New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)

New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 7 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1951. Famous film actor, Rajesh Khanna lost here by a close margin in 1991 to L. K. Advani. It is the oldest constituency of Delhi that currently exists.

New Delhi
Lok Sabha Constituency
Member of Parliament, Meenakshi Lekhi
Incumbent	Meenakshi Lekhi
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1951-present
Reservation	None
State	Delhi
Assembly Constituencies	23. Karol Bagh 24. Patel Nagar 25. Moti Nagar 38. Delhi Cantt 39. Rajinder Nagar 40. New Delhi 41. Kasturba Nagar 42. Malviya Nagar 43. R K Puram 50. Greater Kailash

Political Map of Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi) showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2019 elections.

Assembly segments

From 1966–93, New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:

1. Sarojini Nagar
2. Laxmibai Nagar
3. Gole Market
4. Bara Khamba
5. Minto Road
6. Jangpura
7. Kasturba Nagar
8. Lajpat Nagar.

From 1993–2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[1]

1. Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 1-93)
2. Gole Market (Polling stations 1-100)
3. Minto Road (Polling stations 1-135)
4. Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 1-21 and 23-114)
5. Jangpura
6. Matia Mahal (Polling stations 84-108)

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[2]

1. Karol Bagh
2. Patel Nagar
3. Moti Nagar
4. Delhi Cantt
5. Rajinder Nagar
6. New Delhi
7. Kasturba Nagar
8. Malviya Nagar
9. R K Puram
10. Greater Kailash

Members of Lok Sabha

Key

  KMPP     INC     BJS     JP     BJP     AAP  

Election		Member	Party
	1951	Sucheta Kripalani	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
	1957		Indian National Congress
	1961 (By Poll)	Balraj Madhok (bye-poll)	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
	1962	Mehr Chand Khanna	Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
	1967	Manohar Lal Sondhi	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
	1971	Mukul Banerji	Indian National Congress
	1977	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Janata Party
	1980		Bharatiya Janata Party
	1984	Krishan Chandra Pant	Indian National Congress
	1989	Lal Krishna Advani	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1991
	1992 (Bypoll)	Rajesh Khanna (bye-poll)	Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
	1996	Jagmohan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1998
	1999
	2004	Ajay Maken	Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
	2009	Ajay Maken	Indian National Congress
	2014	Meenakashi Lekhi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2019

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Election results

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections

2019 Indian general elections: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Meenakshi Lekhi	5,04,206	54.77	+8.02
	INC	Ajay Maken	2,47,702	26.91	+8.04
	AAP	Brijesh Goyal	1,50,342	16.33	-13.64
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,601	0.72	+0.14
Majority			2,56,504	27.86	+11.08
Turnout			9,20,567	56.91	-8.17
	BJP hold		Swing	+8.02

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections

2014 Indian general elections: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Meenakshi Lekhi	4,53,350	46.75	+11.71
	AAP	Ashish Khetan	2,90,642	29.97	N/A
	INC	Ajay Maken	1,82,893	18.87	-40.72
	IND.	Ravi Kumar Gupta	20,028	2.07	N/A
	BSP	Solomon George	6,088	0.63	-2.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,589	0.58	N/A
Majority			1,62,708	16.78	-7.77
Turnout			9,69,812	65.08	+9.40
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	-12.84

15th Lok Sabha: 2009 General Elections

2009 Indian general elections: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Maken	4,55,867	59.59	+7.55
	BJP	Vijay Goel	2,68,058	35.04	-10.69
	BSP	Trilok Chand Sharma	22,364	2.92	+1.93
	YFE	Major Sangeeta Tomar	2,099	0.27	N/A
	SP	Aamer Ahmed Madni	1,732	0.23	N/A
Majority			1,87,809	24.55	+18.24
Turnout			7,65,018	55.83
	INC hold		Swing

14th Lok Sabha: 2004 General Elections

2004 Indian general elections: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Makan	1,05,415	52.04
	BJP	Jagmohan	92,631	45.73
	BSP	Vikram	1,983	0.93
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar Yadav	680	0.34
	Independent	Javed Abidi	397	0.20
Majority			12,784	6.31
Turnout			2,02,557	44.59
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

13th Lok Sabha: 1999 General Elections

1999 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jag Mohan	1,24,626	54.95
	INC	R. K. Dhawan	96,733	42.65
	Independent	Ram Kumar Azad	1,579	0.69
	NCP	J.L. Jahrat	1,161	0.51
	Independent	Rajendra Singhal	781	0.34
Majority			27,893	12.30
Turnout			2,26,758	41.78
	BJP hold		Swing

12th Lok Sabha: 1998 General Elections

1998 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagmohan	1,39,905	54.36
	INC	R. K. Dhawan	1,07,258	41.67
	JD	Hukum Singh	4,060	1.57
	BSP	Khem Chand Jatav	2,582	1.00
	RJD	Swaraj Bala	1,081	0.42
Majority			32,647	12.69
Turnout			2,57,355	50.21
	BJP hold		Swing

11th Lok Sabha: 1996 General Elections

1996 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagmohan	1,39,945	54.34
	INC	Rajesh Khanna	81,630	31.70
	JD	Shoaib Iqbal	17,905	6.95
	AIIC(T)	Madan Singh Bisht	5,027	1.95
	Independent	Dharam Dutt	1,933	0.75
Majority			58,315	22.64
Turnout			2,57,513	50.95
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

10th Lok Sabha: 1991 General Elections

1991 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lal Krishna Advani	93,662	43.40
	INC	Rajesh Khanna	92,073	42.66
	JD	Manju Mohan	20,439	9.47
	JP	Himanshu Pandey	2,834	1.31
	BSP	Om Parkash	641	0.30
Majority			1,589	0.74
Turnout			2,15,834	47.32
	BJP hold		Swing

10th Lok Sabha: 1992 By Election

• The bye-poll was held because Advani retained Gandhinagar seat which he had won in 1991, and vacated New Delhi seat.

By Election, 1992: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajesh Khanna	1,01,625	52.48
	BJP	Shatrughan Sinha	73,369	37.89
	JD	J. B. Jatav	10,638	5.49
	Independent	S. Kumar	1,135	0.58
	Independent	P. Devi	753	0.38
Majority			28,256	14.59
Turnout			1,93,612	42.45
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

9th Lok Sabha: 1989 General Elections

1989 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lal Krishna Advani	1,29,256	55.54
	INC	V. Mohini Giri	97,415	41.85
	Independent	Maharaj Kumar	848	0.36
	Independent	Harkesh Singh Ujjainwal	728	0.31
	Independent	Rattan	531	0.23
Majority			31,841	13.69
Turnout			2,32,744	54.19
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

8th Lok Sabha: 1984 General Elections

1984 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Krishna Chandra Pant	1,31,932	67.86
	BJP	Kanwar Lal Gupta	59,046	30.37
	Independent	Karuna Lal	514	0.26
	Independent	Harish Dhingra	442	0.23
	Independent	Rup Lal Mehta	393	0.20
Majority			72,886	37.49
Turnout			1,94,413	63.93
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

7th Lok Sabha: 1980 General Elections

1980 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	94,098	48.52
	INC(I)	C. M. Stephen	89,053	45.92
	JP(S)	Rajinder Puri	4,682	2.41
	INC(U)	Mukul Banerjee	762	0.39
	Independent	Yogeshwar Bhagwan	664	0.34
Majority			5,045	2.60
Turnout			1,93,933	64.41
	BJP gain from JP		Swing

6th Lok Sabha: 1977 General Elections

1977 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1,25,936	71.26
	INC	Shashi Bhushan	48,750	27.58
	Independent	Urmila	628	0.36
	Independent	Maharaj Kumar	580	0.33
	Independent	Laxmi Kant Jha	529	0.30
	Independent	Virendra Kumar	321	0.18
Majority			77,186	43.68
Turnout			1,76,744	65.29
	JP gain from INC		Swing

5th Lok Sabha: 1971 General Elections

1971 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukul Banerji	81,867	64.38
	BJS	M. L. Sondhi	37,334	29.36
	Independent	S. Madhusudan	5,108	4.02
	Independent	Parkash Chand	460	0.36
	Independent	Brij Mohan Toofan	422	0.33
Majority			44,533	35.02
Turnout			1,27,165	58.52
	INC gain from BJS		Swing

4th Lok Sabha: 1967 General Elections

1967 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJS	Manohar Lal Sondhi	82,173	55.39
	INC	Mehr Chand Khanna	57,313	38.63
	Independent	D. Singh	2,668	1.80
	Independent	Shital A. K. Dar	2,439	1.64
	Independent	R. Dass	2,074	1.40
Majority			24,860	16.76
Turnout			1,48,359	71.07
	BJS gain from INC		Swing

3rd Lok Sabha: 1962 General Elections

1962 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mehr Chand Khanna	96,264	56.66
	BJS	Balraj Madhok	64,669	38.06
	Independent	Lanka Sundaram	3,786	2.23
	Independent	Parkash Baghi	2,197	1.29
	PSP	Tirath Dass	1,048	0.62
Majority			31,595	18.60
Turnout			1,73,042	64.41
	INC gain from BJS		Swing

2nd Lok Sabha: 1957 General Elections

• Sucheta Kripalani (Congress)
  • Sucheta Kripalani resigned her Lok Sabha seat in 1960 and became a minister in Uttar Pradesh.

2nd Lok Sabha: 1961 By Election

By Election, 1961: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJS	Balraj Madhok	47,184	46.04
	INC	J. B. Singh	37,603	36.69
	Independent	Om Prakash	10,479	10.22
	Independent	Manmohani Sahgal	5,722	5.58
	Independent	Parkash Baghi	955	0.93
	ABHM	H. L. Saxena	536	0.52
Majority			9,581	9.35
Turnout			1,02,479	39.32
	BJS gain from INC		Swing

1st Lok Sabha: 1952 Election

1952 Indian general election: New Delhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Sucheta Kripalani	47,735	46.72
	INC	Man Mohani Sehgal	40,064	39.21
	Independent	Durga Dass	6,749	6.61
	Independent	Om Prakash Gupta	3,945	3.86
	Independent	Mahant Raghubir Dass	2,025	1.98
	Independent	Ganesh Datt Bhavdu Joshi	1,657	1.62
Majority			7,671	7.51
Turnout			1,02,175	56.05
	KMPP win (new seat)

See also

• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004" (PDF). Government of Delhi website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
3. Election Commission of India "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)