East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in Delhi
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East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 7 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966. It presently comprises 40 municipal wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi with approximately 16 lakh voters and a population of approx 25 lakhs.[1]
Okhla
Trilokpuri
Kondli
Patparganj
Laxmi Nagar
Vishwas Nagar
Krishna Nagar
Gandhi Nagar
Shahdara
| East Delhi DL-3 | |
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| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| Union Territory | Delhi |
| Assembly constituencies | Jangpura Okhla Trilokpuri Kondli Patparganj Laxmi Nagar Vishwas Nagar Krishna Nagar Gandhi Nagar Shahdara |
| Established | 1967 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
East Delhi is one of the larger and highly populated Lok Sabha constituencies not only in Delhi but all over India. The constituency covers areas of East Delhi and some areas of South East Delhi and has a large population, including Okhla, Seelampur, Shahdara, Gandhi Nagar and Preet Vihar. The current MP from here is Harsh Malhotra
Assembly segments
Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[2]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading
(in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Jangpura | South East Delhi | Tarvinder Singh Marwah | BJP | AAP | ||
| 54 | Okhla | Amanatullah Khan | AAP | ||||
| 55 | Trilokpuri (SC) | East Delhi | Ravikant Ujjain | BJP | BJP | ||
| 56 | Kondli (SC) | Kuldeep Kumar | AAP | ||||
| 57 | Patparganj | Ravinder Singh Negi | BJP | ||||
| 58 | Laxmi Nagar | Abhay Verma | |||||
| 59 | Vishwas Nagar | Shahdara | Om Prakash Sharma | ||||
| 60 | Krishna Nagar | East Delhi | Anil Goyal | ||||
| 61 | Gandhi Nagar | Arvinder Singh Lovely | |||||
| 62 | Shahdara | Shahdara | Sanjay Goyal | ||||
From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[3] Trilokpuri, Patparganj, Mandawali, Geeta Colony, Gandhi Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara, Seemapuri, Nand Nagari, Rohtas Nagar, Babarpur, Seelampur, Ghonda, Yamuna Vihar, Qarawal Nagar, Wazirpur, Nerela (Polling stations 1-64 and 70-97), Bhalswa Jahangirpur (Polling stations 3-163), Adarsh Nagar, Timarpur (Polling stations 46, 97-101) and Model Town (Polling stations 103-113)
From 1966 to 1993, the constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments: Wazirabad, Narela, Gita Colony, Gandhi Nagar, Krishan Nagar, Shahdara, Rohtas Nagar and Ghonda
Members of Parliament
The East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was created in 1967. The list of Member of Parliament (MP) is as follows:
^By-Poll
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Harsh Malhotra | 664,819 | 52.59 |  2.76 | |
| AAP | Kuldeep Kumar | 5,71,156 | 45.18 |  27.74 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 5,394 | 0.43 | 0.04 | |
| Majority | 93,663 | 7.41 | 23.7 | ||
| Turnout | 12,64,411 | 59.60 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 2.76 |
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2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gautam Gambhir | 696,356 | 55.35 | +7.52 | |
| INC | Arvinder Singh Lovely | 3,04,934 | 24.24 | +7.25 | |
| AAP | Atishi Marlena | 2,19,328 | 17.44 | −14.47 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,920 | 0.39 | −0.03 | |
| Majority | 3,91,222 | 31.11 | +15.19 | ||
| Turnout | 12,58,195 | 61.70 | −3.69 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +7.52 | |||
16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. Maheish Girri | 572,202 | 47.83 | +15.53 | |
| AAP | Rajmohan Gandhi | 3,81,739 | 31.91 | New | |
| INC | Sandeep Dikshit | 2,03,240 | 16.99 | −43.42 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,975 | 0.42 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,90,463 | 15.92 | −12.19 | ||
| Turnout | 11,96,336 | 65.39 | +11.96 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | +15.53 | |||
15th Lok Sabha: 2009 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sandeep Dikshit | 5,18,001 | 60.41 | +4.19 | |
| BJP | Chetan Chauhan | 2,76,948 | 32.30 | −4.63 | |
| BSP | Mohammad Yunus | 45,447 | 5.30 | +1.02 | |
| IND. | Vikram Seth | 3,556 | 0.41 | ||
| LKD | Abdul Gaffar | 3,157 | 0.37 | ||
| Majority | 2,41,053 | 28.11 | +8.81 | ||
| Turnout | 8,57,406 | 53.43 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | +1.88 | |||
14th Lok Sabha: 2004 General Elections
13th Lok Sabha: 1999 General Elections
12th Lok Sabha: 1998 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Lal Bihari Tiwari | 5,63,083 | 48.83 | +0.13 | |
| INC | Sheila Dikshit | 5,17,721 | 44.89 | +18.74 | |
| BSP | Zahid Khan | 35,126 | 3.05 | ||
| Majority | 45,362 | 3.94 | −18.61 | ||
| Turnout | 11,53,220 | 51.44 | +27.09 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +0.13 | |||
11th Lok Sabha: 1997 By-Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Lal Bihari Tiwari | 2,64,550 | 48.24 | −0.49 | |
| INC | Ashok Kumar Walia | 1,42,027 | 25.89 | −9.04 | |
| Independent | H. K. L. Bhagat | 1,21,364 | 22.34 | +22.25 | |
| Majority | 1,22,523 | 22.55 | +8.75 | ||
| Turnout | 5,43,383 | 24.58 | −26.19 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | -0.03 | |||
11th Lok Sabha: 1996 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Baikunth Lal Sharma | 5,38,655 | 48.73 | +8.46 | |
| INC | Deep Chand Bandhu | 3,86,156 | 34.93 | +2.88 | |
| JD | Chaudhari Kesari Singh | 48,455 | 4.38 | −16.70 | |
| AIIC(T) | Jitender Kumar | 38,401 | 3.47 | ||
| Majority | 1,52,499 | 13.80 | +5.58 | ||
| Turnout | 11,05,410 | 50.54 | +2.31 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +8.46 | |||
10th Lok Sabha: 1991 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | B. L. Sharma (Prem) | 303,141 | 40.27 | ||
| INC | H. K. L. Bhagat | 241,316 | 32.05 | −17.74 | |
| JD | Ram Bir Singh Bidhuri | 158,712 | 21.08 | +15.83 | |
| Majority | 61,825 | 8.22 | −16.15 | ||
| Turnout | 752,846 | 48.23 | −1.40 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
9th Lok Sabha: 1989 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | H K L Bhagat | 359,602 | 49.79 | −27.16 | |
| Independent | Chand Ram | 183,603 | 25.42 | ||
| BSP | Kanshi Ram | 81,095 | 11.23 | ||
| JD | Kishor Lal | 37,925 | 5.25 | ||
| Majority | 175,999 | 24.37 | −37.84 | ||
| Turnout | 722,183 | 49.63 | −11.72 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | -27.16 | |||