South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in Delhi
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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.
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Assembly constituencies
| South Delhi DL-7 | |
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| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| Union Territory | Delhi |
| Assembly constituencies | |
| Established | 1966 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
The seat was a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009, after delimitation, INC won this seat.[1] Ramvir Singh Bidhuri of the BJP is the MP representing the constituency since 2024.
Most successful parties from South Delhi Lok Sabha
- BJP + BJS (10 times) (63.0%)
- INC (5 times) (31.0%)
- JP (1 time) (6.00%)
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) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Bijwasan | South West Delhi | Kailash Gahlot | BJP | BJP | ||
| 37 | Palam | Kuldeep Solanki | |||||
| 45 | Mehrauli | South Delhi | Gajendra Singh Yadav | ||||
| 46 | Chhatarpur | Kartar Singh Tanwar | |||||
| 47 | Deoli (SC) | Prakash Jarwal | AAP | ||||
| 48 | Ambedkar Nagar (SC) | Ajay Dutt | AAP | ||||
| 49 | Sangam Vihar | South East Delhi | Chandan Kumar Choudhary | BJP | |||
| 51 | Kalkaji | Atishi Marlena | AAP | BJP | |||
| 52 | Tughlakabad | Sahiram | AAP | ||||
| 53 | Badarpur | Ram Singh Netaji | BJP | ||||
From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[3]
- Okhla
- Kalkaji
- Malviya Nagar (Polling stations 1–60 and 71–128)
- Hauz Khas
- R K Puram
- Delhi Cantt
- Janakpuri (Polling stations 1–91)
- Hari Nagar
- Tilak Nagar
- Rajouri Garden
- Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94–107)
- Gole Market (Polling stations 101–109)
- Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 22 and 115–119)
From 1966 to 1993, South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:
- Delhi Cantt
- Okhla
- Malviya Nagar
- R K Puram
- Hauz Khas
- Ashok Nagar
- Tilak Nagar
- 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:
^By-Poll
Election results
2024 general elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramvir Singh Bidhuri | 692,832 | 53.46 |  3.12 | |
| AAP | Sahiram Pehalwan | 568,499 | 43.87 |  17.52 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 5,961 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 124,333 | 9.59 | |||
| Turnout | 1,296,306 | 56.52 | 2.23 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2019 general elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramesh Bidhuri | 687,014 | 56.58 | 11.41 | |
| AAP | Raghav Chadha | 3,19,971 | 26.35 | 9.12 | |
| INC | Vijender Singh | 1,64,613 | 13.56 | 2.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 5,264 | 0.43 | 0.07 | |
| Majority | 3,67,043 | 30.23 | 20.53 | ||
| Turnout | 12,14,545 | 58.75 | 4.22 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | 11.41 |
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2014 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramesh Bidhuri | 497,980 | 45.17 | 8.65 | |
| AAP | Col. Devinder Sehrawat | 390,980 | 35.47 | New | |
| INC | Ramesh Kumar | 125,213 | 11.36 | 37.91 | |
| IND. | Ruby Yadav | 56,749 | 5.15 | N/A | |
| BSP | Sanjay Kumar Rai | 10,873 | 0.99 | 11.06 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,010 | 0.36 | N/A | |
| Majority | 107,000 | 9.70 | 3.05 | ||
| Turnout | 1,102,410 | 62.90 | 15.49 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 4.10 |
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2009 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ramesh Kumar | 360,278 | 49.27 | 2.36 | |
| BJP | Ramesh Bidhuri | 2,67,059 | 36.52 | 13.73 | |
| BSP | Kanwar Singh Tanwar | 88,120 | 12.05 | 11.19 | |
| CPI | Shrichand Tanwar | 5,244 | 0.72 | N/A | |
| Majority | 93,219 | 12.75 | 9.41 | ||
| Turnout | 7,31,294 | 47.41 | 7.54 | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 2.36 |
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2004 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra | 240,654 | 50.25 | 2.00 | |
| INC | R. K. Anand | 2,24,649 | 46.91 | 0.66 | |
| Independent | Shiv Khera | 4,832 | 1.01 | 1.01 | |
| BSP | Surjeet Singh Assie | 4,100 | 0.86 | 0.66 | |
| Majority | 16,005 | 3.34 | 2.66 | ||
| Turnout | 4,78,876 | 39.87 | 2.00 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | 2.00 |
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1999 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra | 261,230 | 52.25 | 5.99 | |
| INC | Dr. Manmohan Singh | 2,31,231 | 46.25 | 8.50 | |
| Independent | Mohammad Sarif | 2,846 | 0.57 | N/A | |
| BSP | Narendra Nath Shukla | 1,021 | 0.20 | 1.60 | |
| Majority | 29,999 | 6.00 | 14.49 | ||
| Turnout | 4,99,937 | 41.87 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 5.99 |
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1998 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sushma Swaraj | 331,756 | 58.24 | 3.55 | |
| INC | Ajay Maken | 2,15,043 | 37.75 | 4.23 | |
| BSP | Nisha Gotam | 10,260 | 1.80 | N/A | |
| Independent | Jagjit Singh | 1,185 | 0.21 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,16,713 | 20.49 | 0.68 | ||
| Turnout | 5,69,597 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | 3.55 |
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1996 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sushma Swaraj | 294,570 | 54.69 | 15.20 | |
| INC | Kapil Sibal | 1,80,564 | 33.52 | 3.63 | |
| AIIC(T) | Manoj Prabhakar | 17,690 | 3.28 | New | |
| Majority | 1,14,006 | 21.17 | 11.96 | ||
| Turnout | 5,38,551 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | 15.20 |
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1991 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Madan Lal Khurana | 208,728 | 39.49 | 21.17 | |
| INC | Romesh Bhandari | 1,58,005 | 29.89 | 8.25 | |
| Majority | 48,723 | 9.21 | 13.30 | ||
| Turnout | 5,28,550 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | 21.17 |
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1989 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Madan Lal Khurana | 382,904 | 60.66 | ||
| INC | Subhash Chopra | 77,910 | 22.14 | ||
| Majority | 2,04,994 | 38.51 | |||
| Turnout | 4,66,370 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1984 general election
- Lalit Maken (Cong) : 215,898 votes[6]
- Vijay Kumar Malhotra (BJP) : 130,847
1985 bye-poll
- Arjun Singh (Cong) : 161,744 votes [7]
- V.K. Malhotra (BJP) : 121,830
1980 general election
- Charanjit Singh (Cong - I) : 150,513 votes
- Vijay Kumar Malhotra (Janata Party) : 146,413
- Shashi Bhushan (Cong - Urs) : 6339
- Balraj Madhok (Ind) : 2196 votes
1967 general election
- Balraj Madhok (BJS) : 105,611 votes [8]
- R. Singh (INC) : 69290