Delhi Cantt (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Delhi Cantt
Delhi Cantt
Constituency for the the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
State	Delhi
District	New Delhi
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Virender Singh Kadian
Party	AAP
Elected year	1993

Delhi Cantt, sometimes referred to as Delhi Cantonment is one of the legislative assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India.

Delhi Cantt assembly constituency is a part of New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) will be used along with EVMs in Delhi Cantt assembly constituency in 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.^[1]^[2] 26/11 hero Surinder Singh won this seat in 2013 by 355 votes.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Delhi Cantt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AAP	Virender Singh Kadian	28,971	49.17
	BJP	Manish Singh	18,381	31.19
	INC	Sandeep Tanwar	7,954	13.15
	BSP	Nand Kishore Beniwal	1,823	3.09
	NCP	Surender Singh	908	1.54
Majority			10,590	18.04
Turnout			58,994	45.48
	AAP hold		Swing

2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Delhi Cantt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Surinder Singh	40,133	51.82	+12.15
	BJP	Karan Singh Tanwar	28,935	37.36	-1.77
	INC	Sandeep Tanwar	7,087	9.15	-9.05
	BSP	Gyan Chand	467	0.60	-0.53
	NOTA	None of the above	326	0.42	-0.31
Majority			11,198	14.46	+13.92
Turnout			77,470	58.59
	AAP hold		Swing	+12.15

2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Delhi Cantt ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Surinder Singh	26,124	39.67
	BJP	Karan Singh Tanwar	25,769	39.13	-16.45
	INC	Ashok Kumar Jain	11,988	18.20	-20.35
	BSP	Rajesh Pihal	745	1.13	-2.37
	Independent	Ravi Kumar	176	0.27
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Singh	146	0.22
	Independent	Sanjeev Tokas	143	0.22
	SHS	Sanjay Kumar Nanda	120	0.18
	Independent	Surender Kumar	94	0.14
		Heera Lal	44	0.07
	Independent	Ashok Jindal	34	0.05
	NOTA	None	478	0.73
Majority			355	0.54	-16.49
Turnout			65,891	60.22
	AAP gain from BJP		Swing

2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: Delhi Cantt^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Karan Singh Tanwar	23,696	55.58	+3.06
	INC	Ashok Ahuja	16,435	38.55	-4.83
	BSP	Shrichand Chauhan	1,492	3.50
	Independent	Sandeep	278	0.65
	Independent	Sanjay Mangal	136	0.32
	IJP	Bal Kumar Singh	113	0.27
	RRD	Ishwar Singh Jakhar	91	0.21
	Independent	Vinod Kumar	73	0.17
		Anita Raj Sharma	69	0.16
	Independent	Prem Ravi	61	0.14
	Independent	Ramesh Lohia	42	0.10
	Independent	Naresh Kumar	37	0.09
	Independent	Ravinder Kumar Tanwar	35	0.08
	Independent	Bhupender Rohilla	31	0.07
	Independent	Yoginder Singh	24	0.06
	Independent	Tanwar Singh Dhama	20	0.05
Majority			7,261	17.03	+7.89
Turnout			42,633	56.6	+2.92
	BJP hold		Swing	+3.06

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2003: Delhi Cantt^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Karan Singh Tanwar	21,638	52.52	+6.40
	INC	Kiran Choudhary	17,872	43.38	-8.56
	NCP	Amit Mittar	695	1.69
	Independent	Hemant Setia	241	0.58
	Independent	Yogesh Kumar	190	0.46
	ABJS	Kuldeep Sharma	181	0.44
	Independent	Baljit	156	0.38
	JPJD	Jagdish Kalyan	76	0.18
	ASP	Rohtash Gautam	36	0.09
	Independent	Pradeep Tomar	31	0.08
	Independent	Tanveer Singh	25	0.06
	Independent	Ashok Choudhary	22	0.05	-0.40
	Independent	Dil Bag	21	0.05	-0.06
	Independent	Anil Kumar Chauhan	16	0.04
Majority			3,766	9.14	+3.32
Turnout			41,200	53.68	-9.29
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+6.40

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1998: Delhi Cantt^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kiran Choudhary	23,445	51.94	+14.91
	BJP	Karan Singh Tanwar	20,819	46.12	-13.73
	Independent	Rajendra	356	0.79
	Independent	Ashok Choudhary	202	0.45
	Independent	Baljeet Singh	173	0.38
	Independent	Emanuel Massey	61	0.14
	Independent	Dil Bag	51	0.11
	Independent	Kaushal Sharma	30	0.07
Majority			2,626	5.82	-17.00
Turnout			45,137	44.39	-8.02
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	+14.91

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1993: Delhi Cantt^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Karan Singh Tanwar	23,260	59.85
	INC	Kiran Chaudhary	14,391	37.03
	BSP	Emanuel Massey	428	1.10
	JD	Jawahar Singh	373	0.96
	Independent	Mukh Ram	154	0.40
	Independent	Ram Kishan	110	0.28
	Independent	Sushil	26	0.07
	Independent	Dharamvir Singh	24	0.06
	Independent	Om Prakash	16	0.04
	Independent	Maheshwar Singh Bawa	16	0.04
	Independent	Mahender Kumar	13	0.03
	Independent	Vijay Kumar	13	0.03
	Independent	Pritam	11	0.03
	Independent	Satpal	10	0.03
	Independent	Narender	9	0.02
	Independent	Anup	8	0.02
Majority			8,869	22.82
Turnout			38,862	52.41
	BJP win (new seat)

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