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Raj Kumar Chauhan

Raj Kumar Chauhan
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office
December 1993 – December 2013
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byRakhi Birla
ConstituencyMangol Puri
Personal details
Born (1957-03-27) 27 March 1957 (age 67)
Delhi, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (till 2024)
Residence(s)Delhi, India

Raj Kumar Chauhan (born 27 March 1957) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to Delhi Legislative Assembly from Mangol Puri constituency in First, Second, Third and Fourth Delhi Assembly from Congress and served as the Minister of Education and Social Welfare from December 2001 to December 2003.[1][2] 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]

In May 2024, he, along with Arvinder Singh Lovely and other former Congress MLAs, resigned from the Congress party and joined the BJP, citing their dissatisfaction with Congress's alliance with AAP.[5][6]

Electoral performance

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Mangolpuri[7]
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
Majority 7,663 14.90
Turnout 51,428 66.77
INC hold Swing
Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Mangolpuri[8]
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
Majority 21,014 39.47 +24.57
Turnout 53,240 56.25 −9.52
INC hold Swing +19.30
Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Mangolpuri[9]
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[10]
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
Majority 29,863 32.19 −10.73
Turnout 92,712 64.7 +7.56
INC hold Swing -13.93


Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Mangolpuri[11]
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
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 [12]
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
NOTA None 534 0.41
Majority 22,699 17.60 +8.44
Turnout 1,29,045 72.12
AAP hold Swing +8.52


References