West Delhi Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

Coming into existence in the year 2008, following the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, the West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven parliamentary seats which belong to the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The West Delhi Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 6) has a total of 1,687,727 electorates out of which 767,521 are females and 920,206 are males according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports. Thus, it is a fairly new constituency, which is politically prominent in Delhi.

Before 2008, it was partially included in the Outer Delhi parliamentary constituency, and partially in South Delhi constituency. Today, this region stands separated and is one of the most affluent and densely populated regions in Delhi, housing a population of 25,43,243 people and estimating a population density of 19,563 inhabitants per square kilometer. This constituency fought its first elections in 2009, being captured by the Congress.  

This region has been a Congress stronghold from the very beginning, even when the constituency was part of the erstwhile Outer Delhi seat. West Delhi parliamentary constituency covers vast residential and commercial regions of Delhi such as Janakpuri, Tilak Nagar, Punjabi Bagh and Patel Nagar, among others. A total of 10 assembly segments make up the West Delhi Parliamentary constituency as we know it today.

West Delhi Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

Candidate	Party	EVM Votes	Migrant Votes	Postal Votes	Total Votes	% of Votes	Status
Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party	862058	0	3590	865648	60.05	Winner
Mahabal Mishra	Indian National Congress	286745	0	417	287162	19.92	1st Runner-up
Balbir Singh Jakhar	Aam Aadmi Party	251504	0	369	251873	17.47	2nd Runner-up
Sita Saran Sen	Bahujan Samaj Party	13202	0	67	13269	0.92	3rd Runner-up
NOTA	None Of The Above	8883	0	54	8937	0.62	4th Runner-up
Iqbal Singh (Sonu)	Independent	2181	0	5	2186	0.15	5th Runner-up
Pravesh Sharma	Independent	1755	0	2	1757	0.12	6th Runner-up
Navin Chandra Das	Independent	1706	0	0	1706	0.12	7th Runner-up
Balbir Singh	Independent	1024	0	0	1024	0.07	8th Runner-up
Poonam Ujjainwal	Peoples Party Of India (Democratic)	928	0	7	935	0.06	9th Runner-up
Vikash Kumar Mohal	Aapki Apni Party (Peoples)	894	0	1	895	0.06	10th Runner-up
Shashi Jeet	National Youth Party	718	0	1	719	0.05	11th Runner-up
M. Mishra	Independent	652	0	0	652	0.05	12th Runner-up
Harsh Vardhan Shukla	Independent	582	0	0	582	0.04	13th Runner-up
Dharambir Singh	Rashtriya Janshakti Party (Secular)	551	0	0	551	0.04	14th Runner-up
Kulwinder Singh Mehta	Pyramid Party Of India	542	0	0	542	0.04	15th Runner-up
Shish Pal Singh	Prism	538	0	0	538	0.04	16th Runner-up
Baidyanath Sah	Proutist Bloc, India	467	0	0	467	0.03	17th Runner-up
Manmohan Singh	Rashtra Nirman Party	444	0	0	444	0.03	18th Runner-up
Daya Nand Vats	Republican Party Of India (A)	379	0	0	379	0.03	19th Runner-up
Rajiv Kumar	Independent	365	0	0	365	0.03	20th Runner-up
Janak Raj Rana	Akhand Rashtrawadi Party	329	0	0	329	0.02	21th Runner-up
Probir Dutta	Satya Bahumat Party	328	0	1	329	0.02	22th Runner-up
Ramesh Chand Verma	Independent	312	0	0	312	0.02	23th Runner-up