Raj Kumar Chauhan

Raj Kumar Chauhan (born 27 March 1957) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected from Mangol Puri constituency to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Delhi Legislative Assembly on an Indian National Congress ticket (INC) and is currently serving in 8th as BJP member. and served as the Minister for Education and Social Welfare from December 2001 to December 2003.^[1][2] He also served as the Minister for Development, Revenue, Irrigation & Flood Control Department, Public Works Department, SC/ST Welfare Department in the Second and Third Sheila Dikshit cabinet.^[3][4]

Raj Kumar Chauhan
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 February 2025
In office December 1993 – December 2013
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Rakhi Birla
Constituency	Mangol Puri
Personal details
Born	(1957-03-27) 27 March 1957 (age 68) Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (till 2024)
Residence(s)	Delhi, India

In May 2024, he, along with Arvinder Singh Lovely, Naseeb Singh and other former INC MLAs, resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP, citing their dissatisfaction with Congress's alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party.^[5][6]

Electoral performance

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Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Mangolpuri^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raj Kumar Chauhan	21,344	41.50
	BJP	Soran Singh Nirala	13,681	26.60
	JD	Tej SIngh	7,207	14.01
	BSP	Daya Ram	5,569	10.83
	CPI(M)	Kameshwar Prasad	814	1.58
Majority			7,663	14.90
Turnout			51,428	66.77
	INC hold		Swing

Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Mangolpuri^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raj Kumar Chauhan	32,372	60.80	+19.30
	BJP	Lakshmi Narayan	11,358	21.33	−5.27
	BSP	Mahender Singh	6,707	12.60	+1.77
	RJD	Suraj Pal	1,500	2.82
	JD	Tej Singh	844	1.59	+12.42
Majority			21,014	39.47	+24.57
Turnout			53,240	56.25	−9.52
	INC hold		Swing	+19.30

Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Mangolpuri^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raj Kumar Chauhan	39,147	68.34	+7.54
	BSP	Megh Singh	8,832	15.42	+3.82
	BJP	Raju Balmiki	8,670	15.14	−6.19
	BRP	Shyam Kaur	633	1.11
Majority			30,315	52.92	+13.45
Turnout			57,282	57.14	+0.89
	INC hold		Swing	+7.54

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Mangolpuri^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raj Kumar Chauhan	50,448	54.41	−13.93
	BJP	Yogesh Aatray	20,585	22.20	+7.06
	BSP	Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat	19,971	21.54	+6.12
Majority			29,863	32.19	−10.73
Turnout			92,712	64.7	+7.56
	INC hold		Swing	-13.93

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Mangolpuri^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Rakhi Birla	44,383	38.42
	INC	Raj Kumar Chauhan	33,798	29.25	−25.16
	BJP	Ram Kishor Navariya	31,232	27.03	+4.83
	NOTA	None	839	0.73
Majority			10,585	9.16	−23.05
Turnout			115,719	69.73
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Mangolpuri ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Rakhi Birla	60,534	46.94	+8.52
	INC	Raj Kumar Chauhan	37,835	29.34	+0.09
	BJP	Surjeet Kumar	27,889	21.63	−5.40
	BSP	Devender Kumar	1,659	1.29	−1.93
	NOTA	None	534	0.41
Majority			22,699	17.60	+8.44
Turnout			1,29,045	72.12
	AAP hold		Swing	+8.52