Janakpuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Janakpuri Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Janakpuri
Constituency
DistrictWest Delhi
Union territoryDelhi
Current constituency
Created1993
MLARajesh Rishi

Overview

Present geographical structure of Janakpuri 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]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  BJP     INC     AAP  

ElectionMemberParty
1993 Prof. Jagdish Mukhi Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
2003
2008
2013
2015 Rajesh Rishi Aam Aadmi Party
2020

Election results
2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Janakpuri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Rajesh Rishi 67,968 54.43 -3.29
BJP Ashish Sood 53,051 42.48 +5.33
INC Radhika Khera 2,084 1.67 -2.10
BSP Raj Kumar 505 0.40 +0.03
Independent Mahipal Singh 201 0.16 N/A
Independent Ramesh Chand Verma 381 0.31 N/A
NOTA None of the above 691 0.55 +0.17
Majority 14,917 11.95 -8.62
Turnout 1,24,881 +0.39
AAP hold Swing -3.29

2015 results
2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Janakpuri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Rajesh Rishi 71,802 57.72 +20.30
BJP Prof. Jagdish Mukhi 46,222 37.15 -2.72
INC Suresh Kumar 4,699 3.77 -12.21
BSP Hari Prakash Singh 471 0.37 -0.58
SHS Paramjit Singh Saini 49 0.03 N/A
NOTA None of the above 483 0.38 -0.39
Majority 25,580 20.57 +14.11
Turnout 1,24,398 71.44
AAP gain from BJP Swing +21.66

2013 results
2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Janakpuri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagdish Mukhi 42,886 39.87 -17.28
AAP Rajesh Rishi 40,242 37.42
INC Ragini Nayak 17,191 15.98 -21.48
Independent Sanjay Puri 4,332 4.03
BSP Hari Prakash Singh 1,019 0.95 -2.27
JD(U) Pankaj Singh 379 0.35
Proutist Bloc Virender Jha 304 0.28
Independent Sukh Lal 142 0.13
DMDK K Swarna 110 0.10
Independent Alok Sharma 71 0.07
Independent Deepak Arora 71 0.07 -0.09
NOTA None 805 0.75
Majority 2,644 2.46 -17.23
Turnout 1,07,638 69.05
BJP hold Swing -17.28

2008 results
2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Janakpuri[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagdish Mukhi 50,655 57.15 -2.54
INC Deepak Arora 33,203 37.46 -0.42
BSP Prem Chand Baswal 2,857 3.22
Independent Shiv Kumar 522 0.59
Independent Bharat Prasad 454 0.51
SP Aamir Anjum 441 0.50
Independent Baljit Singh 163 0.18
Independent Deepak Arora 141 0.16 +0.10
ABHM Harish Chandra Joshi 106 0.12
LNJSP Sirajuddin Khan 99 0.11 +0.05
Majority 17,452 19.69 -2.12
Turnout 88,641 61.2 +3.25
BJP hold Swing -2.54

2003 results
Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2003: Janakpuri[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagdish Mukhi 35,281 59.69 +3.83
INC Shiv Kumar Sondhi 22,390 37.88 -4.16
SHS Anil Jain 433 0.73 +0.46
NCP Dinesh Jain 411 0.70
Independent Satbir 148 0.25
IJP Prem Ji 115 0.19
Independent Vinod Vohra 89 0.15
ABJS Laxmi Narain Bhatia 66 0.11
Independent Mukesh Jain 57 0.10 +0.01
JD(U) Urmila Dhall 42 0.07
Independent Deepak Arora 37 0.06
LNJSP Gulam Moho 36 0.06
Majority 12,891 21.81 +7.99
Turnout 59,105 57.95 +4.94
BJP hold Swing +3.83

1998 results
Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1998: Janakpuri[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagdish Mukhi 31,115 55.86 -6.68
INC Shiv Kumar Sondhi 23,415 42.04 +9.11
Lok Shakti Rajibir Singh 750 1.35
Independent Rajender Kapoor 224 0.40
SHS Naresh Malik 148 0.27 +0.05
Independent Mukesh Jain 49 0.09
Majority 7,700 13.82 -15.79
Turnout 55,701 53.01 -3.22
BJP hold Swing -6.68

1993 results
Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1993: Janakpuri[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagdish Mukhi 33,905 62.54
INC Shailender s/o M P Sahi 17,852 32.93
JD Kunwar Chatter Singh 755 1.39
BSP Hans Raj 420 0.77
DND Moji Ram 197 0.36
Independent Davesh Tiwari 140 0.26
Independent Sunder 128 0.24
SHS Bal Raj Verma 117 0.22
Independent O N Chopra 112 0.21
Independent Major Sahib Ram 90 0.17
Independent Ladha Ram Kapoor 76 0.14
Independent D L Bhatia 64 0.12
Independent Rajiv Kumar 61 0.11
Independent Kamleshwari Saran 55 0.10
Independent Bal Chand 46 0.08
Independent Shailender s/o Shyam Prakash 37 0.07
Independent Rajesh 32 0.06
Independent Manohar Singh 31 0.06
Independent Nutan Tiwari 30 0.06
Independent O P Ranjan 23 0.04
Independent Narender Kumar 22 0.04
Independent Laxman Dass 12 0.02
Independent Ajit Singh 11 0.02
Majority 16,053 31.61
Turnout 54,216 56.23
BJP hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
  2. 2008 Election Commission of India
  3. 2003 Election Commission of India
  4. 1998 Election Commission of India
  5. 1993 Election Commission of India
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