Dilip Pandey | |
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![]() Charcoal on paper drawing of Dilip Pandey by Amitabh Mitra | |
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
In office 12 February 2020 – 8 February 2025 | |
Preceded by | Pankaj Pushkar |
Succeeded by | Surya Prakash Khatri |
Constituency | Timarpur |
Spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party | |
Assumed office 2014 | |
Covenor Aam Aadmi Party,Delhi | |
In office 2015–2017 | |
Preceded by | Ashutosh |
Personal details | |
Born | Zamania Uttar Pradesh,India | 1 October 1980
Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
Spouse | Priyanka Pandey |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Delhi |
Profession | Activist,politician,novelist |
Website | Official website |
Dilip Pandey (born 1 October 1980) is an Indian politician and has represented Timarpur as a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from 2020 to 2025. [1] He was the Convenor of the Delhi Unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) between July 2014 and April 2017. [2]
Pandey left his software job in 2013 to join the Aam Aadmi Party. [3] Prior to this,Pandey worked for the Indian IT Major Tata Consultancy Services in the capacity of a Business consultant until FY 2011 and was posted at their Bangalore office.[ citation needed ]
Pandey participated in the Anna Movement. He is a spokesperson [4] and member of the screening committee of the Aam Aadmi Party. [5] [6] In January 2014,Pandey was appointed secretary for political activities in the national capital. [7]
He took over as the convenor of the Delhi unit in July 2014. [8] Under his co-convenorship,the AAP won 67 out of 70 seats in 2015 Delhi assembly elections. [9] Pandey later submitted his resignation in April 2017 after the AAP failed to get the majority in the 2017 MCD elections. [10]
He served as the official Spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party from 2014 to 2024. [11] [1]
Dilip has been nominated as the Aam Aadmi Party’s in-charge for Delhi's North East Lok Sabha constituency for the 2019 General Elections. [12]
He defeated BJP's Surinder Pal Singh (Bittoo) in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election to win the Timarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). [13] [14]
MLA Dilip Pandey was appointed Aam Aadmi Party's chief whip in the Delhi Assembly in March 2020. [15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AAP | Dilip Pandey | 71,432 | 57.60 | +6.55 | |
BJP | Surinder Pal Singh (Bittoo) | 47,288 | 38.13 | +3.43 | |
INC | Amar Lata Sangwan | 3,102 | 2.50 | −9.09 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 508 | 0.41 | −0.03 | |
AAP(S) | Sonu Kaushik | 495 | 0.40 | N/A | |
Majority | 24,144 | 19.47 | +3.12 | ||
Turnout | 1,24,052 | 60.93 | −5.90 | ||
AAP hold | Swing | +6.55 |