Najafgarh Assembly constituency

Najafgarh
Najafgarh
Constituency No. 35 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 Kailash Gahlot
Party	AAP

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

Overview

Present geographical structure of Najafgarh 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] Najafgarh is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Assembly segments, namely, Madipur, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Dwarka, Matiala and Uttam Nagar.

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Najafgarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Kailash Gahlot	81,507	49.86	+15.24
	BJP	Ajeet Singh Kharkhari	75,276	46.05	+21.48
	INC	Sahab Singh	2,379	1.46	−3.63
	NOTA	None of the above	736	0.45	+0.12
Majority			6,231	3.81	+2.84
Turnout			1,63,517	64.93	−4.09
	AAP hold		Swing	+15.24

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Najafgarh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Kailash Gahlot	55,598	34.62	+18.77
	INLD	Bharat Singh	54,043	33.65	+2.65
	BJP	Ajeet Singh Kharkhari	39,462	24.57	−8.70
	INC	Jai Kishan Sharma	8,180	5.09	−2.30
	BSP	Ram Singh	1,108	4.60	−2.75
	NOTA	None	535	0.33
Majority			1,555	0.97	−5.82
Turnout			1,60,765	69.02
	AAP gain from BJP		Swing	+18.77

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Najafgarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajeet Singh Kharkhari	54,358	33.27	+24.53
	INLD	Bharat Singh	44,590	31.00
	AAP	Mukesh Kumar Dagar	22,798	15.85
	INC	Bijander Dutt	10,633	7.39	−14.67
	BSP	Ajit Singh	6,618	4.60	−13.15
	Independent	Neelam	2,660	1.85
	SP	Om Prakash Singh	513	0.36	+0.15
	Proutist Bloc	Baidyanath Sah	312	0.22
	Independent	Pankaj	237	0.16
	Independent	Inderjit	232	0.16
	RBHP	Bimla	138	0.10
	NOTA	None	733	0.51
Majority			9,768	6.79	−4.40
Turnout			1,44,153	67.96
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing	+24.53

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Najafgarh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bharat Singh	34,028	33.25
	INC	Kanwal Singh Yadav	22,575	22.06	−6.35
	BSP	Bijander Dutt	18,164	17.75	+11.65
	BJP	Rajesh Sharma	13,576	13.27	+4.65
	Independent	Ranbir Singh Kharb	11,620	11.36	−35.54
	Independent	Shyam Kumar	585	0.57
	Independent	Ramphal Shaokin	541	0.53
	Independent	Dinesh Kumar	255	0.25
	Independent	Raghunandan Sharma	252	0.25
	SP	Om Prakash Singh	215	0.21
	Independent	Vedpal Singh	210	0.21
	Independent	Raj Kumar	137	0.13
	ABSP	Krishan Kumar	105	0.10
	Independent	Jitender Kumar	65	0.06
Majority			11,453	11.19	−7.30
Turnout			102,328	59.1	+0.47
	Independent hold		Swing

Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Najafgarh^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ranbir Singh	43,342	46.90
	INC	Kanwal Singh	26,252	28.41	+0.39
	BJP	Jai Om Dagar	7,970	8.62
	INLD	Bharat Singh	7,460	8.07	−12.35
	BSP	Subhash	5,638	6.10	+3.26
	Independent	Har Prasad Prajapati	451	0.49
	Independent	Sheela Devi	338	0.37
	Independent	Bhram Sharma	230	0.25
	Independent	Bal Raj Singh	152	0.16
	Independent	Ram Avtar	143	0.15
	Independent	Suresh Kumar Chauhan	131	0.14
	SHSP	S S Goswami	120	0.13
	Independent	Anirudh Kumar	96	0.10
	Independent	Devender Singh	83	0.09
Majority			17,090	18.49	+16.07
Turnout			92,406	58.63	+2.85
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Najafgarh^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kanwal Singh	21,111	28.02	+12.49
	Independent	Jai Kishan Sharma	19,284	25.60
	INLD	Pritam Singh	15,382	20.42
	RJD	Jagbir	6,244	8.29
	Independent	Jai Om Dagar	5,980	7.94
	Independent	Rajesh Sharma	3,170	4.21
	BSP	Rameshwar Singh	2,142	2.84	−1.63
	JD	Vijay Pal	875	1.16	−14.65
	Independent	Dinesh Kumar Bharadwaj	465	0.62
	Independent	Mahavir Singh	292	0.39	+0.24
	SP	Sameer Singh	165	0.22	−0.75
	Independent	Satvir Singh Goswamy	110	0.15
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar	83	0.11
	Independent	Krishna Choudhary	36	0.05
Majority			1,827	2.42	−7.26
Turnout			75,339	61.48	−4.94
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	+12.49

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Najafgarh^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Suraj Prasad	19,582	35.23
	BJP	Ran Singh	14,203	25.55
	JD	Jai Om Dagar	8,785	15.81
	INC	Ram Kala	8,629	15.53
	BSP	Rameshwar	2,487	4.47
	Independent	Sat Pal Malik	733	1.32
	SP	Chand Singh Dagar	539	0.97
	Independent	Suraj Bhan	211	0.38
	JP	Dev Raj Singh Raghav	143	0.26
	Independent	Ved Varat Dagar	112	0.20
	Independent	Mahavir Singh	86	0.15
	Independent	Shiv Singh Bhandari	42	0.08
	Doordarshi Party	Ram Bilas	28	0.05
Majority			5,379	9.68
Turnout			55,580	66.42
	Independent hold		Swing

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