Chhatarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Chhatarpur
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	South Delhi
State	Delhi
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	AAP
MLA	Kartar Singh Tanwar

Chhatarpur Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: छत्तरपुर विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Overview

Present geographical structure of Chhatarpur constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.^[1]

Chhatarpur is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Bijwasan, Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Deoli, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, Palam, Badarpur and Mehrauli.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

INC BJP AAP

	Member	Party
2008	Balram Tanwar	Indian National Congress
2013	Brahm Singh Tanwar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Kartar Singh Tanwar	Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2015 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015: Chhatarpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AAP	Kartar Singh Tanwar	67,645	54.29	+34.10
	BJP	Brahm Singh Tanwar	45,405	36.44	-8.63
	INC	Balram Tanwar	9,339	7.49	-23.04
	RLD	Amit Vaid	627	0.50	N/A
	BSP	Bijender	503	0.40	-1.86
	Shiv Sena	Archana Yadav	98	0.07	-0.09
	NOTA	None of the above	547	0.43	-0.22
Majority			22,240	17.85	+3.31
Turnout			1,24,602
	AAP gain from BJP		Swing	+29.79

2013 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2013: Chhatarpur ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Brahm Singh Tanwar	49,975	45.07	+13.63
	INC	Balram Tanwar	33,851	30.53	-6.69
	AAP	Rishi Pal	22,285	20.10
	BSP	Amit Kumar	2,507	2.26	-27.02
	CPI	Shiv Dutt Sharma	745	0.67
	Proutist Bloc	Ram Sirjan Bhagat	370	0.33
	Independent	Babu Lal	245	0.22
	Shiv Sena	Ashok	180	0.16	-0.12
	NOTA	None	718	0.65
Majority			16,124	14.54	+8.76
Turnout			110,876
	BJP hold		Swing	+13.63

2008 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2008: Chhatarpur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Balram Tanwar	32,406	37.22
	BJP	Brahm Singh Tanwar	27,376	31.44
	BSP	Kanwar Singh Tanwar	25,492	29.28
	Independent	Hira Lal Singh	481	0.55
	RLD	Prem Raj	440	0.51
	Shiv Sena	Kiran Singh	241	0.28
	Independent	Rafik Ahmad	203	0.23
	Independent	Bir Singh	124	0.14
	LNJSP	Ch Pratap Singh Tanwar	118	0.14
	LPSP	Ram Sirjan Bhagat	110	0.13
	NJD	Sanjay Singh	86	0.10
Majority			5,030	5.78
Turnout			87,077	56.0
	INC hold		Swing

References

↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
↑ Assembly Elections December 2013 Results, Election Commission of India
↑ 2008 Election Commission of India

Delhi Legislative Assembly

Assemblies	First (1993–98) Second (1998–2003) Third (2003–08) Fourth (2008–13) Fifth (2013–14) Sixth (2015–)

Constituencies	Adarsh Nagar Ambedkar Nagar Babarpur Badarpur Badli Ballimaran Bawana Bijwasan Burari Chandni Chowk Chhatarpur Delhi Cantt Deoli Dwarka Gandhi Nagar Ghonda Gokalpur Greater Kailash Hari Nagar Janakpuri Jangpura Kalkaji Karawal Nagar Karol Bagh Kasturba Nagar Kirari Kondli Krishna Nagar Laxmi Nagar Madipur Malviya Nagar Mangol Puri Matia Mahal Matiala Mehrauli Model Town Moti Nagar Mundka Mustafabad Najafgarh Nangloi Jat Nerela New Delhi Okhla Palam Patel Nagar Patparganj R.K. Puram Rajinder Nagar Rajouri Garden Rithala Rohini Rohtas Nagar Sadar Bazar Sangam Vihar Seelampur Seemapuri Shahdara Shakur Basti Shalimar Bagh Sultan Pur Majra Tilak Nagar Timarpur Tri Nagar Trilokpuri Tughlakabad Uttam Nagar Vikaspuri Vishwas Nagar Wazirpur

Former constituencies	Geeta Colony

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