Dhanwati Chandela

Dhanwati Chandela
Dhanwati Chandela
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly; for Rajouri Garden
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; Feb 2020
Preceded by	Manjinder Singh Sirsa
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Alma mater	Harvard University

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]

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

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

References

^ "A DHANWATI CHANDELA A". Firstpost. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "Delhi election result 2020: AAP's Dhanwati Chandela wins from Rajouri Garden". Deccan Herald. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ Vikas Yogi [@vikasyogi] (1 August 2019). "3 term councillor and wife of former Rajouri Garden MLA Dayanand Chandela, Dhanwati joins Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of AAP MP @SanjayAzadSln and Delhi convenor @AapKaGopalRai" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Committee System in Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi" (PDF). Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ "Delhi Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory Of Delhi Composition Of House Committees 2021-2022". Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Atul Mathur (18 January 2020). "Delhi assembly elections: SAD happy to contest from 4 seats in Delhi". Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ 2017 Rajouri Garden By-election - Election Commission of India
^ Abhinav Rajput (10 April 2017). "Rajouri Garden bypoll: Voters say leaders change, but issues remain the same". Retrieved 10 July 2022.

State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by ?	Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Mangol Puri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 2020–	Incumbent

[1] "A DHANWATI CHANDELA A". Firstpost. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[2] "Delhi election result 2020: AAP's Dhanwati Chandela wins from Rajouri Garden". Deccan Herald. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[3] Vikas Yogi [@vikasyogi] (1 August 2019). "3 term councillor and wife of former Rajouri Garden MLA Dayanand Chandela, Dhanwati joins Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of AAP MP @SanjayAzadSln and Delhi convenor @AapKaGopalRai" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[4] "Committee System in Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi" (PDF). Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[Delhi_House_Committees_2021-2022-5] "Delhi Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory Of Delhi Composition Of House Committees 2021-2022". Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[6] Atul Mathur (18 January 2020). "Delhi assembly elections: SAD happy to contest from 4 seats in Delhi". Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[7] 2017 Rajouri Garden By-election - Election Commission of India

[8] Abhinav Rajput (10 April 2017). "Rajouri Garden bypoll: Voters say leaders change, but issues remain the same". Retrieved 10 July 2022.

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v t e Aam Aadmi Party
National posts	Convener: Arvind Kejriwal Secretary: Pankaj Gupta Treasurer: Narain Dass Gupta Joint General Secretary: Ishudan Gadhvi
Political Affairs Committee	Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia Sanjay Singh Gopal Rai Atishi Marlena Durgesh Pathak Imran Hussain Raghav Chadha Rakhi Bidlan
National Executive Committee	Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia Bhagwant Mann Sanjay Singh Raghav Chadha Narain Dass Gupta Sushil Gupta Ishudan Gadhvi Gopal Rai Satyendra Kumar Jain Imran Hussain Rajendra Pal Gautam Rakhi Birla Harpal Singh Cheema Atishi Marlena Singh Dilip Pandey Dinesh Mohaniya Aman Arora Saravjit Kaur Manuke Prof. Baljinder Kaur Venzy Viegas Preeti Sharma Menon and others
Spokespersons	Saurabh Bhardwaj (Chief Spokesperson) Sanjay Singh Pankaj Gupta Dilip Pandey Bhagwant Mann Preeti Sharma Menon Prithvi Reddy Nishikant Mohapatra Raghav Chadha Anjali Rai
State wings	Delhi Gujarat Goa Himachal Pradesh Haryana Jammu and Kashmir Madhya Pradesh Punjab Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh
Chief ministers	Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal (2013-14) (2015-24) Atishi Marlena (2024-present) Punjab: Bhagwant Mann (2022-present)
Current members of Parliament	Rajya Sabha
Political wings	Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti