Delhi Elections : Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies
While the number of Parliamentary and Assembly seats in Delhi remains unchanged at seven and 70 respectively post-delimitation, the constituencies have been redrawn considerably.
Outer Delhi:
Outer Delhi — It has been divided into three seats with the addition of some areas that were earlier in South Delhi. Now instead of Outer Delhi, we have North-west Delhi — which has been made a reserved SC seat — West Delhi and South Delhi.
North-west Delhi, carved out from Outer Delhi, is going to be a reserved seat. This means that Mundka, the stronghold of late Sahib Singh Verma’s family, becomes part of a reserved seat, from where his son Parwesh cannot contest.
West Delhi, the second seat carved out of Outer Delhi, has had Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Dwarka and Janakpuri added to it.
South Delhi,The present South Delhi seat is the third one to be carved out of the Outer Delhi seat. The drastically altered South Delhi is no longer the “posh” seat it used to be. It now comprises the belt of unauthorised colonies and villages that were earlier in Outer Delhi.
East Delhi and North-east Delhi :
Similarly, with growth in its population, East Delhi is no longer one parliamentary constituency. Two constituencies, North-east Delhi and East Delhi, have been carved out of it. Both have a strong Poorvanchal population.
Chandni Chowk :
The earlier Chandni Chowk seat — with Chandni Chowk, Matia Mahal and Ballimaran — was a good seat for the Congress with its sizeable Muslim population. But with the addition of Adarsh Nagar, Shalimar Bagh, Shakur Basti, Tri Nagar, Wazirpur, Model Town and Sadar Bazar, the BJP’s chances improve here as they are better placed in many of these areas.
Sources : http://www.expressindia.com/
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