Bijwasan
Constituency No. 36 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateDelhi
DistrictSouth Delhi
Established2008
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAAP

Bijwasan Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly constituencies in Delhi. This constituency covers part of Dhulsiras, Vasant Kunj, Mahipalpur, Rangpuri, Nangal Dewat, Bijwasan, Samalkha, Bamnauli, Kapashera, Shahbad Mohammadpur, Rajnagar, Part of Dwarka.

Overview

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
2008 Sat Prakash Rana Bharatiya Janata Party
2013
2015 Devinder Sehrawat Aam Aadmi Party
2020 B S Joon

Election results

2020

Source:2020 In 2020, Bijwasan legislative assembly constituency had total 2,01,630 electors. Total number of valid vote was 1,24,972. Aam Aadmi Party candidate Bhupinder Singh Joon won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 57,271 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sat Prakash Rana stood second with total 56,518 votes. He lost by 753 votes.[2] This was categorized as the most marginal victory as the number of votes difference was lowest(753).[3]

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Bijwasan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Bhupinder Singh Joon 57,271 45.83 -9.16
BJP Sat Prakash Rana 56,518 45.22 +6.76
INC Praveen Rana 5,937 4.75 +0.31
NOTA None of the above 448 0.36 -0.05
Majority 753 0.61 -14.92
Turnout 1,25,097 62.04 -1.38
AAP hold Swing -9.16


2015

Source:2015

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Bijwasan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Devinder Sehrawat 65,006 54.99 +22.67
BJP Sat Prakash Rana 45,470 38.46 +3.81
INC Vijay Singh Lochav 5,258 4.44 -13.06
BSP Yogesh Gaur 641 0.54 -11.06
INLD Pankaj Kumar 421 0.35 N/A
NOTA None of the above 496 0.41 -0.25
Majority 19,536 16.53 +14.21
Turnout 1,18,288 63.42
AAP gain from BJP Swing +22.67


2013

Source:2003

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Bijwasan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sat Prakash Rana 35,988 34.65 -6.68
AAP Devinder Sehrawat 33,574 32.32
INC Vijay Singh Lochav 18,173 17.50 -20.81
BSP Narender Rana 12,053 11.60 -7.24
SP Surender Bhardwaj 2,370 2.28
JD(U) Jay Vir Singh 500 0.48
Independent Inder Singh 290 0.28
Independent Ombir 239 0.23
NOTA None 688 0.66
Majority 2,414 2.32 -0.70
Turnout 103,931 63.15
BJP hold Swing -6.68


2008

Source:2008

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Bijwasan[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sat Prakash Rana 27,427 41.33
INC Vijay Singh Lochav 25,422 38.31
BSP Vinod Kumar Yadav 12,506 18.84
Independent Harinder Rana 642 0.97
LJP Suresh Chand 370 0.56
Majority 2,005 3.02
Turnout 66,367 59.1
BJP win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
  2. ^ "Bijwasan Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Delhi Election Results Highlights: AAP sweeps polls with 62 seats". The Economic Times. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. ^ 2008 Election Commission of India

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