AAP ke MLAs

Beat Surender Pal Ratawal

(BJP) by 1,750 votes

Profile: Businessman by profession,he has been a social worker since 1993 and assisted his father in forming the Delhi Vikas Sanstha,an organisation which assists people in taking up issues with civic bodies. Ravi also worked with BJP briefly.

Constituency: The main issues in Karol Bagh,known for its markets and its diverse population,were rising water and electricity prices and women’s safety.

Madan Lal

Kasturba Nagar

Beat Shikha Roy (BJP) by 4,674 votes

Profile: A lawyer,Madan Lal worked in Patiala House Courts and was the founding president of Saket Bar Association.

Constituency:A Punjabi bastion,Kasturba Nagar,falls under the New Delhi parliamentary constituency. Main issues here are sewerage,drinking water,school,parks and parking.

Manoj Kumar

Kondli

Beat BJP leader Dushyant Kumar

Gautam by over 7,490 votes

Profile: A property dealer,Kumar was also part of Anna Jan Lokpal movement.

Constituency: Once known for wholesale markets,Kondli,with a population of 1,57,000,was transformed into an urban village in 1975. The area is marked by a lack of civic amenities.

Girish Soni

Madipur

Beat Kailash Sankla (BJP) by

1,103 votes

Profile: A businessman,Soni has been part of various youth associations since the 1980s

Constituency: A resettlement colony,Madipur’s inhabitants have traditionally been BJP supporters.

Maninder Singh Dhir

Jangpura

Beat Tarvinder Singh Marwah (INC)

by 1,744 votes

Profile: Dheer has won two awards from the President for social service. A retired personnel from the State Trading Corporation,he is a chief warden with the civil defence

Constituency: Jangpura constituency’s demographic profile cuts across class and financial background. Has been a Congress bastion for the last 15 years.

Somnath Bharti

Malviya Nagar

Beat Aarti Mehra (BJP),Kiran Walia (INC) by over 12,000 votes.

Profile: An IIT-tian,Bharti is also a practising lawyer. He was an active member of the Jan Lokpal movement.

Constituency: Malviya Nagar was populated by refugees from Pakistan in the 50s. Today,up-scale areas share boundaries with unauthorised colonies that lack basic amenities.

Rakhi Birla

Mangolpuri

Beat Raj Kumar Chauhan (INC)

by 10,585 votes

Profile: A journalist,Birla has been working with the Valmiki Society.

Constituency:With 26 colonies and two villages,Mangolpuri’s 14 lakh voters face persistent water and power woes.

Ashok Kumar

Ambedkar Nagar

Beat Khushi Ram Chunar (BJP)

by 11,670 votes

Profile: A cricketer and part-time social worker

Constituency: A Congress stronghold since 1958,voters in Ambedkar Nagar were vocal about issues in the area. The present structure of the constituency,which came into existence in 2008,may have played a role in Congress’ defeat.

Sanjeev Jha

Burari

Beat Shri Krishan (BJP) by 10,351 votes

Profile: Jha was involved in Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement and was engaged in an organization ‘Navpallav’ that assisted migrants.

Constituency: Burari,which had the most number of candidates in fray,recorded a 65.13% turnout.

Surender Singh

Delhi Cantonment

Beat Karan Singh Tanwar (BJP)

by 355 votes

Profile: A former NSG commando,he served in the Army for 14 years and retired after he lost his hearing during the rescue operations in Taj Palace Hotel during 26/11 attacks.

Constituency: Military officers,slum dwellers and government personnel constitute the primary voter base of the area.

Prakash

Deoli

Beat Gagan Rana (BJP) by 17,108 votes

Profile: The youngest MLA in these elections,Prakash is an MCom graduate and worked as an assistant manager in an MNC.

Constituency: The area has a large number of resettlement and unauthorised colonies. Over 64 per cent people voted here.

Saurabh Bharadwaj

Greater Kailash

Beat Ajay Kumar Malhotra (BJP)

by 13,092 votes

Profile: An engineer with a law degree,Bharadwaj said he joined politics to fight for the underprivileged.

Constituency: The voter base here constitutes the urban rich and the middle class. The area saw over 65 % turnout with a high record of first-time voters.

Jagdeep Singh

Hari Nagar

Beat Shyam Sharma (SAD) by 8,876 votes

Profile: Singh runs an insurance business and claims that his interaction with poor patients while visiting hospitals drew him to social work and eventually into politics.

Constituency: The area is a mixed bag of unplanned houses,big market areas amidst posh bungalows and DDA flats. Lack of drinking water and parking space,rising prices,garbage disposal are the main issues.

Dinesh Mohaniya

Sangam Vihar

Beat Shiv Charan Lal Gupta (BJP)

by 777 votes

Profile: His name had come up in mediasarkar.com’s sting operation. Mohaniya,a businessman,took part in the India Against Corruption movement.

Constituency: With nearly 1.5 lakh voters,this South Delhi constituency is home to a large number of migrants.

Som Dutt Sharma

Sadar Bazar

Beat Jai Prakash (BJP) by 796 votes

and three-time Congress MLA Rajesh Jain by 2,985 votes.

Profile: Sharma was involved in students’ politics at DU. He was also involved in the Jan Lokpal movement before he joined AAP.

Constituency: A trade hub,Sadar Bazar had seen Congress wrest control from BJP 15 years ago. But even after three consecutive terms,Congress has been unable to solve basic issues here.

Rajesh Garg

Rohini

Beat J B Aggarwal (four-time BJP

MLA) by 1,872 votes

Profile: Garg is an RTI activist from Rohini. He was a member of the Congress earlier and his wife had contested municipal elections on a Congress ticket.

Constituency: Considered to be a BJP stronghold,Rohini was the venue for Narendra Modi’s first rally in Capital after he was announced the PM candidate.

Manish Sisodia

Patparganj

Beat Nakul Bhardwaj (BJP) by 11,476 votes.

Profile: A former journalist with Zee News and All India Radio,Sisodia was also an RTI activist before he joined the Jan Lokpal movement.

Constituency: It comprises people from various strata of society.

Veena Anand

Patel Nagar

Beat Poornima Vidyarthi (BJP)

by 3,738 votes.

Profile: A businesswoman,Anand is among the three woman MLAs in Delhi.

Constituency: Civic issues related to parking,traffic and sewers dominated the battle here. Comprising resettlement colonies,the constituency has a number of Punjabi and Khatri voters.

Dharmender Singh Koli

Seemapuri

Beat Veer Singh Dhingan (INC) by 11,976 votes

Profile: After his sister and AAP member Santosh Koli died in a car accident,Koli became the candidate from Seemapuri.

Constituency: The constituency is mainly rural .

Satyender Kumar Jain

Shakur Basti

Beat Shyam Lal Garg (BJP)

by 7,062 votes

Profile: An architect,Satyendra Jain was a CPWD employee who claimed he quit the job over corruption. He started his consultancy firm joining the AAP .

Constituency: This is a trader dominated constituency,comprising mainly of the Vaishya community.

Bandana Kumari

Constituency: Shalimar Bagh

Beat Ravinder Nath Bansal (BJP)

by 10,651 votes.

Profile: Bandana started the organisation ‘Nayi Pehal’ which works for women empowerment. She was also involved in Jan Lokpal movement.

Constituency: Shalimar Bagh has a diverse population in terms of occupation,income and religion. It was considered a traditional BJP stronghold.

Jarnail Singh

Tilak Nagar

Beat Rajiv Babber (BJP)

by 2,088 votes.

Profile: He is the owner of a water purifier company.

Constituency: It is a suburban area with majority Sikh population and is a popular shopping destination.

Harish Khanna

Timarpur

Beat Rajni Abbi (BJP) by 3,383 votes.

Profile: A former Hindi lecturer,she was also the president of DUTA. She has won the DUTA polls eight times.

Constituency: One of the seven electoral constituencies,Timarpur comprises DU and Wazirabad areas. It is a predominantly a government residential area.

Raju Dhingan

Trilokpuri

Beat Sunil Kumar (BJP)

by 17,685 votes.

Profile: Dhingan served in the CISF. He now provides free training to youth in body-building.

Constituency: The key issues in this Sikh dominated area were women’s issues,inflation and electricity and water tariffs.

Mahinder Yadav

Vikaspuri

Beat Krishan Gahlot (BJP) by 405 votes.

Profile: He is a social worker and was associated with the BJP for over 10 years. But he broke away from the BJP and joined the Jan Lokpal movement and later AAP.

Constituency: A Punjabi resettlement colony in West Delhi,Vikaspuri is a planned urban residential colony. It underwent a boom the 1990s.

Akhileshpati Tripathi

Model Town

Beat Ashok Goel (BJP) by 7,875 votes.

Profile: A postgraduate in ancient Indian history,Tripathi was a social activist prior to joining the AAP. He has raised issues of corruption,especially in rationing and black marketing in oil.

Constituency: Comprises primarily of Sikhs and Punjabis. It is located in Northwest Delhi.

Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi

Beat Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit (INC)

by 25,864 votes.

Profile: A former Income Tax commissioner,Kejriwal left his job and became an RTI activist. The IIT-Kharagpur alumnus also started Parivartan,an NGO 13 years ago. A leading figure in the Jan Lokpal movement in 2011,Kejriwal fasted along with Anna Hazare and later formed the AAP.

Constituency: Largely considered the residence of top ministers and bureaucrats,New Delhi has been the stronghold of Congress. Dikshit won from the seat thrice.

Vinod Kumar Binny

Laxmi Nagar

Beat A K Walia (INC) by 7,752 votes.

Profile: A former Congress member,Binny left the party to join the India Against Corruption movement. He was is also a councillor from East Delhi and is known for holding ‘mohalla sabhas’.

Constituency: The constituency is a mix of industrial and residential areas — comprising both unauthorised and regularised colonies. Located near the Yamuna,the area is congested and lacks a proper drainage system.