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Reportedly the New delhi lok sabha seat of the national capital has been the most important and popular among all the seven seats here. This has also once been the hot seat of big leaders. This is the reason that after this lok sabha seat came into existence, big leaders of different political parties contested elections from this seat. Rajesh Khanna, the biggest superstar of his time, also started his political career from this seat. Although, he had to face defeat from senior bjp leader krishna ADVANI' target='_blank' title='lal krishna advani-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>lal krishna advani in his first election, but in the by-election held immediately after that election, he won by showcasing his stardom.
So for till now bjp has maintained lead in New delhi lok sabha seat and has made it like its stronghold by winning most of the elections along with giving a close contest in many elections. In such a situation, today we are going to tell you how has been the history of this lok sabha seat since its coming into existence and who has won from here, when and how many times.
Moreover after coming into existence in 1951, there are a total of 10 assembly constituencies within this lok sabha seat. In which the assembly constituency of chief minister arvind kejriwal includes New delhi, Karol Bagh, patel Nagar, Moti Nagar, delhi Cantt, Rajendra Nagar, Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, rk Puram and Greater Kailash. Since the first elections held on this seat in 1952, a total of 19 elections have been held, out of which bjp has won this seat maximum 10 times and has also given tough competition to the opposition parties on many occasions.
In the elections held so far, a woman candidate has won this seat 4 times. The glory of these four victories was tied to the heads of two women, the first of whom was Sucheta Kripalani, who won the first and second consecutive lok sabha elections. At the same time, meenakshi lekhi was elected mp twice from bjp in the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha.