Kalkaji Assembly constituency

New Delhi
Constituency No. 51 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateDelhi
DistrictNew Delhi
LS constituencySouth Delhi
Total electors1,46,750
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party   AAP
Elected year2020

Kalkaji Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Overview

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Present geographical structure of Kalkaji 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] Kalkaji is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Assembly segments, namely, Bijwasan, Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Tughlakabad, Palam, Badarpur and Mehrauli.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Name Party
1993 Purnima Sethi Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Subhash Chopra Indian National Congress
2003
2008
2013 Harmeet Singh Kalka Shiromani Akali Dal
2015 Avtar Singh Aam Aadmi Party
2020 Atishi Marlena

Election results

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2020

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Kalkaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Atishi Marlena 55,897 52.28 +0.57
BJP Dharambir 44,504 41.63 +8.47
INC Shivani Chopra 4,965 4.64 −8.07
NOTA None of the above 551 0.52 +0.03
BSP Jay Prakash Sharma 551 0.44 −0.02
Majority 11,393 10.65 −7.90
Turnout 1,06,910 57.51 −7.34
AAP hold Swing +0.57


2015

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Kalkaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Avtar Singh 55,104 51.71 +20.19
BJP Harmeet Singh Kalka 35,335 33.16 −0.61
INC Subhash Chopra 13,552 12.71 −15.67
BSP Shashi Pratap 491 0.46 −0.90
NOTA None of the above 528 0.49 −0.15
Majority 19,769 18.55 +16.30
Turnout 1,06,558 64.85
AAP gain from BJP Swing +19.89


2013

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Kalkaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SAD Harmeet Singh Kalka 30,683 33.77 −0.02
AAP Dharambir Singh 28,639 31.52
INC Subhash Chopra 25,787 28.38 −23.53
Independent Dharmender Kumar 3,092 3.40
BSP Ajay Kr Aggarwal 1,235 1.36 −11.43
JSMP Mohd Vikki Khan 176 0.19
DMDK Ramu 172 0.19
Independent Sunil Garg 162 0.18
Independent Surender Singh 124 0.14
Independent Bhesh Dhari 83 0.09
SP Suman Yadav 78 0.09
JKNPP Ramesh Chand Yadav 49 0.05
NOTA None 581 0.64
Majority 2,044 2.25 −15.87
Turnout 90,882 63.11
SAD gain from INC Swing -0.02


2008

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Kalkaji[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Subhash Chopra 38,360 51.91 −12.22
BJP Jai Gopal Abrol 24,971 33.79 +1.34
BSP Avinash Kaur 9,455 12.79
Independent Sushil Kumar Agarwal 432 0.58
Independent Om Prakash Abrol 353 0.48
Independent Lavesh Kumar Gautam 172 0.23
Independent Mohd Alam 161 0.22
Majority 13,389 18.12 −13.56
Turnout 73,904 51.3 −1.50
INC hold Swing -12.22

2003

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Kalkaji[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Subhash Chopra 35,721 64.13 +10.51
BJP Purnima Sethi 18,077 32.45 −11.78
SP Kalpana 654 1.17
NCP Anil Bawa 329 0.59
IJP Sarla Singh 278 0.50
Independent Rajinder Singh 230 0.41
Independent Aswani Kumar 160 0.29
Independent Neelam 133 0.24
Independent Neeraj Kumar Bakshi 121 0.22
Majority 17,644 31.68 +22.29
Turnout 55,703 52.80 +7.87
INC hold Swing +10.51

1998

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Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Kalkaji[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Subhash Chopra 29,948 53.62 +14.59
BJP Purnima Sethi 24,704 44.23 −3.28
BSP Sewa Singh 665 1.19 +0.45
JD Jasvinder Singh 203 0.36 −2.50
SJP(R) Vijender Kumar 99 0.18
Independent Parminder Singh 97 0.17
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh Laxmi Narayan Goyal 70 0.13
Independent Nirmal Singh 62 0.11
Majority 5,244 9.39 +0.91
Turnout 55,848 44.93 −16.35
INC gain from BJP Swing +14.59

1993

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Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Kalkaji[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Purnima Sethi 22,468 47.51
INC Subhash Chopra 18,456 39.03
Independent Nasib Singh 3,374 7.13
JD Vasantha Nanda Kumar 1,352 2.68
Independent Animesh Dass 356 0.75
BSP Deep Chand Birwal 348 0.74
Independent Vikas Nag Choudhary 299 0.63
Independent R N Singh 239 0.51
Independent Karan Singh Dewan 90 0.19
SHS Ishwar Dutt Sharma 88 0.19
Independent Chanchal Kumar Ganguli 75 0.16
BJC Ashok Kapil 44 0.09
Independent N C Ghosal 35 0.07
Independent Mohan Singh 24 0.05
Independent R P Pokhariyal 23 0.05
Doordarshi Party Mandika Devi 20 0.04
Majority 4,012 8.48
Turnout 47,291 61.28
BJP win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
  2. ^ 2008 Election Commission of India
  3. ^ 2003 Election Commission of India
  4. ^ 1998 Election Commission of India
  5. ^ 1993 Election Commission of India

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