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Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma is the incumbent BJP MP from West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. He is the son of BJP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma. He had contested from Mehrauli constituency in the 2013 assembly elections, and defeated Yoganand Shastri, Speaker in erstwhile Delhi assembly. Personal Information Name: Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma Age: 41 Address: 20, Windsor Place, Near BSNL House, Janpath Road, New Delhi-110001 Phone: 9811361000 Constituency: West Delhi Party: Bharatiya Janata Party Term: 2014 – in office Twitter: @p_sahibsingh Educational Qualifications: Postgraduate Profession: Businessman Pending criminal cases: None Year Moveable Assets Immovable Assets…

North East Delhi Parliamentary constituency is comprised of 10 assembly constituencies: Burari, Timarpur, Seemapuri, Rohtas Nagar, Seelampur, Ghonda, Babarpur, Gokalpur, Mustafabad and Karawal Nagar. The constituency came into existence after a delimitation exercise. So far, two Lok Sabha elections held in 2009 and 2014 have seen winners from the Congress and BJP respectively.   This constituency scores the lowest in terms of most Human development indicators. It has the highest number of jhuggi jhopri clusters in Delhi, with roughly 300 of the 800 slum clusters in the capital concentrated here. With 10 assembly segments, nine of them represented by the…

Manoj Kumar Tiwari had a colourful past as a popular Bhojpuri actor and even a Big Boss contestant, before he joined politics. Tiwari joined politics in 2009, and got a ticket from Samajwadi Party to contest in that year's Lok Sabha election from Gorakhpur. However, he lost to Yogi Adityanath of BJP. By 2014, he had switched to the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). He won the North East Delhi constituency in 2014 as a BJP candidate. In spite of high rhetoric and promises, Tiwari has failed to fully utilise the MPLADS funds allocated to him to develop his constituency, which…

With inputs from Sri Krishna, Delhi New Delhi Parliamentary constituency is comprised of 10 assembly constituencies: Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Moti Nagar, Delhi Cantonment, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, RK Puram, Greater Kailash. While the constituency has seen shifting loyalties between the BJP and INC, the Aam Aadmi Party made inroads in the previous Lok Sabha elections by polling second. This constituency has a unique history: Since 1992, the party winning this seat has formed the government at the Centre. Of 16 general elections and two by-elections since 1951, the winner here formed the government 13 times.…

Meenakshi Lekhi from BJP was Member of Parliament from New Delhi constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. She is the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Supreme Court lawyer. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she won the much coveted New Delhi seat with over 4.5 lakh votes as a BJP candidate. In July 2016, she was appointed chairperson of the Committee on Privileges of the Lok Sabha in Parliament. She is a regular contributor to political journals and newspapers, penning 'Forthwrite', a fortnightly column in The Week magazine. She has also distinguished herself as an active…

ADR has analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 967 out of 979 candidates, who are contesting in the sixth phase of the ongoing general elections, scheduled for May 12th. Topping the list of crorepatis is Jyotiraditya M. Scindia fighting from Guna constituency of Madhya Pradesh with a Congress ticket. He possesses assets worth Rs 374 crore. Second on the list is Gautam Gambhir with assets over Rs 147 crore. The former national-level cricketer also has the highest liabilities (among Phase 6 candidates) of over Rs 34 crore and highest annual income of over Rs 12 crore for financial year 2017-18 as…

Jaipur (Rural) is a comparatively new parliamentary constituency, brought into existence by the delimitation exercise in 2008. Currently, it has eight legislative assembly segments under it, including Kotpuli, Viratnagar, Shahpura, Phulera, Jhotwera, Amber, Jamwa Ramgarh and Bansur. In 2014, the dominant Modi wave had brought Rajyavardhan Rathore to power, as he defeated INC candidate Lal Chand Kataria, who had won the seat in 2009. This time, the sitting MP is also minister with independent charge of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) and sports, and is poised for a close fight again. [flexiblemap src="http://data.opencity.in/Data/Rajasthan-Parliament-Constituency-Jaipur-Rural-Map-V-1.kml" width="100%" height="400px" ] Note – Map for representation…

Lucknow Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituency comprises five assembly constituencies - Lucknow West, Lucknow North, Lucknow East, Lucknow Central and Lucknow Cantt. Being the capital of India's most populous state,Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow is one of the most important political seats in the country. It saw two noted women freedom fighters - Vijayalakshmi Pandit and Sheorajvati Nehru - as its first two MPs in the first ever Lok Sabha; both were incidentally relatives of Jawaharlal Nehru, then PM of India. Lucknow is also the home constituency of ex-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who was elected to the LS from here five times…

The largest city of Rajasthan is the capital, 'pink city' Jaipur. Number 7 among the 25 parliamentary constituencies of the state, Jaipur is all set to go to polls on May 6th. Jaipur parliamentary constituency comprises eight assembly constituencies: Hawa Mahal, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Civil Lines, Kishan Pole, Adarsh Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Sanganer and Bagru. Jaipur is seen to be a BJP bastion, with the Congress winning this seat just thrice in the last 16 polls, since 1952. The BJP won the seat eight times. In 2014, the city had 19,57,820 electors, of which 1,047,468 were male and 910,350 were female.…

The fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections will be held on May 6th in 51 constituencies across Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has published its comprehensive analysis of candidates contesting in this phase. In a first, around 12% of the candidates in the fray on May 6th are women. This is the highest percentage of women so far and surpasses the previous four phases of elections. It is five percentage points higher than the 7% representation seen in the first phase. However, in absolute terms, women…