Palam (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Palam Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.
| Palam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | |
| District | South Delhi |
| State | Delhi |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1993 |
| Party | AAP |
| MLA | Bhavna Gaur |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | South Delhi |
Overview
Present geographical structure of Palam 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]
Palam is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency (Earlier it was under erstwhile Outer Delhi parliamentary constituency) along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Bijwasan, Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, Badarpur and Mehrauli.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Key
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Dharam Dev Solanki | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1998 | Mahender Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2003 | Dharam Dev Solanki | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 2015 | Bhavna Gaur | Aam Aadmi Party | |
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2020 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Bhavna Gaur | 92,775 | 59.15 | +3.19 | |
| BJP | Vijay Pandit | 60,010 | 38.26 | +3.20 | |
| BSP | Geeta | 786 | 0.50 | -0.10 | |
| RJD | Nirmal Kumar Singh | 552 | 0.35 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 848 | 0.54 | +0.22 | |
| Majority | 32,765 | 20.89 | -0.01 | ||
| Turnout | 1,56,851 | +6.22 | |||
| AAP hold | Swing | +3.19 | |||
2015 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Bhavna Gaur | 82,637 | 55.96 | +29.17 | |
| BJP | Dharam Dev Solanki | 51,788 | 35.06 | +1.76 | |
| INC | Madan Mohan | 10,529 | 7.13 | -8.05 | |
| BSP | Ranbir Singh Solanki | 900 | 0.60 | -18.73 | |
| CPI | Dalip Kumar | 488 | 0.33 | -0.06 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 475 | 0.32 | -0.38 | |
| Majority | 30,849 | 20.90 | +14.39 | ||
| Turnout | 1,47,708 | 65.01 | |||
| AAP gain from BJP | Swing | +29.17 | |||
2013 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dharm Dev Solanki | 42,833 | 33.30 | -10.82 | |
| AAP | Bhavna Gaur | 34,661 | 26.79 | ||
| BSP | Madan Mohan | 24,862 | 19.33 | -3.44 | |
| INC | Vinay Mishra | 19,531 | 15.18 | -15.29 | |
| NYP | Neeraj Kr Sharma | 3,631 | 2.82 | ||
| JD(U) | Sunil Pokhriyal | 1,063 | 0.83 | ||
| CPI | Saroj Bala | 498 | 0.39 | -0.32 | |
| Independent | Rajendra Prasad Singh | 273 | 0.21 | ||
| DMDK | P Rathinam | 230 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Dalip | 176 | 0.14 | ||
| RLD | Prahlad Rana | 165 | 0.13 | ||
| NOTA | None | 903 | 0.70 | ||
| Majority | 8,372 | 6.51 | -7.14 | ||
| Turnout | 1,28,822 | 63.14 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | -10.82 | |||
2008 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dharam Dev Solanki | 40,712 | 44.12 | -3.83 | |
| INC | Mahender Yadav | 28,119 | 30.47 | -14.93 | |
| BSP | Madan Mohan | 21,014 | 22.77 | +18.92 | |
| CPI | Bhairav Dutt Dhyani | 659 | 0.71 | ||
| Independent | Mahesh Kumar | 600 | 0.65 | -0.57 | |
| Samata Party | Chanchal Sharma | 349 | 0.38 | ||
| LNJSP | Mohan Pal Sankhla | 307 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Pawan Kumar | 259 | 0.28 | ||
| RJSP | Deepak Kumar | 258 | 0.28 | ||
| Majority | 12,593 | 13.65 | +11.10 | ||
| Turnout | 92,277 | 58.8 | +10.03 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | -3.83 | |||
2003 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dharam Dev Solanki | 43,521 | 47.95 | +7.58 | |
| INC | Sumesh | 41,204 | 45.40 | -3.22 | |
| BSP | L C Sharma | 3,496 | 3.85 | +1.04 | |
| Independent | Harish Chander Jha | 488 | 0.54 | ||
| RSP(U) | Anil Kumar Chand | 463 | 0.51 | ||
| JD(U) | Govind Singh Negi | 361 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | Virendar | 263 | 0.29 | ||
| LP(S) | Kirpa Shankar Verma | 244 | 0.27 | ||
| Independent | Mam Chand Singh | 170 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | Rajpal Singh Khokhar | 166 | 0.18 | ||
| AD | Kiran Brahmi | 151 | 0.17 | ||
| IJP | Stephen Verghese | 82 | 0.09 | ||
| Independent | Mahesh Kumar | 73 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | Krishan Lal | 72 | 0.08 | ||
| Majority | 2,317 | 2.55 | -5.70 | ||
| Turnout | 90,754 | 48.77 | +2.46 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +7.58 | |||
1998 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mahender Yadav | 32,699 | 48.62 | +15.49 | |
| BJP | Dharam Dev Solanki | 27,152 | 40.37 | -0.86 | |
| Independent | Jasbir Singh Solanki | 2,196 | 3.27 | ||
| BSP | Sarnam Singh Pal | 1,889 | 2.81 | +0.35 | |
| RJD | Mahender Yadav | 1,869 | 2.78 | ||
| Independent | Avdesh Tiwari | 829 | 1.23 | ||
| JD | Shivan Bansal | 473 | 0.70 | +20.55 | |
| Independent | Ram Swaroop | 126 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | Parveen Kumar | 25 | 0.04 | ||
| Majority | 5,547 | 8.25 | +0.15 | ||
| Turnout | 67,258 | 46.31 | -12.20 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | +15.49 | |||
1993 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dharam Dev Solanki | 20,671 | 41.23 | ||
| INC | Mukhtyar Singh | 16,613 | 33.13 | ||
| JD | Sukhbir Singh Solanki | 10,655 | 21.25 | ||
| BSP | Tikam Singh | 1,233 | 2.46 | ||
| Independent | Ram Rattan Doohan | 336 | 0.67 | ||
| JP | Raj Kumar | 204 | 0.41 | ||
| DPP | Madhav Pathak | 162 | 0.32 | ||
| Mukt Bharat | Randhir Singh | 82 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Rama Shankar Singh | 73 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Sukhbir Singh | 60 | 0.12 | ||
| Doordarshi Party | Shyam Sunder | 49 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 4,058 | 8.10 | |||
| Turnout | 50,138 | 58.51 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
- 2008 Election Commission of India
- 2003 Election Commission of India
- 1998 Election Commission of India
- 1993 Election Commission of India
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