Delhi Legislative Assembly bypolls, 2018
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Bypolls (also known as by-elections) are due to be held in 20 constituencies of the Delhi Legislative Assembly after 20 legislators of the Aam Aadmi Party were disqualified for holding an office of profit.[1]
Background[edit]
Prior to the bypolls, the AAP were defeated by the BJP in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi election, 2017 and Rajouri Garden bypoll. The party won the Bawana bypoll.
Rebel AAP legislator Kapil Mishra posted a leaked AAP party survey on Twitter, which suggested the party may not win a single seat back.[2][3]
Seats contested[edit]
The constituencies which are due to be contested are as follows:[4]
| # | Constituency | Disqualified MLA |
| 1 | Narela | Sharad Kumar Chauhan |
| 2 | Burari | Sanjeev Jha |
| 8 | Mundka | Sukhvir Singh Dala |
| 17 | Wazirpur | Rajesh Gupta |
| 19 | Sadar Bazar | Som Dutt |
| 20 | Chandni Chowk | Alka Lamba |
| 25 | Moti Nagar | Shiv Charan Goyal |
| 29 | Tilak Nagar | Jarnail Singh |
| 30 | Janakpuri | Rajesh Rishi |
| 33 | Dwarka | Adarsh Shastri |
| 35 | Najafgarh | Kailash Gehlot |
| 39 | Rajinder Nagar | Vijendra Garg |
| 41 | Jangpura | Praveen Kumar |
| 42 | Kasturba Nagar | Madan Lal Khu |
| 45 | Mehrauli | Naresh Yadav |
| 51 | Kalkaji | Avtar Singh |
| 56 | Kondli | Manoj Kumar |
| 58 | Laxmi Nagar | Nitin Tyagi |
| 64 | Rohtas Nagar | Sarita Singh |
| 61 | Gandhi Nagar | Anil Kumar Bajpai |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
^ Including 3 rebel legislators.
References[edit]
- ↑ "AAP News: EC recommends disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs: What it means for Arvind Kejriwal's party | India News". Times of India. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
- ↑ "Kapil Mishra tweets AAP's internal survey, says the party will not win any of 20 seats". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ "Kapil Mishra on Twitter: EXPLOSIVE AND EXCLUSIVE AAP internal survey submitted to Kejriwal yesterday. Surely losing -11 Seats "in the fight" if candidate changed - 09 Seats Surely Winning - 00 Seat Recommends 12 ticket change including Alka Lamba, Adarsh Shastri, Sarita Singh, Praveen Deshmukh…"". twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ "Delhi office of profit row updates: Kapil Mishra claims 20 AAP MLAs were given cars, offices as parliamentary secretaries LIVE News, Latest Updates, Live blog, Highlights and Live coverage". Firstpost. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
See also[edit]
- First Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
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