Ambedkar Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Ambedkar Nagar
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	South Delhi
State	Delhi
Current constituency
Created	1993
Party	AAP
MLA	Ajay Dutt
Reservation	SC

Ambedkar Nagar Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: अम्बेडकर नगर विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Overview

Present geographical structure of Ambedkar Nagar constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.^[1]

Ambedkar Nagar is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments, namelyBijwasan, Sangam Vihar, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, Palam, Badarpur and Mehrauli.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

INC AAP

	Member	Party
1993	Ch. Prem Singh	Indian National Congress
1998	Ch. Prem Singh	Indian National Congress
2003	Ch. Prem Singh	Indian National Congress
2008	Ch. Prem Singh	Indian National Congress
2013	Ashok Kumar Chauhan	Aam Aadmi Party
2015	Ajay Dutt	Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2015 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015: Ambedkar Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AAP	Ajay Dutt	66,632	68.38	+25.96
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Chauhan	24,172	24.80	-3.96
	INC	Ch. Prem Singh	5,336	5.47	-17.65
	BSP	Rajbir	815	0.83	-2.97
	NOTA	None of the above	481	0.49	-0.17
Majority			42,460	43.57	+29.91
Turnout			97,436	72.00
Registered electors			1,35,319
	AAP hold		Swing	+25.96

2013 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2013: Ambedkar Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AAP	Ashok Kumar Chauhan	36,239	42.42
	BJP	Khushi Ram Chunar	24,569	28.76	-7.58
	INC	Ch Prem Singh	19,753	23.12	-20.07
	BSP	Ghan Shyam Dass	3,250	3.80	-13.73
	Independent	Radhey Shyam	330	0.39
	JKNPP	Gopal Krishan	238	0.28
	Independent	Rajveer Singh	190	0.22
	BBP	Ramesh Chander Chhazlaan	188	0.22
	Indian Justice Party	Raj Kumar Banewal	104	0.12
	NOTA	None	568	0.66
Majority			11,670	13.66	+6.81
Turnout			85,429
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

2008 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2008: Ambedkar Nagar^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Ch Prem Singh	30,467	43.19	-9.96
	BJP	Suresh Chand	25,630	36.34	+0.36
	BSP	Prahlad Kumar Malviya	12,362	17.53	+9.97
	LNJSP	Dalip Valmiki	1,264	1.79
	Independent	Trilok	515	0.73
	RJSP	Praveen Parcha	300	0.43
Majority			4,837	6.85	-10.32
Turnout			70,538	57.4	+3.33
	INC hold		Swing	-9.96

2003 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2003: Ambedkar Nagar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Ch Prem Singh	25,880	53.15	+0.22
	BJP	Suresh Chand	17,519	35.98	+17.50
	BSP	Kailash	3,679	7.56	+1.19
	Shiv Sena	Siya Ram	587	1.21
	Indian Justice Party	Narender Malawaliya	463	0.95
	DMVP	Ramesh	305	0.63
	BLCP	Naresh	262	0.54
Majority			8,361	17.17	-17.28
Turnout			48,695	54.07	+1.56
	INC hold		Swing	+0.22

1998 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1998: Ambedkar Nagar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Ch Prem Singh	27,670	52.93	+9.08
	BJP	Jagdish Bharti	9,662	18.48	-6.23
	CPI(M)	Rajbir	3,614	6.91	-1.67
	BSP	Seva Das	3,330	6.37	+4.49
	Independent	Rajesh Chauhan	2,185	4.18
	Janata Dal	Dalip Kumar	2,031	3.89	-9.07
	Independent	Ram Ji Lal	1,914	3.66
	Independent	Harish Chander Rajora	1,486	2.84
	Independent	Sanjiv Kumar	278	0.53
	Independent	Shiv Raj Singh	58	0.11
	Independent	Mam Chand	45	0.09
Majority			18,008	34.45	+15.31
Turnout			52,273	52.51	-8.62
	INC hold		Swing	+9.08

1993 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1993: Ambedkar Nagar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Prem Singh	19,621	43.85
	BJP	Rajender Kumar Sonker	11,056	24.71
	Janata Dal	Sat Pal	5,801	12.96
	CPI(M)	Rajbir	3,841	8.58
	Independent	Ram Narayan	1,684	3.76
	BSP	Rajpal Singh	839	1.88
	Shiv Sena	Subhash Kumar	388	0.87
	Independent	Raj Pal	260	0.58
	RPI	Dharam Singh	227	0.51
	Independent	Raj Singh	189	0.42
	Independent	Kishan Chand Meena	152	0.34
	Forward Bloc	Ram Nath	126	0.28
	Independent	Ramesh Karotia	126	0.28
	IDSP	Ram Phal	120	0.27
	Independent	Suraj Bhan	117	0.26
	Independent	Jagdish Singh Nagar	89	0.20
	BLMD	Mukesh Kumar	57	0.13
	Doordarshi Party	Timasi Prasad	52	0.12
Majority			8,565	19.14
Turnout			44,745	61.13
	INC 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

Delhi Legislative Assembly

Assemblies	First (1993–98) Second (1998–2003) Third (2003–08) Fourth (2008–13) Fifth (2013–14) Sixth (2015–)

Constituencies	Adarsh Nagar Ambedkar Nagar Babarpur Badarpur Badli Ballimaran Bawana Bijwasan Burari Chandni Chowk Chhatarpur Delhi Cantt Deoli Dwarka Gandhi Nagar Ghonda Gokalpur Greater Kailash Hari Nagar Janakpuri Jangpura Kalkaji Karawal Nagar Karol Bagh Kasturba Nagar Kirari Kondli Krishna Nagar Laxmi Nagar Madipur Malviya Nagar Mangol Puri Matia Mahal Matiala Mehrauli Model Town Moti Nagar Mundka Mustafabad Najafgarh Nangloi Jat Nerela New Delhi Okhla Palam Patel Nagar Patparganj R.K. Puram Rajinder Nagar Rajouri Garden Rithala Rohini Rohtas Nagar Sadar Bazar Sangam Vihar Seelampur Seemapuri Shahdara Shakur Basti Shalimar Bagh Sultan Pur Majra Tilak Nagar Timarpur Tri Nagar Trilokpuri Tughlakabad Uttam Nagar Vikaspuri Vishwas Nagar Wazirpur

Former constituencies	Geeta Colony

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