Delhi Cantonment Assembly constituency

Delhi Cantt
Constituency No. 38 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateDelhi
DistrictNew Delhi
Established1993
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAam Aadmi Party

Delhi Cantt Assembly constituency, sometimes referred to as Delhi Cantonment is one of the legislative assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India. Delhi Cantt Assembly constituency is a part of New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) will be used along with EVMs in Delhi Cantt assembly constituency in 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.[1][2] 26/11 hero Surinder Singh won this seat in 2013 by 355 votes.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
1993 Karan Singh Tanwar Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Kiran Chaudhary Indian National Congress
2003 Karan Singh Tanwar Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013 Surinder Singh Aam Aadmi Party
2015
2020 Virender Singh Kadian

Election results

2020

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Delhi Cantt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Virender Singh Kadian 28,971 49.17 −2.65
BJP Manish Singh 18,381 31.19 −6.17
INC Sandeep Tanwar 7,954 13.15 +4.00
BSP Nand Kishore Beniwal 1,823 3.09 +2.49
NCP Surender Singh 908 1.54
Majority 10,590 18.04 +3.58
Turnout 58,994 45.48 −13.11
AAP hold Swing -2.65


2015

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Delhi Cantt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Surinder Singh 40,133 51.82 +12.15
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 28,935 37.36 −1.77
INC Sandeep Tanwar 7,087 9.15 −9.05
BSP Gyan Chand 467 0.60 −0.53
NOTA None of the above 326 0.42 −0.31
Majority 11,198 14.46 +13.92
Turnout 77,470 58.59
AAP hold Swing +12.15


2013

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Delhi Cantt [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Surinder Singh 26,124 39.67
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 25,769 39.13 −16.45
INC Ashok Kumar Jain 11,988 18.20 −20.35
BSP Rajesh Pihal 745 1.13 −2.37
NOTA None 478 0.73
Majority 355 0.54 −16.49
Turnout 65,891 60.22
AAP gain from BJP Swing


2008

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Delhi Cantt[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 23,696 55.58 +3.06
INC Ashok Ahuja 16,435 38.55 −4.83
BSP Shrichand Chauhan 1,492 3.50
Majority 7,261 17.03 +7.89
Turnout 42,633 56.6 +2.92
BJP hold Swing +3.06

2003

Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Delhi Cantt[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 21,638 52.52 +6.40
INC Kiran Choudhary 17,872 43.38 −8.56
NCP Amit Mittar 695 1.69
Majority 3,766 9.14 +3.32
Turnout 41,200 53.68 −9.29
BJP gain from INC Swing +6.40

1998

Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Delhi Cantt[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kiran Choudhary 23,445 51.94 +14.91
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 20,819 46.12 −13.73
Majority 2,626 5.82 −17.00
Turnout 45,137 44.39 −8.02
INC gain from BJP Swing +14.91

1993

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Delhi Cantt[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Karan Singh Tanwar 23,260 59.85
INC Kiran Chaudhary 14,391 37.03
BSP Emanuel Massey 428 1.10
JD Jawahar Singh 373 0.96
Majority 8,869 22.82
Turnout 38,862 52.41
BJP win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "25 days enough to hold polls, says Delhi CEO". 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015.
  2. ^ Staff Reporter (6 February 2015). "In a first, brush to mark voters". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "Surender Singh: 26/11 hero wins on AAP ticket, defeats 3-time BJP MLA - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. ^ Assembly Elections December 2013 Results, Election Commission of India
  5. ^ "2008 Election Commission of India" (PDF).
  6. ^ "2003 Election Commission of India" (PDF).
  7. ^ "1998 Election Commission of India" (PDF).
  8. ^ "1993 Election Commission of India" (PDF).

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