Raj Kumar Chauhan | |
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Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 8 February 2025 | |
In office December 1993 –December 2013 | |
Preceded by | Constituency Established |
Succeeded by | Rakhi Birla |
Constituency | Mangol Puri |
Personal details | |
Born | Delhi,India | 27 March 1957
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (till 2024) |
Residence(s) | Delhi,India |
Raj Kumar Chauhan (born 27 March 1957) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected from Mangol Puri constituency to the 1st,2nd,3rd and 4th Delhi Legislative Assembly on an Indian National Congress ticket (INC) and served as the Minister for Education and Social Welfare from December 2001 to December 2003. [1] [2] He also served as the Minister for Development,Revenue,Irrigation &Flood Control Department,Public Works Department,SC/ST Welfare Department in the Second and Third Sheila Dikshit cabinet. [3] [4]
In May 2024,he,along with Arvinder Singh Lovely,Naseeb Singh and other former INC MLAs,resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP,citing their dissatisfaction with Congress's alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party. [5] [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Raj Kumar Chauhan | 21,344 | 41.50 | ||
BJP | Soran Singh Nirala | 13,681 | 26.60 | ||
JD | Tej SIngh | 7,207 | 14.01 | ||
BSP | Daya Ram | 5,569 | 10.83 | ||
CPI(M) | Kameshwar Prasad | 814 | 1.58 | ||
Majority | 7,663 | 14.90 | |||
Turnout | 51,428 | 66.77 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Raj Kumar Chauhan | 32,372 | 60.80 | +19.30 | |
BJP | Lakshmi Narayan | 11,358 | 21.33 | −5.27 | |
BSP | Mahender Singh | 6,707 | 12.60 | +1.77 | |
RJD | Suraj Pal | 1,500 | 2.82 | ||
JD | Tej Singh | 844 | 1.59 | +12.42 | |
Majority | 21,014 | 39.47 | +24.57 | ||
Turnout | 53,240 | 56.25 | −9.52 | ||
INC hold | Swing | +19.30 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Raj Kumar Chauhan | 39,147 | 68.34 | +7.54 | |
BSP | Megh Singh | 8,832 | 15.42 | +3.82 | |
BJP | Raju Balmiki | 8,670 | 15.14 | −6.19 | |
BRP | Shyam Kaur | 633 | 1.11 | ||
Majority | 30,315 | 52.92 | +13.45 | ||
Turnout | 57,282 | 57.14 | +0.89 | ||
INC hold | Swing | +7.54 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Raj Kumar Chauhan | 50,448 | 54.41 | −13.93 | |
BJP | Yogesh Aatray | 20,585 | 22.20 | +7.06 | |
BSP | Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat | 19,971 | 21.54 | +6.12 | |
Majority | 29,863 | 32.19 | −10.73 | ||
Turnout | 92,712 | 64.7 | +7.56 | ||
INC hold | Swing | -13.93 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AAP | Rakhi Birla | 44,383 | 38.42 | ||
INC | Raj Kumar Chauhan | 33,798 | 29.25 | −25.16 | |
BJP | Ram Kishor Navariya | 31,232 | 27.03 | +4.83 | |
NOTA | None | 839 | 0.73 | ||
Majority | 10,585 | 9.16 | −23.05 | ||
Turnout | 115,719 | 69.73 | |||
AAP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AAP | Rakhi Birla | 60,534 | 46.94 | +8.52 | |
INC | Raj Kumar Chauhan | 37,835 | 29.34 | +0.09 | |
BJP | Surjeet Kumar | 27,889 | 21.63 | −5.40 | |
BSP | Devender Kumar | 1,659 | 1.29 | −1.93 | |
NOTA | None | 534 | 0.41 | ||
Majority | 22,699 | 17.60 | +8.44 | ||
Turnout | 1,29,045 | 72.12 | |||
AAP hold | Swing | +8.52 |