he Delhi Assembly elections are conducted to elect the representatives of the people of
Delhi to its Legislative Assembly. Delhi is a National Capital Territory with a special status.
The elected Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) form the government of Delhi. The
Delhi Legislative Assembly has the power to make laws on various subjects, but some key
areas, like land and police, fall under the jurisdiction of the Union Government of India. The
elected government is responsible for the governance and development of Delhi, focusing
on issues like education, healthcare, infrastructure, and public services.
2. Election Procedure - Role of Election Commission
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is an autonomous constitutional authority
responsible for administering the election process in India, ensuring its fairness and
transparency. For the 2025 Delhi Assembly Elections, Announcement of Elections: The
ECI announces the schedule for the elections, including important dates.
● Electoral Roll Updates: The electoral rolls are updated to include new voters and
remove ineligible voters.
● Filing of Nominations: Candidates from various political parties (and independent
candidates) file their nominations to contest the elections. The ECI scrutinizes these
nominations.
● Campaigning: Political parties and candidates engage in election campaigns to
reach out to voters through rallies, public meetings, and media appearances.
● Polling Day: Voters cast their votes at designated polling booths.
● Counting of Votes: The votes are counted under the supervision of the ECI.
● Declaration of Results: The ECI declares the results of the elections.
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification : 10-01-2025
Last Date of Nominations : 17-01-202
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations : 18-01-2025
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures : 20-01-2025
Date of Poll : 05-02-2025
Date of Counting : 08-02-2025
Date before which election shall be completed :10-02-2025
S.No Constituency AAP Candidate BJP Candidate Congress
. Candidate
1 Nerela Dinesh Bhardwaj Raj Karan Khatri Aruna Kumari
2 Burari Sanjeev Jha Shailendra Kumar (JDU) Mangesh Tyagi
3 Timarpur Surender Pal Singh Surya Prakash Khatri Lokendra
Chaudhary
4 Adarsh Nagar Mukesh Goel Raj Kumar Bhatia Shivank Singhal
5 Badli Ajesh Yadav Deepak Chaudhary Devendra Yadav
6 Rithala Mohinder Goyal Kulwant Rana Sushant Mishra
7 Bawana Jai Bhagwan Ravindra Kumar (Indraj) Surendra Kumar
8 Mundka Jasbir Karala Gajendra Daral Dharam Pal Ladka
9 Kirari Anil Jha Bajrang Shukla Rajesh Gupta
10 Sultanpur Majra Mukesh Ahlawat Karam Singh Karma Jai Kishan
(SC)
11 Nangloi Jat Raghuvinder Manoj Kumar Shokeen Rohit Chaudhary
Shokeen
12 Mangol Puri (SC) Rakesh Jatav Raj Kumar Chauhan Hanuman Chauhan
13 Rohini Pradeep Mittal Vijender Gupta Sumesh Gupta
14 Shalimar Bagh Bandana Kumari Rekha Gupta Praveen Jain
15 Shakur Basti Satyendra Jain Karnail Singh Satish Luthra
16 Tri Nagar Preeti Tomar Tilak Ram Gupta Satendra Sharma
17 Wazirpur Rajesh Gupta Poonam Sharma Ragini Nayak
18 Model Town Akhilesh Pati Ashok Goel Kunwar Karan Singh
Tripathi
19 Sadar Bazar Som Dutt Manoj Jindal Anil Bhardwaj
20 Chandni Chowk Punardeep Singh Satish Jain Mudit Agarwal
21 Matia Mahal Shoaib Iqbal Deepti Indora Aseem Ahmed Khan
22 Ballimaran Imran Hussain Kamal Bagri Haroon Yusuf
23 Karol Bagh (SC) Vishesh Ravi Dushyant Kr Gautam Rahul Dhanak
24 Patel Nagar (SC) Parvesh Ratan Raaj Kumar Anand Krishna Tirath
25 Moti Nagar Shiv Charan Goel Harish Khurana Rajendra Namdhari
26 Madipur (SC) Rakhi Bidlan Urmila Gangwal JP Panwar
27 Rajouri Garden Dhanwati Chandela Manjinder Sirsa Dharmpal Chandela
28 Hari Nagar Raj Kumari Dhillon Shyam Sharma Prem Sharma
29 Tilak Nagar Jarnail Singh Shweta Saini PS Bawa
30 Janakpuri Pravin Kumar Ashish Sood Harbani Kaur
31 Vikaspuri Mahinder Yadav Pankaj Singh Jitender Solanki
32 Uttam Nagar Posh Balyan Pawan Sharma Mukesh Sharma
33 Dwarka Vinay Mishra Pradyuman Rajput Adarsh Shastri
34 Matiala Somesh Shaukeen Sandeep Sehrawat Raghuvinder
Shokeen
35 Najafgarh Tarun Yadav Neelam Pahalwan Sushma Yadav
36 Bijwasan Surendar Bhardwaj Kailash Gahlot Devender Sahrawat
37 Palam Joginder Solanki Kuldeep Solanki Mange Ram
38 Delhi Cantonment Virender Singh Bhuvan Tanwar Pradeep Kr
Kadian Upamanyu
39 Rajinder Nagar Durgesh Pathak Umang Bajaj Vineet Yadav
40 New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Parvesh Verma Sandeep Dikshit
41 Jangpura Manish Sisodia Tarvinder Marwah Farhad Suri
42 Kasturba Nagar Ramesh Pehalwan Neeraj Basoya Abhishek Dutt
43 Malviya Nagar Somnath Bharti Satish Upadhyay Jitendra Kr Kochar
44 R K Puram Pramila Tokas Anil Kumar Sharma Vishesh Tokas
45 Mehrauli Mahendra Gajainder Yadav Pushpa Singh
Chaudhary
46 Chhatarpur Brahma Singh Kartar Singh Tanwar Rajinder Tanwar
Tanwar
47 Deoli (SC) Prem Kr Chauhan Deepak Tanwar Rajesh Chaouhan
(LJP-RV)
48 Ambedkar Nagar Ajay Dutt Khushiram Chunar Jay Prakash
(SC)
49 Sangam Vihar Dinesh Mohaniya Chandan Kumar Harsh Chaudhary
Chaudhary
50 Greater Kailash Saurabh Bhardwaj Sikha Rai Garvit Singhvi
51 Kalkaji Atishi Ramesh Bidhuri Alka Lamba
52 Tughlakabad Sahi Ram Rohtas Bidhuri Virender Bhiduri
53 Badarpur Ram Singh Netaji Narayan Dutt Sharma Arjun Singh
Bhadana
54 Okhla Amanatullah Khan Manish Chaudhary Ariba Khan
55 Trilokpuri (SC) Anjana Parcha Ravi Kant Amardeep
56 Kondli (SC) Kuldeep Kumar Priyanka Gautam Akshay Kumar
57 Patparganj Avadh Ojha Ravinder Singh Negi Anil Kumar
58 Laxmi Nagar BB Tyagi Abhay Verma Sumit Sharma
59 Vishwas Nagar Deepak Singhla Om Prakash Sharma Rajiv Chaudhary
60 Krishna Nagar Vikas Bagga Dr. Anil Goyal Gurcharan Singh
61 Gandhi Nagar Naveen Choudhary Arvinder Singh Lovely Kamal Arora
62 Shahdara Jitendra Singh Sanjay Goyal Jagat Singh
Shunty
63 Seema Puri (SC) Veer Singh Dhingan Kr Rinku Rajesh Lilothia
64 Rohtas Nagar Sarita Singh Jitender Mahajan Suresh Wati
Chauhan
65 Seelampur Zubair Chaudhary Anil Gaur Abdul Rehman
66 Ghonda Gaurav Sharma Ajay Mahawar Bheesham Sharma
67 Babarpur Gopal Rai Arvind Vasistha Haji Mohd Ishraq
Khan
68 Gokalpur (SC) Surendra Kumar Praveen Nimesh Ishwar Bagri
69 Mustafabad Adil Ahmad Khan Mohan Singh Bisht Ali Mahndi
70 Karawal Nagar Manoj Tyagi Kapil Mishra Dr. PK Mishra
4. Political Parties/Alliances and Their Leaders
The political landscape of Delhi is primarily dominated by:
● Aam Aadmi Party (AAP):
● Arvind Kejriwal
● (National Convenor)
● Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP):
● Shri Virendra Sachdeva
● (Delhi State President)
● Indian National Congress (INC):
● Anil Chaudhary
● (Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President)
Election Results:
● Party: Bharatiya Janata Party - BJP
● Seats Won: 48
● Government Formation:BJP forms the government.
● New Chief Minister:Rekha Gupta.
She is a three-time councillor and former mayor of the South Delhi Municipal
Corporation (SDMC). She was elected to the Delhi Councillor elections from Uttari
Pitampura (Ward 54) in 2007 and 2012. She was also pitted by the BJP as the MCD
mayoral candidate against AAP's Shelly Oberoi in 2022.
Gupta is the National Vice President of the BJP Mahila Morcha and had previously
served as the general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi.
She won the Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency in 2025 assembly elections with
a margin of 29,595 votes by defeating AAP's Bandana Kumari.
Gupta was also a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and started her
political journey as a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
