Dhanwati Chandela

Dhanwati Chandela (born 1960) is an Indian politician in the Aam Aadmi Party.^[1] She represents Rajouri Garden in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi, elected to the post in 2020 after defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Khanna.^[2]

Dhanwati Chandela
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly for Rajouri Garden
In office February 2020 – February 2025
Preceded by	Manjinder Singh Sirsa
Succeeded by	Manjinder Singh Sirsa
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party

Political career

Chandela joined the Aam Aadmi Party in 2019 after serving as a 3-term Municipal Corporation of Delhi councillor. Her husband is Dyanand Chandila, a former MLA from Rajouri Garden and Vishnu Garden Assembly seats.^[3]

#	From	To	Position	Comments
01	2020	-	Member, Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi	Rajouri Garden Assembly
02	2002	2007	Councillor, Municipal Corporation of Delhi	Guru Nanak Nagar ward
03	1997	2002	Councillor, Municipal Corporation of Delhi	Guru Nanak Nagar ward

Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - present)

Since 2020, she is an elected member of the 7th Delhi Assembly.

Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly^[4]

• Member (2022-2023), Committee on Estimates^[5]

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Rajouri Garden Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Rajouri Garden^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Dhanwati Chandela	62,212	55.70	+42.58
	BJP	Ramesh Khanna	39,240	35.13	−16.86
	Independent	Sukhpal Singh	5,218	4.67	New
	INC	Amandeep Singh Sudan	3,398	3.04	−30.19
	NOTA	None of the Above	694	0.62	−0.20
Majority			22,972	20.57	+1.81
Turnout			1,11,771	62.01	−10.35
	AAP gain from BJP		Swing	+42.58

2017 results

By-election, 2017: Rajouri Garden^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manjinder Singh Sirsa	40,602	51.99	+13.95
	INC	Meenakshi Chandela	25,950	33.23	+21.23
	AAP	Harjeet Singh	10,243	13.12	−33.43
	Independent	Hardeep Singh	225	0.29	N/A
	Independent	Davinder Singh Negi	219	0.28	N/A
	AIFB	Lalit Taak	211	0.27	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	641	0.82	+0.27
Majority			14,652	18.76	+10.25
Turnout			78,091	47.32	−25.04
Registered electors			1,68,026
	BJP gain from AAP		Swing	+23.69