With inputs from Sri Krishna, Delhi
Created as part of the 2008 delimitation exercise, the West Delhi Parliamentary constituency is comprised of 10 assembly constituencies:. Madipur, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Uttam Nagar, Dwarka, Matiala and Najafgarh. So far, two Lok Sabha elections held in 2009 and 2014 have seen winners from the Congress and BJP respectively.
This time, it is an even triangular fight between sitting BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, 41, Mahabal Mishra, 66, of Congress and advocate Balbir Jakhar, 45, of the AAP. The constituency has a large Punjabi and Jat population, many of them traders who have not forgotten the problems they faced from demonetisation.
A total of 23 candidates are contesting from political parties and as independents from West Delhi. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected 36 applications for the constituency for various reasons.
According to the ECI website, the constituency has a total of 23,71, 561 voters.
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2014 Lok Sabha Elections
Incumbent MP: Parvesh Verma
| Name of candidate | Party | Votes secured | Vote share (over total votes polled) |
| Parvesh Verma | BJP | 6,51,395 | 48.30 |
| Jarnail Singh | AAP | 3,82,809 | 28.38 |
| Mahabal Mishra | INC | 1,93,266 | 14.33 |
| NOTA | — | 7,932 | 0.59 |
Source: ECI
Know your candidates
Parvesh Verma (Bharatiya Janata Party)
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Parvesh Verma is the incumbent MP from the BJP. He is seeking reelection from West Delhi. He is the son of BJP leader Sahib Singh Verma, who has served as the Chief Minister of Delhi. Parvesh Verma often invokes his father’s name, saying he had rescued and supported a large number of Sikh families during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Prior to his election to Parliament, Verma has successfully contested the Mehrauli seat in the Delhi Vidhan Sabha. The MP claims he has utilised all his Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme funds for his constituency’s benefit.
More details can be found in the affidavit filed with the ECI here.
To know more about his detailed performance in Parliament, click here.
- Phone: 9811361000
- E-mail:parveshsahibsingh@gmail.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parveshsahibsingh/
Financial details of candidate
| Year | Assets | Liabilities |
| 2014 | 1,82,35,461 (movable) + 8,90,00,000 (immovable) | 2,66,50,000 |
| 2019 | 3,21,99,014 (movable) + 12,30,00,000 (immovable) | 4,00,97,329 |
Mahabal Mishra (Indian National Congress)
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Mahabal Mishra is the INC candidate from West Delhi. He served as MP from the constituency between 2009 – 2014. He lost to the BJP’s Parvesh Verma in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. He has also served as an MLA thrice, representing the Narsipur constituency. Prior to this he was an elected corporator from the Dabri ward.
Mishra has promised the setting up of a West Delhi campus, claiming his emphasis would be on developing education facilities. He has also promised to unseal all the closed shops in this constituency if he wins.
More details can be found in the affidavit filed with the ECI here.
- Phone: 9811289600
- E- mail: mahabal.mishra53@gmail.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mahabalmishraoffice/
Financial details of candidate
| Year | Assets | Liabilities |
| 2014 | 5,35,76,279 (movable) +32,92,50,000 (immovable) | 86,91,613 |
| 2019 | 9,27,21,610 (movable) + 35,80,00,000 (immovable) | 28,14,393 |
Balbir Singh Jakhar (Aam Aadmi Party)
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Balbir Jakhar is the AAP candidate from West Delhi. This is his first foray into electoral politics. A lawyer by profession, Jakhar heads the Dwarka Court Bar Association. He was associated with the India Against Corruption movement by Anna Hazare in 2011.
More details can be found in the affidavit filed with the ECI here.
- Phone: 9811678353
- E-mail: balbirjakhar@rediff.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BSJAKHARAAP/
Financial details of candidate
| Year | Assets | Liabilities |
| 2019 | 2,06,62,151 (movable) + 1,22,50,000 (immovable) | 41,61,197 |
Source: MyNeta
List of other candidates contesting from West Delhi
| S. No | Name | Party | Symbol | Age | Education | Occupation |
| 1 | Sita Saran Sen | Bahujan Samaj Party | Elephant | 40 | Intermediate | Retiree |
| 2 | Kulwinder Mehta | Pyramid Party of India | Pineapple | 54 | Intermediate | Real Estate Agent |
| 3 | Janak Raj Rana | Akhand Rashtrawadi Party | Bricks | 58 | LLB | Advocate |
| 4 | Dayanand Vats | Republican Party of India | Sewing Machine | 62 | MA | Retiree |
| 5 | Dharambir Singh | Rashtriya Janshakti Party (Secular) | Coconut Farm | 57 | Class X | Farmer |
| 6 | Poonam Ujjainwal | People’s Party of India | Fruit Basket | 48 | BA | Home maker |
| 7 | Probir Dutta | Satya Bahumat Party | Black Board | 44 | MA | Journalist |
| 8 | Baidyanath Sah | Proutist Bloc, India | Gas Cylinder | 53 | LLB | Advocate |
| 9 | Manmohan Singh | Rashtra Nirman Party | Pot | 58 | M.Com | Retiree |
| 10 | Vikash Mohal | Aapki Apni Party | Battery Torch | 25 | Class XII | Self-employed |
| 11 | Shashi Jeet | National Youth Party | Tractor | 44 | Class XII | Social Worker |
| 12 | Shish Pal Singh | Prism | Triangle | 64 | Class VII | Retiree |
| 13 | Iqbal Singh | Independent | Auto Rickshaw | 45 | Class VIII | Businessman |
| 14 | Navin Das | Independent | Hockey Ball | 69 | BA | Retiree |
| 15 | Pravesh Sharma | Independent | Pen | 36 | LLM | Advocate |
| 16 | Balbir Singh | Independent | Bat | 56 | BA | Retiree |
| 17 | M Mishra | Independent | Peas | 41 | LLB | Advocate |
| 18 | Ramesh Chande Verma | Independent | Scissors | 58 | Class VII | Businessman |
| 19 | Rajiv Kumar | Independent | Whistle | 51 | LLB | Advocate |
| 20 | Harsh Shukla | Independent | Mic | 26 | B.Tech | Engineer |
Issues in the constituency
The seat is considered a BJP stronghold given the constituency’s large business community in the bridal markets of Rajouri Garden, book markets of Tilak Nagar and the malls dotting Janakpuri.
As with most Delhi constituencies, this one too has a few villages in its outskirts, like Najafgarh, where voters are concerned with more mundane and everyday issues like road connectivity, lack of hospitals and crime. As Naveen, a resident of Matiala in the area pointed out, “our women still relieve themselves in the open.”