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South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) is one among the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi. The seat had been held by the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009 INC won this seat. The current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once lost from the same constituency. Currently Ramesh Kumar of the INC is the MP representing the constituency .

Assembly segments

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, from 1976-93, South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:

  1. Delhi Cantonment
  2. Okhla
  3. Malviya Nagar
  4. R. K. Puram
  5. Hauz Khas
  6. Ashok Nagar
  7. Tilak Nagar
  8. Rajouri Garden

From 1993-2008, it comprised the following Delhi Legislative Assembly segments:

  1. Okhla
  2. Kalkaji
  3. Malviya Nagar (Polling stations 1-60 and 71-128)
  4. Hauz Khas
  5. R. K. Puram
  6. Delhi Cantonment
  7. Janak Puri (Polling stations 1-91)
  8. Hari Nagar
  9. Tilak Nagar
  10. Rajouri Garden
  11. Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94-107)
  12. Gole Market (Polling stations 101-109)
  13. Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 22 and 115-119)

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party Affiliation
Fourth1967-71Balraj MadhokBharatiya Jan Sangh
Fifth1971-77Shashi BhushanIndian National Congress
Sixth1977-80Vijay Kumar MalhotraJanata Party
Seventh1980-84Charanjit SinghIndian National Congress
Eighth1984-85Lalit MakenIndian National Congress
Eighth1985-89Arjun SinghIndian National Congress
Ninth1989-91Madan Lal KhuranaBharatiya Janata Party
Tenth1991-96Madan Lal KhuranaBharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh1996-98Sushma SwarajBharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth1998-99Sushma SwarajBharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth1999-04Vijay Kumar MalhotraBharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth2004-2009Vijay Kumar MalhotraBharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth2009 - IncumbentRamesh KumarIndian National Congress

References

  1. South Delhi Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabhaCNN IBN.
  2. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004" (PDF). Government of Delhi website.

See also

Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi
1951–1956 Constituencies in Delhi for the Lok Sabha.
1956–1961
1961–1966
1966–2008
Since 2008

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