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Palam Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 28°35′31″N 77°05′24″E / 28.592°N 77.090°E / 28.592; 77.090
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Palam
Constituency No. 37 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateDelhi
DistrictSouth Delhi
Established1993
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAAP

Palam Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Overview

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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 Assembly segments, namely, Bijwasan, Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, Badarpur and Mehrauli.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Name 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

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2020

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Palam
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 1,56,982 63.37 −1.64
Registered electors
AAP hold Swing +3.19

2015

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Palam
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
Registered electors
AAP gain from BJP Swing +29.17

2013

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Palam
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
NOTA None 903 0.70
Majority 8,372 6.51 −7.14
Turnout 1,28,822 63.14
Registered electors
BJP hold Swing -10.82

2008

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Palam[2]
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
LJP 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

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Palam[3]
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

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Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Palam[4]
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

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Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Palam[5]
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

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  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
  2. ^ 2008 Election Commission of India
  3. ^ 2003 Election Commission of India
  4. ^ 1998 Election Commission of India
  5. ^ 1993 Election Commission of India

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