Bijwasan Assembly constituency

Bijwasan
Bijwasan
Constituency No. 36 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Delhi
District	South Delhi
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent B S Joon
Party	AAP

Bijwasan Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly constituencies in Delhi. This constituency covers part of Dhulsiras, Vasant Kunj, Mahipalpur, Rangpuri, Nangal Dewat, Bijwasan, Samalkha, Bamnauli, Kapashera, Shahbad Mohammadpur, Rajnagar, Part of Dwarka.

Overview

Present geographical structure of Bijwasan constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.^[1] Bijwasan is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Assembly segments, namely, Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, Palam, Badarpur and Mehrauli.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name
2008	Sat Prakash Rana	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Sat Prakash Rana	Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Devinder Sehrawat	Aam Aadmi Party
2020	B S Joon	Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2020

Source:2020 In 2020, Bijwasan legislative assembly constituency had total 2,01,630 electors. Total number of valid vote was 1,24,972. Aam Aadmi Party candidate Bhupinder Singh Joon won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 57,271 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sat Prakash Rana stood second with total 56,518 votes. He lost by 753 votes.^[2] This was categorized as the most marginal victory as the number of votes difference was lowest(753).^[3]

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Bijwasan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Bhupinder Singh Joon	57,271	45.83	−9.16
	BJP	Sat Prakash Rana	56,518	45.22	+6.76
	INC	Praveen Rana	5,937	4.75	+0.31
	NOTA	None of the above	448	0.36	−0.05
Majority			753	0.61	−14.92
Turnout			1,25,097	62.04	−1.38
	AAP hold		Swing	-9.16

2015

Source:2015

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Bijwasan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Devinder Sehrawat	65,006	54.99	+22.67
	BJP	Sat Prakash Rana	45,470	38.46	+3.81
	INC	Vijay Singh Lochav	5,258	4.44	−13.06
	BSP	Yogesh Gaur	641	0.54	−11.06
	INLD	Pankaj Kumar	421	0.35	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	496	0.41	−0.25
Majority			19,536	16.53	+14.21
Turnout			1,18,288	63.42
	AAP gain from BJP		Swing	+22.67

2013

Source:2003

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Bijwasan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sat Prakash Rana	35,988	34.65	−6.68
	AAP	Devinder Sehrawat	33,574	32.32
	INC	Vijay Singh Lochav	18,173	17.50	−20.81
	BSP	Narender Rana	12,053	11.60	−7.24
	SP	Surender Bhardwaj	2,370	2.28
	JD(U)	Jay Vir Singh	500	0.48
	Independent	Inder Singh	290	0.28
	Independent	Ombir	239	0.23
	NOTA	None	688	0.66
Majority			2,414	2.32	−0.70
Turnout			103,931	63.15
	BJP hold		Swing	-6.68

2008

Source:2008

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Bijwasan^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sat Prakash Rana	27,427	41.33
	INC	Vijay Singh Lochav	25,422	38.31
	BSP	Vinod Kumar Yadav	12,506	18.84
	Independent	Harinder Rana	642	0.97
	LJP	Suresh Chand	370	0.56
Majority			2,005	3.02
Turnout			66,367	59.1
	BJP win (new seat)

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
^ "Bijwasan Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ "Delhi Election Results Highlights: AAP sweeps polls with 62 seats". The Economic Times. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ 2008 Election Commission of India

28°32′10″N 77°03′14″E / 28.536°N 77.054°E / 28.536; 77.054

[eci1-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.

[2] "Bijwasan Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[3] "Delhi Election Results Highlights: AAP sweeps polls with 62 seats". The Economic Times. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[4] 2008 Election Commission of India

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