Lok Sabha election 2019: East Delhi votes on Sunday in sixth phase for development

East Delhi, the most urbanised in Delhi after the New Delhi seat, is among the Capital’s seven parliamentary constituencies which will vote on Sunday in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election.

The Congress, which ruled the city for 15 consecutive years, is pitching hard to stage a comeback in Delhi’s political scenario, especially in East Delhi. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), too, are pitching development to garner the support of the urban voters in the seat.

Congress candidate Arvinder Singh Lovely, a three-time MLA and a former minister in the Sheila Dikshit’s government, has reminded people during his campaigns that the Congress government “transformed” East Delhi. The AAP has fielded Atishi, credited for her role school education reforms in Delhi government schools, from the seat.

The BJP has nominated former cricketer Gautam Gambhir, who joined the party only this year, at the cost of its incumbent member of Parliament Maheish Girri.

The BJP has pitched the work done by the BJP-led central government, including the Rs 50,000-crore projects approved for Delhi, to garner the support of voters in middle-class neighbourhoods such as IP Extension, Mayur Vihar, Patparganj, Krishna Nagar, Jungpura.

Spread over 70sqkm, there are middle-class settlements like the housing societies of IP Extension; the Mayur Vihar areas that are dominated by retired government servants, working-class professionals, upper middle class and the business community areas such as Preet Vihar, Gagan Vihar, Nirman Vihar, Krishna Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, which are located along Vikas Marg.

Villages such as Chilla (one of the few urbanised villages in the constituency), Ghondli, Khichripur, Dallupura are today home to a large migrant population from neighbouring states.

Also are a large number of unauthorised colonies — nearly 150 of the 1,797 in the capital. As per the Census 2011, nearly 29% of people live in rented accommodation in East Delhi. The slum clusters are located in Shahdara, Okhla, Seelampur, Jangpura, Trilokpuri among other assembly constituencies.

The seat has roughly 16% Muslim population located largely in Okhla, Jangpura, Trilokpuri, Madanpur Khadar, Ghondli and Shahdara assembly constituencies.

After their failed attempt at forging an alliance, both the AAP and Congress are trying hard to win the support of the Muslim community. But in a triangular contest, the vote is likely to split between AAP and Congress, in which case it would be an advantage for the BJP.

The votes will be counted on May 23 along with all the other parliamentary constituencies across the country.

 

Bihar
Gopalganj	Janak Ram, BJP
Siwan	Om Prakash Yadav, BJP
Maharajganj	Janardan Singh Sigriwal, BJP
Paschim Champaran	Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, BJP
Purvi Champaran	Radha Mohan Singh, BJP
Sheohar	Rama Devi, BJP
Vaishali	Rama Kishore Singh, LJP
Valmiki Nagar	Satish Chandra Dubey, BJP
Madhya Pradesh
Bhind	Dr. Bhagirath Prasad, BJP
Bhopal	Alok Sanjar, BJP
Guna	Jyotiraditya Scindia, Congress
Gwalior	Narendra Singh Tomar, BJP
Morena	Anoop Mishra, BJP
Sagar	Laxmi Narayan Yadav, BJP
Vidisha	Sushma Swaraj, BJP
Rajgarh	Rodmal Nagar, BJP
Delhi
South Delhi	Ramesh Bidhuri, BJP
West Delhi	Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, BJP
East Delhi	Maheish Girri, BJP
Chandni Chowk	Harsh Vardhan, BJP
North West Delhi	Udit Raj, BJP
North East Delhi	Manoj Tiwari, BJP
New Delhi	Meenakshi Lekhi, BJP
Haryana
Ambala (SC)	Rattan Lal Kataria, BJP
Kurukshetra	Raj Kumar Saini, BJP
Sirsa (SC)	Charanjeet Singh Rori, INLD
Hisar	Dushyant Chautala, JJP
Karnal	Ashwini Kumar Chopra, BJP
Sonipat	Ramesh Chander Kaushik, BJP
Rohtak	Deepender Hooda, Congress
Bhiwani–Mahendragarh	Dharambir, BJP
Gurgaon	Rao Inderjit Singh, BJP
Faridabad	Krishan Pal Gurjar, BJP

Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad	Shyama Charan Gupta, BJP
Ambedkar Nagar	Hariom Pandey, BJP
Azamgarh	Mulayam Singh Yadav, SP
Basti	Harish Dwivedi, BJP
Badohi	Virendra Singh, BJP
Domariyaganj	Jagdambika Pal, BJP
Jaunpur	KP Singh, BJP
Lalganj	Neelam Sonkar, BJP
Machhlishahr	Ram Charitra Nishad, BJP
Phulpur	Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel, SP
Pratapgarh	Kuwar Harivansh Singh, Apna Dal
Sant Kabir Nagar	Sharad Tripathi, BJP
Shrawasti	Daddan Mishra, BJP
Sultanpur	Varun Gandhi, BJP
Jharkhand
Dhanbad	Pashupati Nath Singh, BJP
Giridih	Ravindra Kumar Pandey, BJP
Jamshedpur	Vidyut Baran Mahto, BJP
Singhbhum	Laxman Gilua, BJP
West Bengal
Bankura	Moon Moon Sen, Trinamool Congress
Bishnupur	Saumitra Khan, Trinamool Congress
Jhargram	Uma Saren, Trinamool Congress
Ghatal	Deepak Adhikari, Trinamool
Kanthi	Sisir Adhikari, Trinamool Congress
Medinipur	Sandhya Roy, Trinamool Congress
Purulia	Mriganko Mahato, Trinamool
Tamluk	Dibyendu Adhikari, Trinamool Congress