West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency

West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. Earlier some parts of the constituency were included in Outer Delhi constituency and some parts were included in the erstwhile South Delhi constituency.

West Delhi
Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
Union TerritoryDelhi
Assembly ConstituenciesMadipur
Rajouri Garden
Hari Nagar
Tilak Nagar
Janakpuri
Vikaspuri
Uttam Nagar
Dwarka
Matiala
Najafgarh
Established2008
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
Political Map of Delhi showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2019 elections.

Assembly segments

West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following ten Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies:[1]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
26 Madipur SC West Delhi
27 Rajouri Garden None West Delhi
28 Hari Nagar None West Delhi
29 Tilak Nagar None West Delhi
30 Janakpuri None West Delhi
31 Vikaspuri None South West Delhi
32 Uttam Nagar None South West Delhi
33 Dwarka None South West Delhi
34 Matiala None South West Delhi
35 Najafgarh None South West Delhi

Members of Parliament

The West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was created in 2009. The list of Member of Parliament (MP) is as follows:

Year Member Party
2009 Mahabal Mishra Indian National Congress
2014 Parvesh Verma Bharatiya Janata Party
2019

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: West Delhi[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma 8,65,648 60.05 +11.75
INC Mahabal Mishra 2,87,162 19.92 +5.59
AAP Balbir Jakhar 2,51,873 17.47 -10.91
BSP Sita Saran Sen 13,269 0.92 +0.49
NOTA None of the Above 8,937 0.62 +0.03
Majority 5,78,486 40.13 +20.21
Turnout 14,42,492 60.82 -5.28
BJP hold Swing +11.75

2014
2014 Indian general elections: West Delhi[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma 6,51,395 48.30 +8.58
AAP Jarnail Singh 3,82,809 28.38 N/A
INC Mahabal Mishra 1,93,266 14.33 -39.99
IND. Jarnail Singh 84,722 6.28 N/A
BSP Raj Pal Singh 8,707 0.65 -3.44
NOTA None of the Above 7,932 0.59 N/A
Margin of victory 2,68,586 19.92 +5.32
Turnout 13,47,971 66.10 +13.76
BJP gain from INC Swing -6.02

2009
2009 Indian general elections: West Delhi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mahabal Mishra 4,79,899 54.32
BJP Prof. Jagdish Mukhi 3,50,889 39.72
BSP Deepak Bharadwaj 36,089 4.09
BSKRP Krishan Kumar Sharma 3,309 0.37
IND. Har Gobind Arora 2,803 0.32
Margin of victory 1,29,010 14.60
Turnout 8,83,437 52.34
INC win (new seat)

See also

References
  1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
  2. "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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