Dwarka (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Dwarka
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	West Delhi
State	Delhi
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	AAP
MLA	Adarsh Shastri

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

Overview

Dwarka constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. This constituency covers part of Dwarka, Nasirpur Village, Dashrath puri, Dabri Village and Sagar Pur mainly.

Dwarka is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Madipur, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Uttam Nagar, Matiala and Najafgarh.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     BJP     AAP  

Election		Member	Party
	2008	Mahabal Mishra	Indian National Congress
	2009 By-election [1]	Pradyuman Rajput	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2013	Pradyuman Rajput	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2015	Adarsh Shastri	Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2015 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015: Dwarka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AAP	Adarsh Shastri	79,729	59.07	+26.30
	BJP	Pradyuman Rajput	40,363	29.90	-7.40
	INC	Mahabal Mishra	12,532	9.28	-11.22
	BSP	Amit Chauhan	608	0.45	-1.09
	NOTA	None of the above	332	0.24	-0.40
Majority			39,366	29.17	+24.63
Turnout			1,34,952
	AAP gain from BJP		Swing	+22.60

2013 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2013: Dwarka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Parduymn Singh	42,734	37.30	-17.56
	AAP	Ravi Kumar Suryan	37,537	32.77
	INC	Tasveer Solanki	23,487	20.50	-16.99
	NYP	Rajneesh Kumar Jha	4,398	3.84
	JD(U)	Pramod Kumar	2,751	2.40
	BSP	Rajiv Kumar Gautam	1,760	1.54
	CPI(M)	Mukesh Kumar Chaudhary	684	0.60
	ACP	Rajesh	225	0.20
	Independent	Mukesh Kumar Tanwar	169	0.15	+0.06
	Independent	Anil Singh	90	0.08	+0.01
	NOTA	None	729	0.64
Majority			5,197	4.54	-12.83
Turnout			114,564
	BJP hold		Swing	-17.56

2009 By-election results

Delhi Legislative Assembly By-election, 2009: Dwarka^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Pradyumn Rajput	35,891	54.86	+19.30
	INC	Tilotma Chodhary	24,526	37.49	-14.84
	Independent	Madan Mohan	3,178	4.86
	Independent	Mordhwaj Rai	417	0.64
	Independent	Gulfan	332	0.51
	RJSP	Om Prakash Indora	286	0.44
	Independent	Suvash Kr Ch	234	0.36
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar Hotla	162	0.25	+0.11
	BEP(R)	Hari Prakash	151	0.23
	BSKP	Naresh Chanra P	85	0.13
	Independent	Mukesh Kumarr Tanwar	60	0.09	-0.09
	JKNPP	Prof R N Singh	51	0.08
	Independent	Anil Singh	45	0.07	0.00
Majority			11,365	17.37	+0.60
Turnout			65,418	46.56	-15.84
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+11.88

2008 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2008: Dwarka^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Mahabal Mishra	43,608	52.33
	BJP	Pradyuman Rajput	29,627	35.56
	BSP	Babu Ram	7,806	9.37
	CPI(M)	Mukesh Kumar Chaudhary	553	0.66
	Independent	Subhash Kumar Chaudhary	400	0.48
	RJD	Jogendra Singh	350	0.42
	SP	Kapil Kumar	225	0.27
	Independent	Rajesh Sinha	159	0.19
	Independent	Mukesh Kumar	150	0.18
	Independent	Om Prakash Indora	125	0.15
	Independent	Ramesh Kumar Hotla	120	0.14
	LNJSP	Bishnu Pathak	76	0.09
	Independent	Mukesh Kumar	69	0.08
	Independent	Anil Kumar Singh	57	0.07
Majority			13,981	16.77
Turnout			83,325	62.4
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Dwarka

References

1. By-election due to election of Mahabal Mishra as MP for West Delhi
2. 2009 Bye Election results, Election Commission of India
3. 2008 Election Commission of India