Raj Kumar Chauhan

Raj Kumar Chauhan
Raj Kumar Chauhan
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
	In office; December 1993 – December 2013
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Rakhi Birla
Constituency	Mangol Puri
Personal details
Born	27 March 1957 (age 67); Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence(s)	Delhi, India

Raj Kumar Chauhan (born 27 March 1957) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party and was elected to Delhi Legislative Assembly from Mangol Puri constituency in First, Second, Third and Fourth Delhi Assembly.^[1]^[2] He was the Minister of Education and Social Welfare from December 2001 to December 2003. He also served as the Minister of Development, Revenue, Irrigation & Flood Control Department, Public Works Department, SC/ST Welfare Department in Second and Third Sheila Dikshit cabinet.^[3]^[4]

Electoral performance

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Mangolpuri^[5]
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
	Independent	Satish Kumar	601	1.17
	Independent	Om Prakash	568	1.10
	DPP	Bharat Raj Bhartiy	384	0.75
	Independent	Umed Singh Kashyap	257	0.50
	SS(R)	Chander Bhan	150	0.29
	Independent	Raju	138	0.27
	BLMD	Mani Ram	136	0.26
	Independent	Megh Singh	82	0.16
	Mukt Bharat	Sant Kumar	82	0.18
	Doordarshi Party	Ram Bali	69	0.13
	SS	Satya Prakash	57	0.11
	DBP	Sohan Singh Koli	55	0.11
	Independent	Raghubir Singh Azad	47	0.09
	Independent	Jagdish Chand	42	0.08
	Independent	Surari Lal Kashyap	39	0.08
	Independent	Nem Chand	31	0.06
	Independent	Ram Janam	22	0.04
	Independent	Brij Lal	17	0.03
	Independent	Amresh Kumar	14	0.03
	Independent	Ram Kumar Dabriwal	12	0.02
	Independent	Gauri Shankar Trapan	10	0.02
Majority			7,663	14.90
Turnout			51,428	66.77
	INC hold		Swing

Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Mangolpuri^[6]
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
	CPI	Shyam Kalee	286	0.54
	Independent	Rattan Singh	66	0.12
	Independent	Rohtash	62	0.12
	Lok Shakti	Raj Kumar	45	0.08
Majority			21,014	39.47	+24.57
Turnout			53,240	56.25	−9.52
	INC hold		Swing	+19.30

Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Mangolpuri^[7]
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

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Mangolpuri^[8]
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
	Independent	Sanjay Bharti	818	0.88
	Independent	Nand Kumar Paswan	622	0.67
	Independent	Kamal Singh	187	0.20
Majority			29,863	32.19	−10.73
Turnout			92,712	64.7	+7.56
	INC hold		Swing	-13.93

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Mangolpuri^[9]
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
	BSP	Chhatardhari	3,722	3.22	−18.32
	CPI	Shyam Kali	789	0.68
	Independent	Murli Dhar	485	0.42
	IBSP	Ramesh Kumar	284	0.25
	NOTA	None	839	0.73
Majority			10,585	9.16	−23.05
Turnout			115,719	69.73
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Mangolpuri ^[10]
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
	SS	Raju	330	0.26
	NOTA	None	534	0.41
Majority			22,699	17.60	+8.44
Turnout			1,29,045	72.12
	AAP hold		Swing	+8.52