Raj Kumar Chauhan

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Raj Kumar Chauhan
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office
December 1993 – December 2013
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byRakhi Birla
ConstituencyMangol Puri
Personal details
Born (1957-03-27) 27 March 1957 (age 67)
Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Residence(s)Delhi, India

Raj Kumar Chauhan (born 27 March 1957) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party and was elected to Delhi Legislative Assembly from Mangol Puri constituency in First, Second, Third and Fourth Delhi Assembly.[1][2] He was the Minister of Education and Social Welfare from December 2001 to December 2003. He also served as the Minister of Development, Revenue, Irrigation & Flood Control Department, Public Works Department, SC/ST Welfare Department in Second and Third Sheila Dikshit cabinet.[3][4]

Electoral performance[edit]

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Mangolpuri[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Raj Kumar Chauhan 21,344 41.50
BJP Soran Singh Nirala 13,681 26.60
JD Tej SIngh 7,207 14.01
BSP Daya Ram 5,569 10.83
CPI(M) Kameshwar Prasad 814 1.58
Independent Satish Kumar 601 1.17
Independent Om Prakash 568 1.10
DPP Bharat Raj Bhartiy 384 0.75
Independent Umed Singh Kashyap 257 0.50
SHS(R) Chander Bhan 150 0.29
Independent Raju 138 0.27
BLMD Mani Ram 136 0.26
Independent Megh Singh 82 0.16
Mukt Bharat Sant Kumar 82 0.18
Doordarshi Party Ram Bali 69 0.13
SHS Satya Prakash 57 0.11
DBP Sohan Singh Koli 55 0.11
Independent Raghubir Singh Azad 47 0.09
Independent Jagdish Chand 42 0.08
Independent Surari Lal Kashyap 39 0.08
Independent Nem Chand 31 0.06
Independent Ram Janam 22 0.04
Independent Brij Lal 17 0.03
Independent Amresh Kumar 14 0.03
Independent Ram Kumar Dabriwal 12 0.02
Independent Gauri Shankar Trapan 10 0.02
Majority 7,663 14.90
Turnout 51,428 66.77
INC hold Swing
Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Mangolpuri[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Raj Kumar Chauhan 32,372 60.80 +19.30
BJP Lakshmi Narayan 11,358 21.33 -5.27
BSP Mahender Singh 6,707 12.60 +1.77
RJD Suraj Pal 1,500 2.82
JD Tej Singh 844 1.59 +12.42
CPI Shyam Kalee 286 0.54
Independent Rattan Singh 66 0.12
Independent Rohtash 62 0.12
Lok Shakti Raj Kumar 45 0.08
Majority 21,014 39.47 +24.57
Turnout 53,240 56.25 -9.52
INC hold Swing +19.30
Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Mangolpuri[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Raj Kumar Chauhan 39,147 68.34 +7.54
BSP Megh Singh 8,832 15.42 +3.82
BJP Raju Balmiki 8,670 15.14 -6.19
BRP Shyam Kaur 633 1.11
Majority 30,315 52.92 +13.45
Turnout 57,282 57.14 +0.89
INC hold Swing +7.54
Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Mangolpuri[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Raj Kumar Chauhan 50,448 54.41 -13.93
BJP Yogesh Aatray 20,585 22.20 +7.06
BSP Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat 19,971 21.54 +6.12
Independent Sanjay Bharti 818 0.88
Independent Nand Kumar Paswan 622 0.67
Independent Kamal Singh 187 0.20
Majority 29,863 32.19 -10.73
Turnout 92,712 64.7 +7.56
INC hold Swing -13.93


Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Mangolpuri[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Rakhi Birla 44,383 38.42
INC Raj Kumar Chauhan 33,798 29.25 -25.16
BJP Ram Kishor Navariya 31,232 27.03 +4.83
BSP Chhatardhari 3,722 3.22 -18.32
CPI Shyam Kali 789 0.68
Independent Murli Dhar 485 0.42
IBSP Ramesh Kumar 284 0.25
NOTA None 839 0.73
Majority 10,585 9.16 -23.05
Turnout 115,719 69.73
AAP gain from INC Swing


Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Mangolpuri [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Rakhi Birla 60,534 46.94 +8.52
INC Raj Kumar Chauhan 37,835 29.34 +0.09
BJP Surjeet Kumar 27,889 21.63 -5.40
BSP Devender Kumar 1,659 1.29 -1.93
SHS Raju 330 0.26
NOTA None 534 0.41
Majority 22,699 17.60 +8.44
Turnout 1,29,045 72.12
AAP hold Swing +8.52


References[edit]

  1. ^ "Raj Kumar Chauhan (51),Congress,Mangolpuri". 12 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Name".
  3. ^ "Delhi PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan lands under Lokayukta scanner again".
  4. ^ "Deccan Herald - Shiela Dikshit takes oath as CM for third time". Archive.deccanherald.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  5. ^ 1993 Election Commission of India
  6. ^ 1998 Election Commission of India
  7. ^ 2003 Election Commission of India
  8. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  10. ^ "GENERAL ELECTION TO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TRENDS & RESULT 2015". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015.

External links[edit]

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