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South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Member of parliament
  
Ramesh Bidhuri

Union territory
  
Delhi

Female electors
  
747,452

Party
  
Bharatiya Janata Party

Male electors
  
1,005,289

South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Sangam Vihar, Chhatarpur, Palam

South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: दक्षिण दिल्ली लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966.

Contents

The seat was a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009, after delimitation, INC won this seat. As of 2014, Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP is the MP representing the constituency.

Assembly segments

From 1966 to 1993, South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:

  1. Delhi Cantt
  2. Okhla
  3. Malviya Nagar
  4. R K Puram
  5. Hauz Khas
  6. Ashok Nagar
  7. Tilak Nagar
  8. Rajouri Garden

From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:

  1. Okhla
  2. Kalkaji
  3. Malviya Nagar (Polling stations 1–60 and 71–128)
  4. Hauz Khas
  5. R K Puram
  6. Delhi Cantt
  7. Janakpuri (Polling stations 1–91)
  8. Hari Nagar
  9. Tilak Nagar
  10. Rajouri Garden
  11. Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94–107)
  12. Gole Market (Polling stations 101–109)
  13. Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 22 and 115–119)

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:

  1. Bijwasan
  2. Palam
  3. Mehrauli
  4. Chhatarpur
  5. Deoli
  6. Ambedkar Nagar
  7. Sangam Vihar
  8. Kalkaji
  9. Tughlakabad
  10. Badarpur

Members of Parliament

Key

 BJP    INC    AAP    BJS    Janata Party  

References

South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia