Durgesh Pathak

Durgesh Pathak
Durgesh Pathak
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 June 2022
Preceded by	Raghav Chadha
Constituency	Rajinder Nagar
Personal details
Born	Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Education	Master's in English
Alma mater	Allahabad University

Durgesh Pathak is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Assembly in Delhi. He is a senior member of the Aam Aadmi Party and Political Affairs Committee (the highest decision-making body) and National Executive In-charge of the party.^[1]

He won the Delhi Assembly by-election, 2022 as the AAP candidate for the seat of MLA from the Rajendra Nagar assembly constituency in Delhi.^[2]^[3]

He was appointed as Chairman of Committee on Government Undertakings of (Delhi) and Committee on Municipal Corporation of (Delhi) post MCD Elections 2022.

Early life and career

He completed Master's in English from Allahabad University and moved to Delhi in 2010.^[1]^[4]

Politics

In 2013, he managed the election campaign for AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and helped defeat Sheila Dixit the incumbent Delhi Chief Minister.^[1]

He is a member of Political Affairs Committee (the highest decision-making body) and National Executive In-charge of the party.^[4] He is in-charge of Municipal Corporation of Delhi election for AAP.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[4] In June 2022, he contested from Rajendra Nagar in Delhi Assembly by-election, 2022 against BJP's candidate Rajesh Bhatia and won by 11,000 lead.^[3]

Electoral performance

Delhi Assembly by-election, 2022: Rajinder Nagar^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Durgesh Pathak	40,319	55.76	−1.30
	BJP	Rajesh Bhatia	28,581	39.92	+2.22
	INC	Prem Lata	2,014	2.79	−1.01
	RRP	Ajay Tiwari	76	0.11	N/A
	None of the Above	None of the Above	546	0.76
Majority			11,555	15.84	−3.52
Turnout			71,892	43.75	−14.75
Registered electors			1,77,867
	AAP hold		Swing	-1.30

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Karawal Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Singh Bisht	96,721	50.59	+16.85
	AAP	Durgesh Pathak	88,498	46.29	−13.55
	INC	Arbind Singh	2,242	1.17	−1.98
	BSP	Nathu Ram	824	0.43	−0.86
	CPI(M)	Ranjit Tiwari	414	0.22	−0.19
	NOTA	None of the above	373	0.20	−0.32
Majority			8,223	4.30	−21.80
Turnout			1,91,291	67.55	−2.28
	BJP gain from AAP		Swing	+16.85

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Newsmaker | At 31, an old AAP hand and now party's Rajinder Nagar candidate". The Indian Express. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "AAP's candidate for Rajinder Nagar bypoll Durgesh Pathak files nomination". Hindustan Times. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "BJP Will Stop Development Work If Its Candidate Wins: AAP Heavyweights Campaign For Durgesh Pathak". outlookindia.com/. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Durgesh Pathak | Aam Aadmi Party". 24 July 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "Durgesh Pathak seeks time from LG to address Delhi's garbage problem | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "AAP writes to MCD, oppose reported move to hike tax". Hindustan Times. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "Non-existent NGO got school tender from Delhi civic body: AAP leader Durgesh Pathak". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ India, The Hans (3 February 2022). "BJP closed 34 North MCD schools last year: Durgesh Pathak". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "BJP stacks Delhi's streets with garbage: AAP leader Durgesh Pathak". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "Rajinder Nagar bypoll Results Highlights: AAP wins by 11,555 votes". Hindustan Times. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ "Delhi by election result 2022". Election Commission of India. June 2022.

External links

Durgesh Pathak on Twitter
"Affidavit for 2022 Delhi Election". affidavit.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Raghav Chadha (AAP)	Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency 2022 -	Incumbent
Aam Aadmi Party political offices
Preceded by Office established	Co in-charge Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab – March, 2017	Incumbent
Preceded by -	Member of Political Affairs Committee Aam Aadmi Party – present	Incumbent
Preceded by -	National Executive In-charge Aam Aadmi Party – present	Incumbent
Preceded by -	Incharge of MCD election for Aam Aadmi Party 2022 – present	Incumbent

[Newsmaker-1] "Newsmaker | At 31, an old AAP hand and now party's Rajinder Nagar candidate". The Indian Express. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[HT_4_June-2] "AAP's candidate for Rajinder Nagar bypoll Durgesh Pathak files nomination". Hindustan Times. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[Outlook_21_June-3] "BJP Will Stop Development Work If Its Candidate Wins: AAP Heavyweights Campaign For Durgesh Pathak". outlookindia.com/. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[AAP_Bio-4] "Durgesh Pathak | Aam Aadmi Party". 24 July 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[5] "Durgesh Pathak seeks time from LG to address Delhi's garbage problem | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[6] "AAP writes to MCD, oppose reported move to hike tax". Hindustan Times. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[7] "Non-existent NGO got school tender from Delhi civic body: AAP leader Durgesh Pathak". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[8] India, The Hans (3 February 2022). "BJP closed 34 North MCD schools last year: Durgesh Pathak". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[9] "BJP stacks Delhi's streets with garbage: AAP leader Durgesh Pathak". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[10] "Rajinder Nagar bypoll Results Highlights: AAP wins by 11,555 votes". Hindustan Times. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

[11] "Delhi by election result 2022". Election Commission of India. June 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