Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: BJP, Congress, AAP have fought for North East Delhi seat
The Lok Sabha election was held for the first time on the North East Delhi seat in 2009, a year after it was created following the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India.
North East Delhi is one of the seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi.
The Lok Sabha election was held for the first time on the North East Delhi seat in 2009, a year after it was created following the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India. The Congress’ Jai Prakash Agarwal defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s BL Sharma that year.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, actor-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari won the seat as a BJP candidate. Manoj Tiwari polled 596,125 votes against the Aam Aadmi Party’s Anand Kumar.
The AAP will field Dilip Pandey from the North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.
Voting will be held during the sixth of the seven-phase election on May 12 and results will be declared on May 23.
Here are some facts about the North East Delhi constituency:
State: Delhi
Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: North East Delhi
Date of polling: May 12
2019 candidates: Dilip Pandey (AAP), Manoj Tiwari (BJP), Sheila Dikshit (Congress)
Sitting MP, party: Manoj Tiwari, BJP
Winning margin in 2014: 144,084
Runner up name, party: Anand Kumar, AAP
Number of voters in 2014: 1,317,338
Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 67.29%
Number of women voters in 2014: 878,301
Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,744