Deoli (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Deoli
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	South Delhi
State	Delhi
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	AAP
MLA	Prakash Jarwal

Deoli Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: देवली विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Overview

Present geographical structure of Deoli constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.^[1]

Deoli is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Bijwasan, Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Chhatarpur, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, Palam, Badarpur and Mehrauli.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Duration	Name of the Member	Political Party
Fourth	2008 - 2013	Arvinder Singh Lovely	Indian National Congress
Fifth	2013 - Incumbent	Prakash Jarwal [2]	Aam Admi Party

Election results

2008 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2008: Deoli^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Arvinder Singh Lovely s/o Buta Singh	41,497	43.41
	BSP	Shri Lal	24,869	26.02
	BJP	Bhim Singh	22,661	23.71
	LNJSP	Dal Chand Kapil	4,758	4.98
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar	1,244	1.30
	RBCP	Chinki Devi	558	0.58
Majority			16,628	17.39
Turnout			95,587	56.4
	INC hold		Swing

See also

Deoli, Delhi

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
2. http://www.elections.in/delhi/assembly-constituencies/deoli.html
3. 2008 Election Commission of India