Chandni Chowk Parliamentary constituency comprises 10 assembly constituencies: Adarsh Nagar, Shalimar Bagh, Shakur Basti, Tri Nagar, Wazirpur, Model Town, Sadar Bazar, Chandni Chowk, Matia Mahal and Ballimaran. The constituency came into existence in its current form after a delimitation exercise in 1993 and 2008. So far, two Lok Sabha elections held in 2009 and 2014 have seen winners from the Congress and BJP respectively.
A total of 26 candidates are contesting from political parties and as independents from Chandni Chowk. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected 29 applications for the constituency for various reasons.
According to the ECI website, the constituency has a total of 15,62,268 voters.
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2014 Lok Sabha Elections
Incumbent MP: Dr Harsh Vardan
Name of candidate | Party | Votes secured | Vote share (over total votes polled) |
Dr Harsh Vardan | BJP | 4,37,938 | 44.58 |
Ashutosh | AAP | 3,01,618 | 30.71 |
Kapil Sibal | INC | 1,76,206 | 17.94 |
NOTA | — | 4,534 | 0.46 |
Source: ECI
Know your candidates
Dr Harsh Vardhan (Bharatiya Janata Party)
The incumbent MP from BJP is up for reelection in Chandni Chowk. Dr Harsh Vardhan was the CM candidate of the BJP in the 2013 elections. He has been elected MLA four times form the Krishna Nagar constituency.
More details can be found in the affidavit filed with the ECI here
Read more about him here.
- Phone: 9810115311
- E-mail: drhrshvardhan@gmail.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drharshvardhanofficial/
Financial details of candidate:
Year | Assets | Liabilities |
2014 | 40,11,309.38 (movable) + 2,42,48,000 (immovable ) | 17,80,492 |
2019 | 59,23,897 (movable) + 2,42,48,000 (immovable) | Nil |
Source: MyNeta
Jai Prakash Agarwal (Indian National Congress)
Jai Prakash Agarwal is the INC candidate from Chandni Chowk. He has previously served as MP of North East Delhi in 2009. He lost the Lok Sabha elections from North East Delhi to BJP candidate Manoj Tiwari during his releection bid in 2014.
More details can be found in the affidavit filed with the ECI here.
- Phone: 9999278650
- E- mail:agarwaljp2000@yahoo.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgarwalJP/
Financial details of candidate
Year | Assets | Liabilities |
2014 | 7,25,36,400 (immovable) + 1,14,38,445(movable) | Nil |
2019 | 1,70,03,171 (movable) + 7,91,56,000 (immovable) | Nil |
Source: MyNeta
Pankaj Gupta (Aam Aadmi Party)
Pankaj Gupta is the AAP candidate from Chandni Chowk. He is the party secretary and also a member of the party’s political affiars committee, a key decision-making body. This is his first contest in the Lok Sabha polls. An engineer by profession, he had a successful career in the field efore transitioning to politics in 2012 with the Aam Aadmi Party.
More details can be found in the affidavit filed with the ECI here.
- Phone: 9810017868
- E-mail: aappankajgupta@gmail.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PankajGuptaAAP/
Financial details of candidate:
Year | Assets | Liabilities |
2019 | 11,39,60,922 (movable) +9,02,66,294 (immovable) | 9,02,66,294 |
Source: MyNeta
List of other candidates contesting from Chandni Chowk
S. No | Name | Party | Age | Education | Occupation |
1 | Shahid Ali | Bahujan Samaj Party | 46 | BL | Advocate |
2 | Anil Kumar | Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party | 37 | BA | Self-employed |
3 | Ashok Kumar | Republican Party of India | 67 | Class X | Retiree |
4 | Inder Sen | Rashtriya Samrasta Party | 36 | Class X | Businessman |
5 | Mohd. Qureshi | Ekta Samaj Party | 57 | BA | Businessman |
6 | Kamal Kishor | People’s Party of India | 67 | BA | Retiree |
7 | Deepti Chopra | Prism | 52 | BA | Homoeopath |
8 | Ravindra | Kanshiram Bahujan Dal | 43 | Class VIII | Self-employed |
9 | Richa Kanaujia | Right to Recall Party | 46 | LLB | Advocate |
10 | Vishal Khanna | Sanatan Sanskriti Raksha Dal | 37 | Class X | Businessman |
11 | Virender Singh | Aapki Apni Party | 38 | Class VII | Businessman |
12 | Shareshta Arora | Mazdoor Kirayedar Vikas Party | 42 | Class XII | Self-employed |
13 | Satdev Jain | Proutist Bloc | 53 | Class XII | Businessman |
14 | Sameer Mirza | Bharat Prabhat Party | 29 | Clss XII | Businessman |
15 | Suman Devi | Bharat Lok Sewak Party | 53 | BA | Self-employed |
16 | Sohan Sharma | Rashtra Nirman Party | 78 | B.Tech | Self-employed |
17 | Saurabh Ranjan | Pyramid Party of India | 33 | MBBS | Acupuncturist |
18 | Jugal Kishor | Independent | 37 | B.Com | Consultant |
19 | Pankaj Gupta | Independent | 57 | Class XII | Social Worker |
20 | Farha Deeba | Independent | 38 | Class XII | Designer |
21 | Munna Lal | Independent | 37 | Class X | Unemployed |
22 | Ravi Kumar | Independent | 33 | BA | Self-employed |