Jangpura Assembly constituency

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Jangpura
Constituency No. 41 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Delhi
District South Delhi
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AAP
Elected year2020

Jangpura Assembly constituency is one of the seventy Delhi assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India. Jangpura assembly constituency is a part of South East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency). It is a posh neighbourhood in South Delhi district of Delhi divided into Jangpura, Jangpura Extension, Jangpura A and Jangpura B.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionNameParty
1993 Jag Pravesh Chandra Indian National Congress
1998 Tarvinder Singh Marwah
2003
2008
2013 Maninder Singh Dhir Aam Aadmi Party
2015 Praveen Kumar
2020

Election results

2020

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Jangpura
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AAP Praveen Kumar 45,133 50.88 +2.77
BJP Impreet Singh Bakshi29,07032.77+7.06
INC Tarvinder Singh Marwah13,56515.29-9.53
NOTA None of the above4190.47+0.13
BSP Subhash2470.28-0.13
Majority16,06318.18-4.22
Turnout 88,79460.66-3.66
AAP hold Swing -4.22

2015

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Jangpura
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AAP Praveen Kumar 43,92748.11+11.16
BJP Maninder Singh Dhir 23,47725.71+2.10
INC Tarvinder Singh Marwah22,66224.82-9.96
BSP Ashok3820.41-0.34
SHS Anil Singh1180.12N/A
NOTA None of the above3140.34-0.35
Majority20,45022.40+20.23
Turnout 91,32964.30
AAP hold Swing +11.16

2013

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Jangpura [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AAP Maninder Singh Dhir 29,70136.95
INC Tarvinder Singh Marwah27,95734.78-22.22
BJP Pankaj Jain18,97823.61-12.05
JD (U) Rakesh1,5231.89
BSP Suresh Chand6000.75-4.13
Independent Vijay Choudary2990.37
DMDK A Shiva2560.32
ABVCP Sandeep Singh2430.30
IJP Prem Sagar1240.150.00
Independent Tarun Saini720.09
Independent Deepak Biswas670.08
NOTA None5550.69
Majority1,7442.17-19.17
Turnout 80,39962.30
AAP gain from INC Swing

2008

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Jangpura [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Tarwinder Singh Marwah37,26157.00-11.88
BJP Manjinder Singh Sirsa23,31035.66+9.08
BSP Gaje Singh3,1924.88
LJP Hassen Ahmed Siddiqi5590.86+0.07
Independent Praveen Kumar Jain3940.60
BPD Vijay Kumar Sharma1620.25
RPI(A) Md Kaleem1570.24
UWF Laxmi1240.19
LPSP Pushpa Devi1140.17
IJP Suresh Gupta1010.15
Majority13,95621.34-20.96
Turnout 65,37459.6+8.44
INC hold Swing -11.88

2003

Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Jangpura [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Tarvinder Singh Marwah32,93768.88+17.41
BJP Kuldeep Singh Bhogal12,71026.58-3.28
Independent Rajan Taneja1,0092.11
JD (U) Naresh Kumar5381.13
LJP Pavnesh Kumar3780.79
Independent Inder Pal Singh Lamba2480.52
Majority20,22742.30+21.69
Turnout 47,82051.16+1.39
INC hold Swing +17.41

1998

Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Jangpura [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Tarvinder Singh Marwah28,38451.47+4.07
BJP Bir Bahadur16,46529.86-12.66
Independent Tilak Raj Malhotra8,60515.60
BSP Hari Lal Mandora4640.84+0.10
JD Inder Jit Singh Sethi4190.76+5.86
Independent Harvinder Singh3540.64
Independent Shanti Swaroop Gera2060.37
Independent Manoher Lal Jha1460.26
Independent Trilochan Singh1010.18
Majority11,91921.61+16.73
Turnout 55,14449.77-8.75
INC hold Swing +4.07

1993

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Jangpura [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Jag Pravesh Chandra24,20047.40
BJP Ram Lal Verma21,70942.52
JD P Chakraborty3,3826.62
Independent Jai Kishan4640.91
BSP Om Prakash3780.74
Independent Pritam Singh2670.52
Independent Surjit Singh Happy1700.33
Independent Sarabjit Singh1380.27
DBP Krishan Lal Gupta1140.22
SP Safar Ahmad1090.21
Independent Pradeep Kumar Sabharwal420.08
Independent Jaswant Singh Gautam360.07
Independent Sumer260.05
Independent Praveen Taneja170.03
Majority2,4914.88
Turnout 51,05258.52
INC hold Swing

Other State Wings

Uttarakhand Wing

In 2018 Gopal Rai introduced Uttarakhand wing in Aam Aadmi Party Delhi. [6] In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election. [7] On 17 August 2021, AAP declared Colonel Ajay Kothiyal as their Chief Ministerial candidate for the assembly election. [8] RJ Raawat is the President of Uttarakhand Wing for Jangpura Assembly Delhi. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Assembly Elections December 2013 Results, Election Commission of India
  2. ↑ 2008 Election Commission of India
  3. ↑ 2003 Election Commission of India
  4. ↑ 1998 Election Commission of India
  5. ↑ 1993 Election Commission of India
  6. ↑ "AAP Delhi Convenor Gopal Rai Introduces Uttarakhand Wing , Purvanchal Wing & South Indian Wing" . Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "AAP to contest polls in 6 states, including Himachal Pradesh, UP, Gujarat". Hindustan Times. 28 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ajay Kothiyal, ex-Army man, to be AAP's CM candidate in Uttarakhand: Kejriwal". Hindustan Times. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "AAP Uttarakhand wing protests at BJP office over remarks made against Sunderlal Bahuguna". Zee News. 19 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "AAP U'khand wing protests at BJP HQ against 'insult' to Bahuguna | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

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