Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency

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Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1956. It is the smallest constituency of Lok Sabha in terms of area.

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Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
Union Territory	Delhi
Assembly constituencies	Adarsh Nagar Shalimar Bagh Shakur Basti Tri Nagar Wazirpur Model Town Sadar Bazar Chandni Chowk Matia Mahal Ballimaran
Established	1956
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Praveen Khandelwal
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Political Map of Delhi showing Parliamentary constituencies as of 2024 elections.

Assembly segments

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
4	Adarsh Nagar	North Delhi	Raj Kumar Bhatia		BJP		BJP
14	Shalimar Bagh	North West Delhi	Rekha Gupta		BJP		BJP
15	Shakur Basti	North Delhi	Karnail Singh		BJP		BJP
16	Tri Nagar	North West Delhi	Tilak Ram Gupta		BJP		BJP
17	Wazirpur	North Delhi	Poonam Sharma		BJP		BJP
18	Model Town		Ashok Goel		BJP		BJP
19	Sadar Bazar	Central Delhi	Som Dutt		AAP		BJP
20	Chandni Chowk		Parlad Singh Sawhney		AAP		INC
21	Matia Mahal		Shoaib Iqbal		AAP		INC
22	Ballimaran		Imran Hussain		AAP		INC

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

1. Pahar Ganj
2. Matia Mahal (Polling stations 1-83)
3. Ballimaran
4. Chandni Chowk
5. Minto Road (Polling station 136)
6. Ram Nagar (Polling stations 104–112)

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

1. Civil Lines
2. Chandni Chowk
3. Ballimaran
4. Ajmeri Gate
5. Kucha Pati Ram
6. Matia Mahal
7. Pahar Ganj
8. Qasabpura

Members of Parliament

The Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency was created in 1957. The list of Member of Parliament (MP) is as follows:

Year	Member	Party
1957	Radha Raman		Indian National Congress
1962	Sham Nath
1967	Ram Gopal Shalwale		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971	Subhadra Joshi		Indian National Congress
1977	Sikandar Bakht		Janata Party
1980	Bhiku Ram Jain		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Jai Parkash Aggarwal		Indian National Congress
1989
1991	Tarachand Khandelwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Jai Parkash Aggarwal		Indian National Congress
1998	Vijay Goel		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004	Kapil Sibal		Indian National Congress
2009
2014	Harsh Vardhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Praveen Khandelwal

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Chandni Chowk^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Praveen Khandelwal	516,496	53.45	0.51
	INC	Jai Prakash Aggarwal	427,171	44.20	14.53
	BSP	Abul Kalam Azad	5,829	0.60	0.32
	NOTA	None of the above	5,563	0.58	0.06
Margin of victory			89,325	9.25	14.03
Turnout			966,102	58.68	5.10
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Chandni Chowk^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	519,055	52.94	8.34
	INC	Jai Prakash Agarwal	2,90,910	29.67	11.75
	AAP	Pankaj Kumar Gupta	1,44,551	14.74	15.98
	BSP	Shahid Ali	9,026	0.92	0.13
	RRP	Richa Katiyar	475	0.05	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,133	0.52	0.06
Margin of victory			2,28,145	23.27	9.39
Turnout			9,80,814	62.78	5.06
	BJP hold		Swing	8.36

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections

2014 Indian general elections: Chandni Chowk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	437,938	44.60	10.64
	AAP	Ashutosh	301,618	30.72	New
	INC	Kapil Sibal	176,206	17.95	41.72
	Independent	Dildar Hussain Beg	28,605	2.91	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,534	0.46	N/A
Majority			1,36,320	13.88	11.83
Turnout			9,81,863	67.84	12.63
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	10.64

15th Lok Sabha: 2009 General Elections

2009 Indian general elections: Chandni Chowk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kapil Sibal	465,713	59.67	11.49
	BJP	Vijender Gupta	2,65,003	33.96	7.16
	BSP	Mohammad Mustaqeem	26,486	3.39	2.59
Margin of victory			2,00,710	25.71	18.65
Turnout			7,80,445	55.21	2.17
	INC hold		Swing	11.49

14th Lok Sabha: 2004 General Elections

2004 Indian general elections: Chandni Chowk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kapil Sibal	127,395	71.17	35.95
	BJP	Smriti Irani	47,978	26.80	9.39
	BSP	Gian Prakash Saini	1,444	0.81	N/A
Majority			79,415	44.37	43.39
Turnout			179,003	53.04	1.24
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	31.25

13th Lok Sabha: 1999 General Elections

1999 Indian general election: Chandni Chowk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Goel	74,001	36.19	2.06
	INC	J. P. Agarwal	72,006	35.22	9.70
	JD(S)	Shoaib Iqbal	52,721	25.79	New
Margin of victory			1,995	0.97	9.81
Turnout			204,453	54.28	3.24
	BJP hold		Swing	2.06

12th Lok Sabha: 1996 General Elections

1996 Indian general election: Chandni Chowk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. P. Agarwal	92,634	44.92
	BJP	J. K. Jain	70,390	34.13
	JD	Viresh Pratap Chaudhry	23,225	11.26
Margin of victory			22,244	10.78
Turnout			206,234	57.52
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Chandni Chowk
• Delhi City Lok Sabha constituency
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha