Bijwasan | |
Mla: | B S Joon |
Party: | AAP |
Established: | 2008 |
State: | Delhi |
District: | South Delhi |
Type: | SLA |
Reservation: | None |
Constituency No: | 36 |
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.
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.
Election | Name | Party | |
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2008 | Sat Prakash Rana | ||
2013 | |||
2015 | Devinder Sehrawat | ||
2020 | B S Joon |
Source:2020In 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]