| Palam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 37 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Delhi |
| District | South Delhi |
| Established | 1993 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Bhavna Gaur | |
| Party | AAP |
Palam Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.
Overview
Present geographical structure of Palam constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. Palam is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency (Earlier it was under erstwhile Outer Delhi parliamentary constituency) along with nine other Assembly segments, namely, Bijwasan, Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, Badarpur and Mehrauli.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Dharam Dev Solanki | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1998 | Mahender Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2003 | Dharam Dev Solanki | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 2015 | Bhavna Gaur | Aam Aadmi Party | |
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| CPI | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Bhavna Gaur | 92,775 | 59.15 | +3.19 | |
| BJP | Vijay Pandit | 60,010 | 38.26 | +3.20 | |
| BSP | Geeta | 786 | 0.50 | −0.10 | |
| RJD | Nirmal Kumar Singh | 552 | 0.35 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 848 | 0.54 | +0.22 | |
| Majority | 32,765 | 20.89 | −0.01 | ||
| Turnout | 1,56,982 | 63.37 | −1.64 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| AAP hold | Swing | +3.19 | |||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Bhavna Gaur | 82,637 | 55.96 | +29.17 | |
| BJP | Dharam Dev Solanki | 51,788 | 35.06 | +1.76 | |
| INC | Madan Mohan | 10,529 | 7.13 | −8.05 | |
| BSP | Ranbir Singh Solanki | 900 | 0.60 | −18.73 | |
| CPI | Dalip Kumar | 488 | 0.33 | −0.06 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 475 | 0.32 | −0.38 | |
| Majority | 30,849 | 20.90 | +14.39 | ||
| Turnout | 1,47,708 | 65.01 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| AAP gain from BJP | Swing | +29.17 | |||
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dharm Dev Solanki | 42,833 | 33.30 | −10.82 | |
| AAP | Bhavna Gaur | 34,661 | 26.79 | ||
| BSP | Madan Mohan | 24,862 | 19.33 | −3.44 | |
| INC | Vinay Mishra | 19,531 | 15.18 | −15.29 | |
| NYP | Neeraj Kr Sharma | 3,631 | 2.82 | ||
| NOTA | None | 903 | 0.70 | ||
| Majority | 8,372 | 6.51 | −7.14 | ||
| Turnout | 1,28,822 | 63.14 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| BJP hold | Swing | -10.82 | |||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dharam Dev Solanki | 40,712 | 44.12 | −3.83 | |
| INC | Mahender Yadav | 28,119 | 30.47 | −14.93 | |
| BSP | Madan Mohan | 21,014 | 22.77 | +18.92 | |
| CPI | Bhairav Dutt Dhyani | 659 | 0.71 | ||
| Independent | Mahesh Kumar | 600 | 0.65 | −0.57 | |
| Samata Party | Chanchal Sharma | 349 | 0.38 | ||
| LJP | Mohan Pal Sankhla | 307 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Pawan Kumar | 259 | 0.28 | ||
| RJSP | Deepak Kumar | 258 | 0.28 | ||
| Majority | 12,593 | 13.65 | +11.10 | ||
| Turnout | 92,277 | 58.8 | +10.03 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | -3.83 | |||
2003
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dharam Dev Solanki | 43,521 | 47.95 | +7.58 | |
| INC | Sumesh | 41,204 | 45.40 | −3.22 | |
| BSP | L C Sharma | 3,496 | 3.85 | +1.04 | |
| Independent | Harish Chander Jha | 488 | 0.54 | ||
| RSP(U) | Anil Kumar Chand | 463 | 0.51 | ||
| JD(U) | Govind Singh Negi | 361 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | Virendar | 263 | 0.29 | ||
| LP(S) | Kirpa Shankar Verma | 244 | 0.27 | ||
| Independent | Mam Chand Singh | 170 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | Rajpal Singh Khokhar | 166 | 0.18 | ||
| AD | Kiran Brahmi | 151 | 0.17 | ||
| IJP | Stephen Verghese | 82 | 0.09 | ||
| Independent | Mahesh Kumar | 73 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | Krishan Lal | 72 | 0.08 | ||
| Majority | 2,317 | 2.55 | −5.70 | ||
| Turnout | 90,754 | 48.77 | +2.46 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +7.58 | |||
1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mahender Yadav | 32,699 | 48.62 | +15.49 | |
| BJP | Dharam Dev Solanki | 27,152 | 40.37 | −0.86 | |
| Independent | Jasbir Singh Solanki | 2,196 | 3.27 | ||
| BSP | Sarnam Singh Pal | 1,889 | 2.81 | +0.35 | |
| RJD | Mahender Yadav | 1,869 | 2.78 | ||
| Independent | Avdesh Tiwari | 829 | 1.23 | ||
| JD | Shivan Bansal | 473 | 0.70 | +20.55 | |
| Independent | Ram Swaroop | 126 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | Parveen Kumar | 25 | 0.04 | ||
| Majority | 5,547 | 8.25 | +0.15 | ||
| Turnout | 67,258 | 46.31 | −12.20 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | +15.49 | |||
1993
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dharam Dev Solanki | 20,671 | 41.23 | ||
| INC | Mukhtyar Singh | 16,613 | 33.13 | ||
| JD | Sukhbir Singh Solanki | 10,655 | 21.25 | ||
| BSP | Tikam Singh | 1,233 | 2.46 | ||
| Independent | Ram Rattan Doohan | 336 | 0.67 | ||
| JP | Raj Kumar | 204 | 0.41 | ||
| DPP | Madhav Pathak | 162 | 0.32 | ||
| Mukt Bharat | Randhir Singh | 82 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Rama Shankar Singh | 73 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Sukhbir Singh | 60 | 0.12 | ||
| Doordarshi Party | Shyam Sunder | 49 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 4,058 | 8.10 | |||
| Turnout | 50,138 | 58.51 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
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
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