5th Delhi Assembly

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Legislative Assembly of Delhi
(Vidhan Sabha of Delhi)
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Type
Type
Term limits
5 year
History
FoundedDec 2013
DisbandedFeb 2014
Preceded by 4th Delhi Assembly
Succeeded by 6th Delhi Assembly
Leadership
Chief Minister
Speaker of the Assembly
Leader of the Opposition
Structure
Seats70
Political groups
BJP (31)
AAP (28)
INC (8)
IND (1)
JD (U) (1)
SAD (1)
Elections
FPTP
Last election
Dec 2013
Meeting place
Old Secretariat , Delhi, India
Website
www.delhiassembly.nic.in

The Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 28 December 2013 after the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections on 4 December 2013. [1]

Contents

Election and Government formation

Total six national parties, eleven state parties, sixty registered (unrecognised) parties and other independent candidates contested for 70 assembly seats. With 31 seats, BJP emerged as the single largest party but fell short of the half way mark. BJP was closely followed by AAP. In absence of clear majority, Legislative Assembly of Delhi was hung. Being the single largest party, BJP approached the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung and refused to form a government. Thereafter, Indian National Congress offered "unconditional" support to the AAP. AAP initially rejected INC's support but later accepted it and formed the government with Arvind Kejriwal as the Chief Minister. [1] [2]

Electors

MaleFemaleOthersTotal
Electors6,614,2385,321,57255011,936,360
Electors who voted4,367,5273,466,2481447,833,919
Polling percentage66.03%65.14%26%65.53%

Candidates

MaleFemaleOthersTotal
Candidates739710810
Elected673070
Forfeited deposits555570612

Important members

#FromToPositionNameParty
0120132014Leader of the House (Chief Minister) Arvind Kejriwal AAP
0220132014Speaker Maninder Singh Dhir AAP
0320132014Deputy Speaker--
0420132014Leader of the Opposition Dr. Harsh Vardhan BJP

List of members

Default sort, in ascending order of constituency. [3]

#Assembly constituencyNamePartyComments
01 Adarsh Nagar Ram Kishan Singhal BJP
02 Ambedkar Nagar (SC) Ashok Kumar Chauhan AAP Joined BJP
03 Babarpur Naresh Gaur BJP
04 Badarpur Ramvir Singh Bidhuri BJP
05 Badli Devender Yadav INC
06 Ballimaran Haroon Yusuf INC
07 Bawana (SC) Gugan Singh BJP
08 Bijwasan Sat Prakash Rana BJP
09 Burari Sanjeev Jha AAP
10 Chandni Chowk Parlad Singh Sawhney INC
11 Chhatarpur Brahm Singh Tanwar BJP
12 Delhi Cantt Surinder Singh AAP
13 Deoli (SC) Prakash Jarwal AAP
14 Dwarka Parduymn Rajput BJP
15 Gandhi Nagar Arvinder Singh Lovely INC
16 Ghonda Sahab Singh Chauhan BJP
17 Gokalpur (SC)Ranjeet Singh BJP
18 Greater Kailash Saurabh Bharadwaj AAP
19 Hari Nagar Jagdeep Singh AAP
20 Janakpuri Prof. Jagdish Mukhi BJP
21 Jangpura Maninder Singh Dhir AAP
22 Kalkaji Harmeet Singh Kalka BJP
23 Karawal Nagar Mohan Singh Bisht BJP
24 Karol Bagh (SC) Vishesh Ravi AAP
25 Kasturba Nagar Madan Lal AAP
26 Kirari Anil Jha Vats BJP
27 Kondli Manoj Kumar AAP
28 Krishna Nagar Dr. Harsh Vardhan BJP
29 Laxmi Nagar Vinod Kumar Binny AAP Expelled from AAP
30 Madipur (SC) Girish Soni AAP
31 Malviya Nagar Somnath Bharti AAP
32 Mangol Puri (SC) Rakhi Birla AAP
33 Matia Mahal Shoaib Iqbal JD (U)
34 Matiala Rajesh Gahlot BJP
35 Mehrauli Parvesh Sahib Singh BJP
36 Model Town Akhilesh Pati Tripathi AAP
37 Moti Nagar Subhash Sachdeva BJP
38 Mundka Rambir Shokeen IND
39 Mustafabad Hasan Ahmed INC
40 Najafgarh Ajeet Singh Kharkhari BJP
41 Nangloi Jat Manoj Kumar Shokeen BJP
42 Nerela Neel Daman Khatri BJP
43 New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal AAP
44 Okhla Asif Muhammad Khan INC
45 Palam Dharm Dev Solanki BJP
46 Patel Nagar (SC) Veena Anand AAP
47 Patparganj Manish Sisodia AAP
48 R. K. Puram Anil Kumar Sharma BJP
49 Rajinder Nagar R. P. Singh BJP
50 Rajouri Garden Manjinder Singh Sirsa SAD
51 Rithala Kulwant Rana BJP
52 Rohini Rajesh Garg AAP
53 Rohtas Nagar Jitender Mahajan BJP
54 Sadar Bazar Som Dutt AAP
55 Sangam Vihar Dinesh Mohaniya AAP
56 Seelampur Mateen Ahmad INC
57 Seemapuri (SC) Dharmender Singh AAP
58 Shahdara Jitender Singh Shunty BJP
59 Shakur Basti Satyendra Kumar Jain AAP
60 Shalimar Bagh Bandana Kumari AAP
61 Sultanpur (SC) Jai Kishan INC
62 Tilak Nagar Jarnail Singh AAP
63 Timarpur Harish Khanna AAP
64 Tri Nagar Nand Kishore Garg BJP
65 Trilokpuri (SC) Raju Dhingan AAP
66 Tughlakabad Ramesh Bidhuri BJP
67 Uttam Nagar Pawan Sharma BJP
68 Vikaspuri Mahinder Yadav AAP
69 Vishwas Nagar Om Prakash Sharma BJP
70 Wazirpur Dr. Mahander Nagpal BJP

Resignation and dissolution

On 14th Feb 2014, Arvind Kejriwal, after 49 days as Chief Minister resigned alleging that INC and BJP obstructed the Jan Lokpal Bill. Both, the INC and BJP refuted the allegations made by Kejriwal. The outgoing Chief Minister, vide a letter to President of India Pranab Mukherjee and Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung recommended immediate dissolution of the State Assembly and to conduct elections immediately. [4]

The Legislative Assembly of Delhi was finally dissolved on 04 Nov 2014 and subsequently elections were announced by Election Commission of India. [5]

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