Janakpuri Assembly constituency

Janakpuri
Janakpuri
Constituency No. 30 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Delhi
District	West Delhi
Established	1993
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Rajesh Rishi

Janakpuri Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Overview

Present geographical structure of Janakpuri constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.^[1] Janakpuri is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Assembly segments, namely, Madipur, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Vikaspuri, Dwarka, Matiala and Najafgarh.

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Janakpuri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Rajesh Rishi	67,968	54.43	−3.29
	BJP	Ashish Sood	53,051	42.48	+5.33
	INC	Radhika Khera	2,084	1.67	−2.10
	BSP	Raj Kumar	505	0.40	+0.03
	NOTA	None of the above	691	0.55	+0.17
Majority			14,917	11.95	−8.62
Turnout			1,24,989	65.85	+0.39
	AAP hold		Swing	-3.29

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Janakpuri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Rajesh Rishi	71,802	57.72	+20.30
	BJP	Prof. Jagdish Mukhi	46,222	37.15	−2.72
	INC	Suresh Kumar	4,699	3.77	−12.21
	BSP	Hari Prakash Singh	471	0.37	−0.58
	SHS	Paramjit Singh Saini	49	0.03	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	483	0.38	−0.39
Majority			25,580	20.57	+14.11
Turnout			1,24,398	71.44
	AAP gain from BJP		Swing	+21.66

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Janakpuri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagdish Mukhi	42,886	39.87	−17.28
	AAP	Rajesh Rishi	40,242	37.42
	INC	Ragini Nayak	17,191	15.98	−21.48
	Independent	Sanjay Puri	4,332	4.03
	BSP	Hari Prakash Singh	1,019	0.95	−2.27
	JD(U)	Pankaj Singh	379	0.35
	Proutist Bloc	Virender Jha	304	0.28
	Independent	Sukh Lal	142	0.13
	DMDK	K Swarna	110	0.10
	Independent	Alok Sharma	71	0.07
	Independent	Deepak Arora	71	0.07	−0.09
	NOTA	None	805	0.75
Majority			2,644	2.46	−17.23
Turnout			1,07,638	69.05
	BJP hold		Swing	-17.28

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Janakpuri^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagdish Mukhi	50,655	57.15	−2.54
	INC	Deepak Arora	33,203	37.46	−0.42
	BSP	Prem Chand Baswal	2,857	3.22
	Independent	Shiv Kumar	522	0.59
	Independent	Bharat Prasad	454	0.51
	SP	Aamir Anjum	441	0.50
	Independent	Baljit Singh	163	0.18
	Independent	Deepak Arora	141	0.16	+0.10
	ABHM	Harish Chandra Joshi	106	0.12
	LJP	Sirajuddin Khan	99	0.11	+0.05
Majority			17,452	19.69	−2.12
Turnout			88,641	61.2	+3.25
	BJP hold		Swing	-2.54

Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Janakpuri^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagdish Mukhi	35,281	59.69	+3.83
	INC	Shiv Kumar Sondhi	22,390	37.88	−4.16
	SHS	Anil Jain	433	0.73	+0.46
	NCP	Dinesh Jain	411	0.70
	Independent	Satbir	148	0.25
	IJP	Prem Ji	115	0.19
	Independent	Vinod Vohra	89	0.15
	Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	Laxmi Narain Bhatia	66	0.11
	Independent	Mukesh Jain	57	0.10	+0.01
	JD(U)	Urmila Dhall	42	0.07
	Independent	Deepak Arora	37	0.06
	LJP	Gulam Moho	36	0.06
Majority			12,891	21.81	+7.99
Turnout			59,105	57.95	+4.94
	BJP hold		Swing	+3.83

Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Janakpuri^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagdish Mukhi	31,115	55.86	−6.68
	INC	Shiv Kumar Sondhi	23,415	42.04	+9.11
	Lok Shakti	Rajibir Singh	750	1.35
	Independent	Rajender Kapoor	224	0.40
	SHS	Naresh Malik	148	0.27	+0.05
	Independent	Mukesh Jain	49	0.09
Majority			7,700	13.82	−15.79
Turnout			55,701	53.01	−3.22
	BJP hold		Swing	-6.68

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Janakpuri^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Jagdish Mukhi	33,905	62.54
	INC	Shailender s/o M P Sahi	17,852	32.93
	JD	Kunwar Chatter Singh	755	1.39
	BSP	Hans Raj	420	0.77
	DND	Moji Ram	197	0.36
	Independent	Davesh Tiwari	140	0.26
	Independent	Sunder	128	0.24
	SHS	Bal Raj Verma	117	0.22
	Independent	O N Chopra	112	0.21
	Independent	Major Sahib Ram	90	0.17
	Independent	Ladha Ram Kapoor	76	0.14
	Independent	D L Bhatia	64	0.12
	Independent	Rajiv Kumar	61	0.11
	Independent	Kamleshwari Saran	55	0.10
	Independent	Bal Chand	46	0.08
	Independent	Shailender s/o Shyam Prakash	37	0.07
	Independent	Rajesh	32	0.06
	Independent	Manohar Singh	31	0.06
	Independent	Nutan Tiwari	30	0.06
	Independent	O P Ranjan	23	0.04
	Independent	Narender Kumar	22	0.04
	Independent	Laxman Dass	12	0.02
	Independent	Ajit Singh	11	0.02
Majority			16,053	31.61
Turnout			54,216	56.23
	BJP hold		Swing

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Former constituencies	Geeta Colony Yamuna Vihar