Type: | LS |
East Delhi | |
Established: | 1967 |
Reservation: | None |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Mp: | Harsh Malhotra |
Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
Assembly Cons: | Jangpura Okhla Trilokpuri Kondli Patparganj Laxmi Nagar Vishwas Nagar Krishna Nagar Gandhi Nagar Shahdara |
Union Territory: | Delhi |
East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 7 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966. It presently comprises 40 municipal wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi with approximately 16 lakh voters and a population of approx 25 lakhs.[1]
East Delhi is one of the larger and highly populated Lok Sabha constituencies not only in Delhi but all over India. The constituency covers areas east of the Yamuna and has a large population, including Seelampur, Shahdara, Gandhi Nagar and Preet Vihar. The current MP from here is Harsh Malhotra
Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[2]
Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:[3] Trilokpuri, Patparganj, Mandawali, Geeta Colony, Gandhi Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara, Seemapuri, Nand Nagari, Rohtas Nagar, Babarpur, Seelampur, Ghonda, Yamuna Vihar, Qarawal Nagar, Wazirpur, Nerela (Polling stations 1-64 and 70-97), Bhalswa Jahangirpur (Polling stations 3-163), Adarsh Nagar, Timarpur (Polling stations 46, 97-101) and Model Town (Polling stations 103-113)From 1966 to 1993, the constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments: Wazirabad, Narela, Gita Colony, Gandhi Nagar, Krishan Nagar, Shahdara, Rohtas Nagar and Ghonda
The East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was created in 1967. The list of Member of Parliament (MP) is as follows:
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1967 | Hardayal Devgun | ||
1971 | H. K. L. Bhagat | ||
1977 | Kishore Lal | ||
1980 | H. K. L. Bhagat | Indian National Congress (I) | |
1984 | |||
1989 | |||
1991 | Baikunth Lal Sharma | ||
1996 | |||
1997^ | Lal Bihari Tiwari | ||
1998 | |||
1999 | |||
2004 | Sandeep Dikshit | ||
2009 | |||
2014 | Maheish Girri | ||
2019 | Gautam Gambhir | ||
Harsh Malhotra |
^By-Poll