Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency
| Shalimar Bagh | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 14 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Delhi |
| District | Chandni Chowk |
| Established | 1993 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 8th Delhi Assembly | |
| File:Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Rekha Gupta.jpg | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency is one of the seventy Delhi assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India.
Shalimar Bagh assembly constituency is part of Chandni Chowk. As of 20 February 2025, the seat is held by Rekha Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as she defeated Bandana Kumari of the Aam Aadmi Party. The constituency number of the seat is 14 in the local Delhi Assembly.
Earlier, Shalimar Bagh was part of Outer Delhi, but after delimitation in 2008 by Delimitation Commission of India, it became part of Chandni Chowk.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Sahib Singh Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1998 | Ravinder Nath Bansal | ||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | Bandana Kumari | Aam Aadmi Party | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | Rekha Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
[edit | edit source]2025
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rekha Gupta | 68,200 | 59.95 | Increase13.49 | |
| AAP | Bandana Kumari | 38,605 | 33.93 | Decrease15.48 | |
| INC | Praveen Jain | 4,892 | 4.30 | Increase2.17 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 770 | 0.68 | Increase0.05 | |
| Majority | 29,595 | 26.02 | Increase23.07 | ||
| Turnout | 1,12,994 | 58.6 | |||
| BJP gain from AAP | Swing | ||||
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2020
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Bandana Kumari | 57,707 | 49.41 | −2.73 | |
| BJP | Rekha Gupta | 54,267 | 46.46 | +3.45 | |
| INC | J. S. Nayol | 2,491 | 2.13 | −0.53 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 735 | 0.63 | +0.11 | |
| Majority | 3,440 | 2.95 | −6.18 | ||
| Turnout | 1,17,030 | 61.80 | −7.09 | ||
| AAP hold | Swing | -2.73 | |||
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2015
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Bandana Kumari | 62,656 | 52.14 | +8.13 | |
| BJP | Rekha Gupta | 51,678 | 43.01 | +8.92 | |
| INC | Sulekh Aggarwal | 3,200 | 2.66 | −11.93 | |
| BSP | Lalit Kumar Gautam | 892 | 0.74 | −1.74 | |
| NOTA | None | 627 | 0.52 | −0.34 | |
| Majority | 10,978 | 9.14 | −0.78 | ||
| Turnout | 1,20,173 | 68.90 | |||
| AAP hold | Swing | +8.13 | |||
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2013
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Bandana Kumari | 47,235 | 44.01 | ||
| BJP | Ravinder Nath Bansal | 36,584 | 34.09 | −23.54 | |
| INC | Naresh Kumar Gupta | 15,659 | 14.59 | −20.06 | |
| IND | G. L. Khanna | 3,751 | 3.50 | ||
| BSP | Raj Kumar | 2,664 | 2.48 | −3.40 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 922 | 0.86 | ||
| Majority | 10,651 | 9.92 | |||
| Turnout | 107,342 | 66.62 | +8.03 | ||
| AAP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
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2008
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ravinder Nath Bansal | 49,976 | 57.63 | +2.95 | |
| INC | Ram Kailash Gupta | 30,044 | 34.65 | −9.05 | |
| BSP | Mukesh Rajore | 5,102 | 5.88 | ||
| Majority | 19,932 | 22.98 | |||
| Turnout | 86,719 | 58.59 | +1.85 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
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2003
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ravinder Nath Bansal | 34,288 | 54.68 | −2.69 | |
| INC | B. S. Walia | 27,404 | 43.70 | +0.79 | |
| Majority | 6,884 | 10.98 | |||
| Turnout | 62,703 | 56.74 | +4.52 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
1998
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ravinder Nath Bansal | 32,623 | 57.37 | −7.84 | |
| INC | Sarla Kaushik | 22,618 | 39.77 | +9.98 | |
| Independent | Krishan Kumar Aggarwal | 656 | 1.15 | ||
| Majority | 10,005 | 17.60 | |||
| Turnout | 56,866 | 52.22 | −14.99 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
1993
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sahib Singh Verma | 40,077 | 65.21 | ||
| INC | S. C. Vats | 18,307 | 29.79 | ||
| JD | Joginder SIngh | 1,328 | 2.16 | ||
| BSP | Amar Singh | 892 | 1.45 | ||
| Majority | 21,770 | 35.42 | |||
| Turnout | 61,463 | 67.21 | |||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
References
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