New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency of Delhi is a seat represented by major politicians. It includes leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani, Sucheta Kripalani and KC Pant. Apart from this, Rajesh Khanna, the first superstar of Hindi films, has also represented this meeting. For this election, Rajesh Khanna had also made enmity with his special friend Shatrughan Sinha.
Why did LK Advani leave the seat of New Delhi?
Lal Krishna Advani, one of the founders of BJP, contested in 1991 from two seats namely Gandhinagar in Gujarat and New Delhi in Delhi. He resigned from the New Delhi seat and kept the Gandhinagar seat for himself. After this, in 1992, a by-election was held on this seat.
Congress fielded film star Rajesh Khanna in this by-election. While BJP gave ticket to Shatrughan Sinha, known as Shotgun.
On May 20, 1991, voting was held for the by-election. Congress leader and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi cast his vote with his wife Sonia Gandhi at Nirman Bhavan in Delhi, during which Rajesh Khanna was present to assist him. Perhaps this picture was the last picture of Rajiv Gandhi in Delhi. The very next day, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in Sriperambadur, Tamil Nadu.
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Rajesh Khanna was also the Congress candidate against LK Advani in the 1991 elections. He lost to Advani by just 1589 votes. But when the by-election results came in, he defeated the BJP candidate Shatrughan Sinha by more than 27 thousand votes. Rajesh Khanna won this by-election but at the cost of friendship.
Journey to New Delhi Lok Sabha seat
This seat came into existence only after independence in 1951. A total of 10 assembly seats come in this seat. These include New Delhi, Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Moti Nagar, Delhi Cantt, Rajendra Nagar, Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, RK Puram and Greater Kailash.
Since its creation, 19 elections have been held for this seat. Out of these, BJP has won this seat 10 times out of which the first woman was Sucheta Kripalani. He won the 1952 and 1957 elections from this seat. She won first time on Kisan Majdoor Praja Party ticket and second time on Congress ticket. While BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi won this seat in 2014 and 2019 elections.
2024 Elections in New Delhi
BJP has again given ticket to a woman in this election. He has fielded Bansuri Swaraj. While in the Indian coalition, this seat has gone to the account of Aam Aadmi Party. AAP has given ticket to MLA Somnath Bharti from Malviya Nagar.
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