South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency

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Lok Sabha constituency
South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
Union Territory Delhi
Assembly constituencies
Established1966
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024
Political Map of Delhi showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2024 elections. Delhi Lok Sabha election result 2019.png
Political Map of Delhi showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2024 elections.

South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966.

Contents

The seat was a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009, after delimitation, INC won this seat. [1] Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP is the MP representing the constituency since 2014. [2]

Assembly segments

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments: [3]

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(in 2024)

36 Bijwasan South West Delhi Bhupinder Singh Joon AAP BJP
37 Palam Bhavna Gaur AAP BJP
45 Mehrauli South Delhi Naresh Yadav AAP BJP
46 Chhatarpur Vacant BJP
47 Deoli (SC) Prakash Jarwal AAP BJP
48 Ambedkar Nagar (SC) Ajay Dutt AAP AAP
49 Sangam Vihar South East Delhi Dinesh Mohaniya AAP AAP
51 Kalkaji Atishi Marlena AAP BJP
52 Tughlakabad Sahiram AAP AAP
53 Badarpur Vacant BJP

From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments: [4]

  1. Okhla
  2. Kalkaji
  3. Malviya Nagar (Polling stations 1–60 and 71–128)
  4. Hauz Khas
  5. R K Puram
  6. Delhi Cantt
  7. Janakpuri (Polling stations 1–91)
  8. Hari Nagar
  9. Tilak Nagar
  10. Rajouri Garden
  11. Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94–107)
  12. Gole Market (Polling stations 101–109)
  13. Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 22 and 115–119)

From 1966 to 1993, South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:

  1. Delhi Cantt
  2. Okhla
  3. Malviya Nagar
  4. R K Puram
  5. Hauz Khas
  6. Ashok Nagar
  7. Tilak Nagar
  8. Rajouri Garden

Members of Parliament

The South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was created in 1967. The list of Member of Parliament (MP) is as follows:

YearMemberParty
1967 Balraj Madhok Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971 Shashi Bhushan Indian National Congress
1977 Vijay Kumar Malhotra Janata Party
1980 Charanjit Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Lalit Maken Indian National Congress
1985^ Arjun Singh
1989 Madan Lal Khurana Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1996 Sushma Swaraj
1998
1999 Vijay Kumar Malhotra
2004
2009 Ramesh Kumar Indian National Congress
2014 Ramesh Bidhuri Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024 Ramvir Bidhuri

^By-Poll

Election results

2024 general elections

2024 Indian general election: South Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri 692,832 53.46 Decrease2.svg3.12
AAP Sahiram Pehalwan 5,68,49943.87Increase2.svg17.52
NOTA None of the Above 5,9610.46
Majority1,24,3339.59
Turnout 12,96,30656.52Decrease2.svg2.23
BJP hold Swing

2019 general elections

2019 Indian general elections: South Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ramesh Bidhuri 687,014 56.58 Increase2.svg11.41
AAP Raghav Chadha 3,19,97126.35Decrease2.svg9.12
INC Vijender Singh 1,64,61313.56Increase2.svg2.20
NOTA None of the Above 5,2640.43Increase2.svg0.07
Majority3,67,04330.23Increase2.svg20.53
Turnout 12,14,54558.75Decrease2.svg4.22
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg11.41

2014 general election

2014 Indian general elections: South Delhi [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ramesh Bidhuri 497,980 45.17 Increase2.svg8.65
AAP Col. Devinder Sehrawat 3,90,98035.47New
INC Ramesh Kumar 1,25,21311.36Decrease2.svg37.91
IND. Ruby Yadav56,7495.15N/A
BSP Sanjay Kumar Rai10,8730.99Decrease2.svg11.06
NOTA None of the Above 4,0100.36N/A
Majority1,07,0009.70Decrease2.svg3.05
Turnout 11,02,41062.90Increase2.svg15.49
BJP gain from INC Swing Decrease2.svg4.10

2009 general election

2009 Indian general elections: South Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Ramesh Kumar 360,278 49.27 Increase2.svg2.36
BJP Ramesh Bidhuri 2,67,05936.52Decrease2.svg13.73
BSP Kanwar Singh Tanwar 88,12012.05Increase2.svg11.19
CPI Shrichand Tanwar5,2440.72N/A
Majority93,21912.75Increase2.svg9.41
Turnout 7,31,29447.41Increase2.svg7.54
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase2.svg2.36

2004 general election

2004 Indian general elections: South Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra 240,654 50.25 Decrease2.svg2.00
INC R. K. Anand 2,24,64946.91Increase2.svg0.66
Independent Shiv Khera 4,8321.01Increase2.svg1.01
BSP Surjeet Singh Assie4,1000.86Increase2.svg0.66
Majority16,0053.34Decrease2.svg2.66
Turnout 4,78,87639.87Decrease2.svg2.00
BJP hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.00

1999 general election

1999 Indian general election: South Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra 261,230 52.25 Decrease2.svg5.99
INC Dr. Manmohan Singh 2,31,23146.25Increase2.svg8.50
Independent Mohammad Sarif2,8460.57 N/A
BSP Narendra Nath Shukla1,0210.20Decrease2.svg1.60
Majority29,9996.00Decrease2.svg14.49
Turnout 4,99,93741.87
BJP hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.99

1998 general election

1998 Indian general election: South Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sushma Swaraj 331,756 58.24 Increase2.svg3.55
INC Ajay Maken 2,15,04337.75Increase2.svg4.23
BSP Nisha Gotam10,2601.80N/A
Independent Jagjit Singh1,1850.21N/A
Majority1,16,71320.49Decrease2.svg0.68
Turnout 5,69,597
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg3.55

1996 general election

1996 Indian general election: South Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sushma Swaraj 294,570 54.69 Increase2.svg15.20
INC Kapil Sibal 1,80,56433.52Increase2.svg3.63
AIIC(T) Manoj Prabhakar 17,6903.28New
Majority1,14,00621.17Increase2.svg11.96
Turnout 5,38,551
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg15.20

1991 general election

1991 Indian general election: South Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Madan Lal Khurana 208,728 39.49 Decrease2.svg21.17
INC Romesh Bhandari 1,58,00529.89Decrease2.svg8.25
Majority48,7239.21Decrease2.svg13.30
Turnout 5,28,550
BJP hold Swing Decrease2.svg21.17

1989 general election

1989 Indian general election: South Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Madan Lal Khurana 382,904 60.66
INC Subhash Chopra 77,91022.14
Majority2,04,99438.51
Turnout 4,66,370
BJP gain from INC Swing

1984 general election

1985 bye-poll

  • Arjun Singh (Cong) : 161,744 votes [7]
  • V.K. Malhotra (BJP) : 121,830

1980 general election

1967 general election

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References

  1. ↑ South Delhi Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabha CNN IBN.
  2. ↑ "Ramesh Bidhuri wins: margin 1.07 lakh votes". The Hindu. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
  4. ↑ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004" (PDF). Government of Delhi website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "South Delhi Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
  7. ↑ "1984 India General (8th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  8. ↑ "1967 India General (4th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

See also

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