South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)

South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: दक्षिण दिल्ली लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966.

South Delhi
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentRamesh Bidhuri
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1966-present
ReservationNone
StateDelhi
Assembly Constituencies36. Bijwasan
37. Palam
45. Mehrauli
46. Chhatarpur
47. Deoli
48. Ambedkar Nagar
49. Sangam Vihar
51. Kalkaji
52. Tughlakabad
53. Badarpur
Political Map of Delhi showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2019 elections.

The seat was a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009, after delimitation, INC won this seat.[1] Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP is the MP representing the constituency since 2014.[2]

Assembly segments

From 1966 to 1993, South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:

  1. Delhi Cantt
  2. Okhla
  3. Malviya Nagar
  4. R K Puram
  5. Hauz Khas
  6. Ashok Nagar
  7. Tilak Nagar
  8. Rajouri Garden

From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[3]

  1. Okhla
  2. Kalkaji
  3. Malviya Nagar (Polling stations 1–60 and 71–128)
  4. Hauz Khas
  5. R K Puram
  6. Delhi Cantt
  7. Janakpuri (Polling stations 1–91)
  8. Hari Nagar
  9. Tilak Nagar
  10. Rajouri Garden
  11. Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94–107)
  12. Gole Market (Polling stations 101–109)
  13. Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 22 and 115–119)

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[4]

  1. Bijwasan
  2. Palam
  3. Mehrauli
  4. Chhatarpur
  5. Deoli
  6. Ambedkar Nagar
  7. Sangam Vihar
  8. Kalkaji
  9. Tughlakabad
  10. Badarpur

Members of Lok Sabha

Key

  BJP     INC     AAP     BJS     JP  

ElectionMemberParty
1952-57-62 Does not exist
1967 Balraj Madhok Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971 Shashi Bhushan Indian National Congress
1977 Vijay Kumar Malhotra Janata Party
1980 Charanjit Singh Indian National Congress
1984 Lalit Maken (Died in 1985) Indian National Congress
1985 By-election Arjun Singh (bye-poll) Indian National Congress
1989 Madan Lal Khurana Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Madan Lal Khurana Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Sushma Swaraj Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Sushma Swaraj Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Vijay Kumar Malhotra Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Vijay Kumar Malhotra Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Ramesh Kumar Indian National Congress
2014 Ramesh Bidhuri Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Ramesh Bidhuri Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019 general election
2019 Indian general elections: South Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Bidhuri 6,87,014 56.58 +11.41
AAP Raghav Chadha 3,19,971 26.35 -9.12
INC Vijender Singh 1,64,613 13.56 +2.20
BSP Siddhant Gautam 14,761 1.22 +0.23
HBP Aditya Kumar Naveen 3,892 0.32 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 5,264 0.43 +0.07
Majority 3,67,043 30.23 +20.53
Turnout 12,14,545 58.75 -4.22
BJP hold Swing +11.41

2014 general election
2014 Indian general elections: South Delhi [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Bidhuri 4,97,980 45.17 +8.65
AAP Col. Devinder Sehrawat 3,90,980 35.47 N/A
INC Ramesh Kumar 1,25,213 11.36 -37.91
IND. Ruby Yadav 56,749 5.15 N/A
BSP Sanjay Kumar Rai 10,873 0.99 -11.06
NOTA None of the Above 4,010 0.36 N/A
Majority 1,07,000 9.70 -3.05
Turnout 11,02,410 62.90 +15.49
BJP gain from INC Swing -4.10

2009 general election
2009 Indian general elections: South Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ramesh Kumar 3,60,278 49.27 +2.36
BJP Ramesh Bidhuri 2,67,059 36.52 −13.73
BSP Kanwar Singh Tanwar 88,120 12.05 +11.19
CPI Shrichand Tanwar 5,244 0.72 N/A
Majority 93,219 12.75 +9.41
Turnout 7,31,294 47.41 +7.54
INC gain from BJP Swing +2.36

2004 general election
2004 Indian general elections: South Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra 2,40,654 50.25 −2.00
INC R. K. Anand 2,24,649 46.91 +0.66
Independent Shiv Khera 4,832 1.01 +1.01
BSP Surjeet Singh Assie 4,100 0.86 +0.66
Majority 16,005 3.34 −2.66
Turnout 4,78,876 39.87 −2.00
BJP hold Swing −2.00

1999 general election
1999 Indian general election: South Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra 2,61,230 52.25 −5.99
INC Dr. Manmohan Singh 2,31,231 46.25 +8.50
Independent Mohammad Sarif 2,846 0.57 N/A
BSP Narender Nath Shukla 1,021 0.20 −1.60
Majority 29,999 6.00 −14.49
Turnout 4,99,937 41.87
BJP hold Swing −5.99

1998 general election
1998 Indian general election: South Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sushma Swaraj 3,31,756 58.24 +3.55
INC Ajay Maken 2,15,043 37.75 +4.23
BSP Nisha Gotam 10,260 1.80 N/A
Independent Jagjit Singh 1,185 0.21 N/A
Majority 1,16,713 20.49 −0.68
Turnout 5,69,597
BJP hold Swing +3.55

1996 general election
1996 Indian general election: South Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sushma Swaraj 2,94,570 54.69 +15.20
INC Kapil Sibal 1,80,564 33.52 +3.63
AIIC(T) Manoj Prabhakar 17,690 3.28 N/A
Majority 1,14,006 21.17 +11.96
Turnout 5,38,551
BJP hold Swing +15.20

1991 general election
1991 Indian general election: South Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Madan Lal Khurana 2,08,728 39.49 −21.17
INC Romesh Bhandari 1,58,005 29.89 −8.25
Majority 48,723 9.21 −13.30
Turnout 5,28,550
BJP hold Swing −21.17

1989 general election
1989 Indian general election: South Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Madan Lal Khurana 3,82,904 60.66
INC Subhash Chopra 77,910 22.14
Majority 2,04,994 38.51
Turnout 4,66,370
BJP gain from INC Swing

1984 general election
  • Lalit Maken (Cong) : 215,898 votes [6]
  • Vijay Kumar Malhotra (BJP) : 130,847

1985 bye-poll
  • Arjun Singh (Cong) : 161,744 votes [7]
  • V.K. Malhotra (BJP) : 121,830

1980 general election
  • Charanjit Singh (Cong - I) : 150,513 votes
  • Vijay Kumar Malhotra (Janata Party) : 146,413
  • Shashi Bhushan (Cong - Urs) : 6339
  • Balraj Madhok (Ind) : 2196 votes

1967 general election
  • Balraj Madhok (BJS) : 105,611 votes [8]
  • R. Singh (INC) : 69290


References
  1. South Delhi Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabhaCNN IBN.
  2. Bidhuri-wins-margin-107-lakh-votes/article6018553.ece "Ramesh Bidhuri wins: margin 1.07 lakh votes" Check |url= value (help). The Hindu. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. "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.
  4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.
  5. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  6. https://resultuniversity.com/election/south-delhi-lok-sabha
  7. https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1984-election-results.html
  8. https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1967-election-results.html

See also

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