Janakpuri Assembly Constituency
Janakpuri Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.
Overview
Present geographical structure of Janakpuri constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. Janakpuri is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Assembly segments, namely, Madipur, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Vikaspuri, Dwarka, Matiala and Najafgarh.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Prof. Jagdish Mukhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1998 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 2015 | Rajesh Rishi | Aam Aadmi Party | |
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Pravin Kumar | ||||
| BJP | |||||
| INC | |||||
| BSP | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Rajesh Rishi | 67,968 | 54.43 | −3.29 | |
| BJP | Ashish Sood | 53,051 | 42.48 | +5.33 | |
| INC | Radhika Khera | 2,084 | 1.67 | −2.10 | |
| BSP | Raj Kumar | 505 | 0.40 | +0.03 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 691 | 0.55 | +0.17 | |
| Majority | 14,917 | 11.95 | −8.62 | ||
| Turnout | 1,24,989 | 65.85 | +0.39 | ||
| AAP hold | Swing | -3.29 | |||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Rajesh Rishi | 71,802 | 57.72 | +20.30 | |
| BJP | Prof. Jagdish Mukhi | 46,222 | 37.15 | −2.72 | |
| INC | Suresh Kumar | 4,699 | 3.77 | −12.21 | |
| BSP | Hari Prakash Singh | 471 | 0.37 | −0.58 | |
| SS | Paramjit Singh Saini | 49 | 0.03 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 483 | 0.38 | −0.39 | |
| Majority | 25,580 | 20.57 | +14.11 | ||
| Turnout | 1,24,398 | 71.44 | |||
| AAP gain from BJP | Swing | +21.66 | |||
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jagdish Mukhi | 42,886 | 39.87 | −17.28 | |
| AAP | Rajesh Rishi | 40,242 | 37.42 | ||
| INC | Ragini Nayak | 17,191 | 15.98 | −21.48 | |
| Independent | Sanjay Puri | 4,332 | 4.03 | ||
| BSP | Hari Prakash Singh | 1,019 | 0.95 | −2.27 | |
| JD(U) | Pankaj Singh | 379 | 0.35 | ||
| Proutist Bloc | Virender Jha | 304 | 0.28 | ||
| Independent | Sukh Lal | 142 | 0.13 | ||
| DMDK | K Swarna | 110 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Alok Sharma | 71 | 0.07 | ||
| Independent | Deepak Arora | 71 | 0.07 | −0.09 | |
| NOTA | None | 805 | 0.75 | ||
| Majority | 2,644 | 2.46 | −17.23 | ||
| Turnout | 1,07,638 | 69.05 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | -17.28 | |||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jagdish Mukhi | 50,655 | 57.15 | −2.54 | |
| INC | Deepak Arora | 33,203 | 37.46 | −0.42 | |
| BSP | Prem Chand Baswal | 2,857 | 3.22 | ||
| Independent | Shiv Kumar | 522 | 0.59 | ||
| Independent | Bharat Prasad | 454 | 0.51 | ||
| SP | Aamir Anjum | 441 | 0.50 | ||
| Independent | Baljit Singh | 163 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | Deepak Arora | 141 | 0.16 | +0.10 | |
| ABHM | Harish Chandra Joshi | 106 | 0.12 | ||
| LJP | Sirajuddin Khan | 99 | 0.11 | +0.05 | |
| Majority | 17,452 | 19.69 | −2.12 | ||
| Turnout | 88,641 | 61.2 | +3.25 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | -2.54 | |||
2003
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jagdish Mukhi | 35,281 | 59.69 | +3.83 | |
| INC | Shiv Kumar Sondhi | 22,390 | 37.88 | −4.16 | |
| SS | Anil Jain | 433 | 0.73 | +0.46 | |
| NCP | Dinesh Jain | 411 | 0.70 | ||
| Independent | Satbir | 148 | 0.25 | ||
| IJP | Prem Ji | 115 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | Vinod Vohra | 89 | 0.15 | ||
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | Laxmi Narain Bhatia | 66 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Mukesh Jain | 57 | 0.10 | +0.01 | |
| JD(U) | Urmila Dhall | 42 | 0.07 | ||
| Independent | Deepak Arora | 37 | 0.06 | ||
| LJP | Gulam Moho | 36 | 0.06 | ||
| Majority | 12,891 | 21.81 | +7.99 | ||
| Turnout | 59,105 | 57.95 | +4.94 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +3.83 | |||
1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jagdish Mukhi | 31,115 | 55.86 | −6.68 | |
| INC | Shiv Kumar Sondhi | 23,415 | 42.04 | +9.11 | |
| Lok Shakti | Rajibir Singh | 750 | 1.35 | ||
| Independent | Rajender Kapoor | 224 | 0.40 | ||
| SS | Naresh Malik | 148 | 0.27 | +0.05 | |
| Independent | Mukesh Jain | 49 | 0.09 | ||
| Majority | 7,700 | 13.82 | −15.79 | ||
| Turnout | 55,701 | 53.01 | −3.22 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | -6.68 | |||
1993
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jagdish Mukhi | 33,905 | 62.54 | ||
| INC | Shailender s/o M P Sahi | 17,852 | 32.93 | ||
| JD | Kunwar Chatter Singh | 755 | 1.39 | ||
| BSP | Hans Raj | 420 | 0.77 | ||
| DND | Moji Ram | 197 | 0.36 | ||
| Independent | Davesh Tiwari | 140 | 0.26 | ||
| Independent | Sunder | 128 | 0.24 | ||
| SS | Bal Raj Verma | 117 | 0.22 | ||
| Independent | O N Chopra | 112 | 0.21 | ||
| Independent | Major Sahib Ram | 90 | 0.17 | ||
| Independent | Ladha Ram Kapoor | 76 | 0.14 | ||
| Independent | D L Bhatia | 64 | 0.12 | ||
| Independent | Rajiv Kumar | 61 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Kamleshwari Saran | 55 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Bal Chand | 46 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | Shailender s/o Shyam Prakash | 37 | 0.07 | ||
| Independent | Rajesh | 32 | 0.06 | ||
| Independent | Manohar Singh | 31 | 0.06 | ||
| Independent | Nutan Tiwari | 30 | 0.06 | ||
| Independent | O P Ranjan | 23 | 0.04 | ||
| Independent | Narender Kumar | 22 | 0.04 | ||
| Independent | Laxman Dass | 12 | 0.02 | ||
| Independent | Ajit Singh | 11 | 0.02 | ||
| Majority | 16,053 | 31.61 | |||
| Turnout | 54,216 | 56.23 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
- ^ 2008 Election Commission of India
- ^ 2003 Election Commission of India
- ^ 1998 Election Commission of India
- ^ 1993 Election Commission of India