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East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency

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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
Union TerritoryDelhi
Assembly constituenciesJangpura
Okhla
Trilokpuri
Kondli
Patparganj
Laxmi Nagar
Vishwas Nagar
Krishna Nagar
Gandhi Nagar
Shahdara
Established1967
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024
Political map of Delhi showing parliamentary constituencies as of 2024 elections.

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]

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 east of the Yamuna and has a large population, including 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 Praveen Kumar AAP AAP
54 Okhla Amanatullah Khan AAP AAP
55 Trilokpuri (SC) East Delhi Rohit Kumar Mehraulia AAP BJP
56 Kondli (SC) Kuldeep Kumar AAP BJP
57 Patparganj Manish Sisodia AAP BJP
58 Laxmi Nagar Abhay Verma BJP BJP
59 Vishwas Nagar Shahdara Om Prakash Sharma BJP BJP
60 Krishna Nagar East Delhi S.K. Bagga AAP BJP
61 Gandhi Nagar Anil Kumar Bajpai BJP BJP
62 Shahdara Shahdara Ram Niwas Goel AAP BJP

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:

Year Member Party
1967 Hardayal Devgun Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971 H. K. L. Bhagat Indian National Congress
1977 Kishore Lal Janata Party
1980 H. K. L. Bhagat Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989
1991 Baikunth Lal Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
1997^ Lal Bihari Tiwari
1998
1999
2004 Sandeep Dikshit Indian National Congress
2009
2014 Maheish Girri Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Gautam Gambhir
2024 Harsh Malhotra

^By-Poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: East Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Harsh Malhotra 664,819 52.59 Decrease 2.76
AAP Kuldeep Kumar 5,71,156 45.18 Increase27.74
NOTA None of the Above 5,394 0.43 Increase0.04
Majority 93,663 7.41 Decrease 23.7
Turnout 12,64,049
BJP hold Swing Decrease 2.76

2019

2019 Indian general elections: East Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gautam Gambhir 696,158 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
2014 Indian general elections: East Delhi[4]
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
2009 Indian general election: East Delhi[5]
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
2004 Indian general election: East Delhi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sandeep Dikshit 6,69,527 56.22 +13.97
BJP Lal Bihari Tiwari 4,39,748 36.93 −13.29
BSP Bal Raj SIngh 50,985 4.28 +0.67
Majority 2,29,779 19.30 +11.37
Turnout 11,90,814
INC gain from BJP Swing +7.33
1999 Indian general election: East Delhi[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lal Bihari Tiwari 5,21,434 50.22 +1.39
INC AVM H L Kapur 4,38,674 42.25 −2.64
BSP Javed Ansari 37,444 3.61 +0.56
Majority 82,760 7.93 +3.99
Turnout 10,38,275 43.37 −8.07
BJP hold Swing +0.07
1998 Indian general election: East Delhi[8]
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

Lok Sabha By-election, 1997: East Delhi[9]
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
1996 Indian general election: East Delhi[10]
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


1991 Indian general election: East Delhi[11]
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
1989 Indian general election: East Delhi[12]
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
1984 Indian general election: East Delhi[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC H K L Bhagat 386,150 76.95 +21.95
JP Kishore Lal 73,970 14.74 −19.17
Majority 312,180 62.21 +41.12
Turnout 501,822 61.35 −1.01
INC hold Swing +21.95
1980 Indian general election: East Delhi[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) H K L Bhagat 228,727 55.00 +24.64
JP Kishore Lal 141,019 33.91 −34.04
JP(S) Mir Singh 25,539 6.14
Majority 87,708 21.09 −16.50
Turnout 415,881 62.36 −7.77
INC(I) gain from BLD Swing +24.64
1977 Indian general election: East Delhi[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Kishore Lal 240,594 67.95
INC H K L Bhagat 107,487 30.36 −33.76
RPI Radhey Shyam 3,748 1.06
Majority 133,107 37.59 +5.12
Turnout 354,078 70.13 +5.31
JP gain from INC Swing
1971 Indian general election: East Delhi[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC H K L Bhagat 146,632 64.12 +18.65
ABJS Hardayal Devgun 72,382 31.65 −17.11
INC(O) Fateh Singh 5,717 2.50
Majority 74,250 32.47 +29.18
Turnout 228,685 64.82 −2.47
INC gain from ABJS Swing +18.65
1967 Indian general election: East Delhi[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS Hardayal Devgun 83,261 48.76
INC B Mohan 77,645 45.47
RPI V N Kaushik 9,855 5.77
Majority 5,616 3.29
Turnout 170,761 67.29

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