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South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966.

The seat had been held by the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009 INC won this seat. The current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once lost from the same constituency. Currently Ramesh Kumar of the INC is the MP representing the constituency.

Assembly segments

From 1966-93, South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:

  1. Delhi Cantonment
  2. Okhla
  3. Malviya Nagar
  4. R. K. Puram
  5. Hauz Khas
  6. Ashok Nagar
  7. Tilak Nagar
  8. Rajouri Garden

From 1993-2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:

  1. Okhla
  2. Kalkaji
  3. Malviya Nagar (Polling stations 1-60 and 71-128)
  4. Hauz Khas
  5. R. K. Puram
  6. Delhi Cantonment
  7. Janak Puri (Polling stations 1-91)
  8. Hari Nagar
  9. Tilak Nagar
  10. Rajouri Garden
  11. Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94-107)
  12. Gole Market (Polling stations 101-109)
  13. Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 22 and 115-119)

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:

  1. Bijwasan
  2. Palam
  3. Mehrauli
  4. Chhatarpur
  5. Deoli
  6. Ambedkar Nagar
  7. Sangam Vihar
  8. Kalkaji
  9. Tughlakabad
  10. Badarpur

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Name of the Member Party Affiliation
Fourth 1967-71 Balraj Madhok Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Fifth 1971-77 Shashi Bhushan Indian National Congress
Sixth 1977-80 Vijay Kumar Malhotra Janata Party
Seventh 1980-84 Charanjit Singh Indian National Congress (I)
Eighth 1984-85 Lalit Maken Indian National Congress
1985-89 Arjun Singh Indian National Congressrana Bharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh 1996-98 Sushma Swaraj Bharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth 1998-99 Sushma Swaraj Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth 1999–2004 Vijay Kumar Malhotra Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth 2004-09 Vijay Kumar Malhotra Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth 2010-Incumbent Ramesh Kumar Indian National Congress

References

  1. South Delhi Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabhaCNN IBN.
  2. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004" (PDF). Government of Delhi website.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 556.

See also

Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi
1951–1956 Constituencies in Delhi for the Lok Sabha.
1956–1961
1961–1966
1966–2008
Since 2008

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