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
Oct 2008 - Nov 2013
Leadership
Chief Minister
Structure
Seats 70
Political groups
INC (43)
BJP (23)
BSP (02)
LJP (01)
IND (01)
Elections
FPTP
Last election
Oct 2008
Meeting place
Old Secretariat , Delhi, India
Website
Legislative Assembly of Delhi

The Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted in Oct 2008 after the 2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections.[1]

Election and Government formation

Total seven national parties, eight state parties, fifty-three registered (unrecognised) parties and other independent candidates contested for 70 assembly seats.

With 43 seats, INC emerged as the single largest party, much ahead of the required half way mark to form the government. Congress was followed by BJP with 23 seats. Being the single largest party, INC approached the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Tejendra Khanna and made claim to form a government. INC hence formed the government with Sheila Dixit as the Chief Minister.[1][2]

Electors

Male Female Others Total
Electors 5,966,895 4,759,678 - 10,726,573
Electors who voted 3,481,118 2,694,957 - 6,176,075
Polling percentage 58.34% 56.62% - 57.58%

[1]

Candidates

Male Female Others Total
Candidates 794 81 - 875
Elected 67 3 - 70
Forfeited deposits 641 70 - 711

[1]

Important members

# From To Position Name Party
01 2008 2013 Chief Minister Sheila Dixit INC
02 2008 2013 Speaker - -
03 2008 2013 Deputy Speaker Amrish Singh Gautam Indian National Congress
04 2008 2013 Leader of the House - -
05 2008 2013 Leader of the Opposition Vijay Kumar Malhotra Bharatiya Janata Party

[3]

List of members

Default sort, in ascending order of constituency.[4]

# Assembly constituency Name Party Comment
01 Adarsh Nagar Mangat Ram INC
02 Ambedkar Nagar Chaudhary Prem Singh INC
03 Babarpur Naresh Gaur BJP
04 Badarpur Ram Singh Netaji BSP
05 Badli Devender Yadav INC
06 Ballimaran Haroon Yusuf INC
07 Bawana Surender Kumar INC
08 Bijwasan Sat Prakash Rana BJP
09 Burari Shri Krishan BJP
10 Chandni Chowk Parlad Singh Sawhney INC
11 Chhatarpur Balram Tanwar INC
12 Delhi Cantt Karan Singh Tanwar BJP
13 Deoli Arvinder Singh INC
14 Dwarka Mahabal Mishra INC
15 Gandhi Nagar Arvinder Singh Lovely INC
16 Ghonda Sahab Singh Chauhan BJP
17 Gokalpur Surendra Kumar BSP
18 Greater Kailash Vijay Kumar Malhotra BJP
19 Hari Nagar Harsharan Singh Balli BJP
20 Janakpuri Jagdish Mukhi BJP
21 Jangpura Tarvinder Singh Marwah INC
22 Kalkaji Subhash Chopra INC
23 Karawal Nagar Mohan Singh Bisht BJP
24 Karol Bagh Surender Pal Ratawal BJP
25 Kasturba Nagar Neeraj Basoya INC
26 Kirari Anil Jha BJP
27 Kondli Amrish Singh Gautam INC
28 Krishna Nagar Harsh Vardhan BJP
29 Laxmi Nagar Dr. Ashok Kumar Walia INC
30 Madipur Mala Ram Gangwal INC
31 Malviya Nagar Kiran Walia INC
32 Mangol Puri Raj Kumar Chauhan INC
33 Matia Mahal Shoaib Iqbal LJP
34 Matiala Sumesh INC
35 Mehrauli Yoganand Shastri INC
36 Model Town Kanwar Karan Singh INC
37 Moti Nagar Subhash Sachdeva BJP
38 Mundka Manoj Kumar BJP
39 Mustafabad Hasan Ahmed INC
40 Najafgarh Bharat Singh IND
41 Nangloi Jat Bijender Singh INC
42 Nerela Jaswant Singh INC
43 New Delhi Sheila Dikshit INC
44 Okhla Parvez Hashmi INC
45 Palam Dharam Dev Solanki BJP
46 Patel Nagar Rajesh Lilothia INC
47 Patparganj Anil Kumar INC
48 R.K. Puram Barkha Singh INC
49 Rajinder Nagar Ramakant Goswami INC
50 Rajouri Garden Dyanand Chandila INC
51 Rithala Kulwant Rana BJP
52 Rohini Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal BJP
53 Rohtas Nagar Ram Babu Sharma INC
54 Sadar Bazar Rajesh Jain INC
55 Sangam Vihar Dr. S.C.L.Gupta BJP
56 Seelampur Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed INC
57 Seemapuri Veer Singh Dhingan INC
58 Shahdara Dr. Narender Nath INC
59 Shakur Basti Shyam Lal Garg BJP
60 Shalimar Bagh Ravinder Nath Bansal BJP
61 Sultan Pur Majra Jai Kishan INC
62 Tilak Nagar O.P. Babbar BJP
63 Timarpur Surinder Pal Singh INC
64 Tri Nagar Anil Bhardwaj INC
65 Trilokpuri Sunil Kumar BJP
66 Tughlakabad Ramesh Bidhuri BJP
67 Uttam Nagar Mukesh Sharma INC
68 Vikaspuri Nand Kishore INC
69 Vishwas Nagar Naseeb Singh INC
70 Wazirpur Hari Shanker Gupta INC

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Election Results". Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved Feb 2015.
  2. "Sheila Dixit Delhi CM for 3rd term". Rediff.com. Retrieved Feb 2015.
  3. "Deputy Speaker & LOP". The Hindu. Retrieved Feb 2015.
  4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved Feb 2015.
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