West Delhi election results 2019: BJP looks at retaining the West Delhi seat

West Delhi will vote on May 12 in the sixth phase of the general election

West Delhi Election Results 2019: One of the seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi, the West Delhi Lok Sabha seat was created in 2008 after the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India were implemented.

West Delhi Election Results 2019: Voters show their inked fingers in 2014 after casting their votes for Lok Sabha elections at Chandni Chowk in New Delhi. (HT file photo)

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma is the sitting member of Parliament from West Delhi constituency, which covers areas like Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Dwarka, Rajouri Garden among others. Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma had won against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Jarnail Singh in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.

Parvesh is the son of Delhi’s former chief minister and BJP leader Sahib Singh Verma.

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Congress’ Mahabal Mishra won the seat in 2009 against the BJP’s Jagdish Mukhi.

West Delhi voted on May 12 in the sixth phase of the general election. Parvesh Sahib Singh from BJP is in the lead based on the election results 2019 while Mahabal Mishra from Congress trails.

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Here are some facts about West Delhi Lok Sabha seat:

State: Delhi

Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: West Delhi

Date of polling: May 12

2019 candidates: Balbir Singh Jakhar (AAP), Pravesh Verma (BJP), Mahabal Mishra (Congress)

Sitting MP, party: Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, BJP

Winning margin in 2014: 268,586

Runner up name, party: Jarnail Singh, AAP

Number of voters in 2014: 1,347,971

Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 66.10 %

Number of women voters in 2014: 930,524

Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,889