South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency



South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966.

The seat was a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009, after delimitation, INC won this seat. Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP is the MP representing the constituency since 2014.

Assembly segments
Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments: From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments:
 * 1) Okhla
 * 2) Kalkaji
 * 3) Malviya Nagar (Polling stations 1–60 and 71–128)
 * 4) Hauz Khas
 * 5) R K Puram
 * 6) Delhi Cantt
 * 7) Janakpuri (Polling stations 1–91)
 * 8) Hari Nagar
 * 9) Tilak Nagar
 * 10) Rajouri Garden
 * 11) Sarojini Nagar (Polling stations 94–107)
 * 12) Gole Market (Polling stations 101–109)
 * 13) Kasturba Nagar (Polling stations 22 and 115–119)

From 1966 to 1993, South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments:
 * 1) Delhi Cantt
 * 2) Okhla
 * 3) Malviya Nagar
 * 4) R K Puram
 * 5) Hauz Khas
 * 6) Ashok Nagar
 * 7) Tilak Nagar
 * 8) Rajouri Garden

Members of Parliament
The South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was created in 1967. The list of Member of Parliament (MP) is as follows:

^By-Poll

2019 general elections
 

1984 general election

 * Lalit Maken (Cong) : 215,898 votes
 * Vijay Kumar Malhotra (BJP) : 130,847

1985 bye-poll

 * Arjun Singh (Cong) : 161,744 votes
 * V.K. Malhotra (BJP) : 121,830

1980 general election

 * Charanjit Singh (Cong - I) : 150,513 votes
 * Vijay Kumar Malhotra (Janata Party) : 146,413
 * Shashi Bhushan (Cong - Urs) : 6339
 * Balraj Madhok (Ind) : 2196 votes

1967 general election

 * Balraj Madhok (BJS) : 105,611 votes
 * R. Singh (INC) : 69290