Palam
Constituency for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateDelhi
DistrictSouth Delhi
Established1993
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAAP

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

Overview

Present geographical structure of Palam 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] Palam is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency (Earlier it was under erstwhile Outer Delhi parliamentary constituency) along with nine other Assembly segments, namely, Bijwasan, Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, Badarpur and Mehrauli.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
1993 Dharam Dev Solanki Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Mahender Yadav Indian National Congress
2003 Dharam Dev Solanki Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013
2015 Bhavna Gaur Aam Aadmi Party
2020

Election results

2020

 

 
Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Palam


Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%








AAP
Bhavna Gaur 
92,775 
59.15 
+3.19 








BJP
Vijay Pandit
60,010
38.26
+3.20








BSP
Geeta
786
0.50
-0.10








RJD
Nirmal Kumar Singh
552
0.35
New








NOTA
None of the above
848
0.54
+0.22









Majority
32,765
20.89
-0.01






Turnout
1,56,982
63.37
-1.64






Registered electors










AAP hold
Swing
+3.19











2015




 
Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Palam


Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%








AAP
Bhavna Gaur 
82,637 
55.96 
+29.17 








BJP
Dharam Dev Solanki
51,788
35.06
+1.76








INC
Madan Mohan
10,529
7.13
-8.05








BSP
Ranbir Singh Solanki
900
0.60
-18.73








CPI
Dalip Kumar
488
0.33
-0.06








NOTA
None of the above
475
0.32
-0.38









Majority
30,849
20.90
+14.39






Turnout
1,47,708
65.01







Registered electors










AAP gain from BJP
Swing
+29.17











2013




 
Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Palam


Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%








BJP
Dharm Dev Solanki 
42,833 
33.30 
-10.82 








AAP
Bhavna Gaur
34,661
26.79









BSP
Madan Mohan
24,862
19.33
-3.44








INC
Vinay Mishra
19,531
15.18
-15.29








NYP
Neeraj Kr Sharma
3,631
2.82









NOTA
None
903
0.70










Majority
8,372
6.51
-7.14






Turnout
1,28,822
63.14







Registered electors










BJP hold
Swing
-10.82











2008


 

 
Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Palam[2]


Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%








BJP
Dharam Dev Solanki 
40,712 
44.12 
-3.83 








INC
Mahender Yadav
28,119
30.47
-14.93








BSP
Madan Mohan
21,014
22.77
+18.92








CPI
Bhairav Dutt Dhyani
659
0.71









Independent
Mahesh Kumar
600
0.65
-0.57








Samata Party
Chanchal Sharma
349
0.38









LJP
Mohan Pal Sankhla
307
0.33









Independent
Pawan Kumar
259
0.28









RJSP
Deepak Kumar
258
0.28










Majority
12,593
13.65
+11.10






Turnout
92,277
58.8
+10.03







BJP hold
Swing
-3.83











2003




 
Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Palam[3]


Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%








BJP
Dharam Dev Solanki 
43,521 
47.95 
+7.58 








INC
Sumesh
41,204
45.40
-3.22








BSP
L C Sharma
3,496
3.85
+1.04








Independent
Harish Chander Jha
488
0.54









RSP(U)
Anil Kumar Chand
463
0.51









Janata Dal (United)
Govind Singh Negi
361
0.40









Independent
Virendar
263
0.29









LP(S)
Kirpa Shankar Verma
244
0.27









Independent
Mam Chand Singh
170
0.19









Independent
Rajpal Singh Khokhar
166
0.18









AD
Kiran Brahmi
151
0.17









IJP
Stephen Verghese
82
0.09









Independent
Mahesh Kumar
73
0.08









Independent
Krishan Lal
72
0.08










Majority
2,317
2.55
-5.70






Turnout
90,754
48.77
+2.46







BJP hold
Swing
+7.58











1998




 
Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Palam[4]


Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%








INC
Mahender Yadav 
32,699 
48.62 
+15.49 








BJP
Dharam Dev Solanki
27,152
40.37
-0.86








Independent
Jasbir Singh Solanki
2,196
3.27









BSP
Sarnam Singh Pal
1,889
2.81
+0.35








RJD
Mahender Yadav
1,869
2.78









Independent
Avdesh Tiwari
829
1.23









JD
Shivan Bansal
473
0.70
+20.55








Independent
Ram Swaroop
126
0.19









Independent
Parveen Kumar
25
0.04










Majority
5,547
8.25
+0.15






Turnout
67,258
46.31
-12.20







INC hold
Swing
+15.49











1993




 
Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Palam[5]


Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%








BJP
Dharam Dev Solanki 
20,671 
41.23 
 








INC
Mukhtyar Singh
16,613
33.13









JD
Sukhbir Singh Solanki
10,655
21.25









BSP
Tikam Singh
1,233
2.46









Independent
Ram Rattan Doohan
336
0.67









JP
Raj Kumar
204
0.41









DPP
Madhav Pathak
162
0.32









Mukt Bharat
Randhir Singh
82
0.16









Independent
Rama Shankar Singh
73
0.15









Independent
Sukhbir Singh
60
0.12









Doordarshi Party
Shyam Sunder
49
0.10










Majority
4,058
8.10







Turnout
50,138
58.51








BJP hold
Swing












References




  1. ↑  "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
  2. ↑  2008 Election Commission of India
  3. ↑  2003 Election Commission of India
  4. ↑  1998 Election Commission of India
  5. ↑  1993 Election Commission of India




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