# Kalkaji Assembly constituency

Kalkaji Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

## Overview

Present geographical structure of Kalkaji constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. Kalkaji is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Assembly segments, namely, Bijwasan, Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Tughlakabad, Palam, Badarpur and Mehrauli.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Name | Party |
| 1993 | Purnima Sethi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1998 | Subhash Chopra | Indian National Congress |
| 2003 | Subhash Chopra | Indian National Congress |
| 2008 | Subhash Chopra | Indian National Congress |
| 2013 | Harmeet Singh Kalka | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2015 | Avtar Singh | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 2020 | Atishi Marlena | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 2025 | Atishi Marlena | Aam Aadmi Party |

## Election results
### 2025

Delhi Assembly elections, 2025: Kalkaji :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Atishi Marlena | 52,154 | 48.79 | −3.49 |
| | BJP | Ramesh Bidhuri | 48,633 | 45.5 | +3.87 |
| | INC | Alka Lamba | 4,392 | 4.11 | −0.53 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 556 | 0.52 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,521 | 3.29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,06,876 | | |
| | AAP hold | AAP hold | Swing | | |

### 2020

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Kalkaji :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Atishi Marlena | 55,897 | 52.28 | +0.57 |
| | BJP | Dharambir | 44,504 | 41.63 | +8.47 |
| | INC | Shivani Chopra | 4,965 | 4.64 | −8.07 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 551 | 0.52 | +0.03 |
| | BSP | Jay Prakash Sharma | 551 | 0.44 | −0.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,393 | 10.65 | −7.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,06,910 | 57.51 | −7.34 |
| | AAP hold | AAP hold | Swing | +0.57 | |

### 2015

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Kalkaji :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Avtar Singh | 55,104 | 51.71 | +20.19 |
| | BJP | Harmeet Singh Kalka | 35,335 | 33.16 | −0.61 |
| | INC | Subhash Chopra | 13,552 | 12.71 | −15.67 |
| | BSP | Shashi Pratap | 491 | 0.46 | −0.90 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 528 | 0.49 | −0.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,769 | 18.55 | +16.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,06,558 | 64.85 | |
| | AAP gain from BJP | AAP gain from BJP | Swing | +19.89 | |

### 2013

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Kalkaji :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Harmeet Singh Kalka | 30,683 | 33.77 | −0.02 |
| | AAP | Dharambir Singh | 28,639 | 31.52 | |
| | INC | Subhash Chopra | 25,787 | 28.38 | −23.53 |
| | Independent | Dharmender Kumar | 3,092 | 3.40 | |
| | BSP | Ajay Kr Aggarwal | 1,235 | 1.36 | −11.43 |
| | JSMP | Mohd Vikki Khan | 176 | 0.19 | |
| | DMDK | Ramu | 172 | 0.19 | |
| | Independent | Sunil Garg | 162 | 0.18 | |
| | Independent | Surender Singh | 124 | 0.14 | |
| | Independent | Bhesh Dhari | 83 | 0.09 | |
| | SP | Suman Yadav | 78 | 0.09 | |
| | JKNPP | Ramesh Chand Yadav | 49 | 0.05 | |
| | NOTA | None | 581 | 0.64 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,044 | 2.25 | −15.87 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 90,882 | 63.11 | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | -0.02 | |

### 2008

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Kalkaji :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Subhash Chopra | 38,360 | 51.91 | −12.22 |
| | BJP | Jai Gopal Abrol | 24,971 | 33.79 | +1.34 |
| | BSP | Avinash Kaur | 9,455 | 12.79 | |
| | Independent | Sushil Kumar Agarwal | 432 | 0.58 | |
| | Independent | Om Prakash Abrol | 353 | 0.48 | |
| | Independent | Lavesh Kumar Gautam | 172 | 0.23 | |
| | Independent | Mohd Alam | 161 | 0.22 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,389 | 18.12 | −13.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,904 | 51.3 | −1.50 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -12.22 | |

### 2003

Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Kalkaji :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Subhash Chopra | 35,721 | 64.13 | +10.51 |
| | BJP | Purnima Sethi | 18,077 | 32.45 | −11.78 |
| | SP | Kalpana | 654 | 1.17 | |
| | NCP | Anil Bawa | 329 | 0.59 | |
| | IJP | Sarla Singh | 278 | 0.50 | |
| | Independent | Rajinder Singh | 230 | 0.41 | |
| | Independent | Aswani Kumar | 160 | 0.29 | |
| | Independent | Neelam | 133 | 0.24 | |
| | Independent | Neeraj Kumar Bakshi | 121 | 0.22 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,644 | 31.68 | +22.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,703 | 52.80 | +7.87 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | +10.51 | |

### 1998

Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Kalkaji :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Subhash Chopra | 29,948 | 53.62 | +14.59 |
| | BJP | Purnima Sethi | 24,704 | 44.23 | −3.28 |
| | BSP | Sewa Singh | 665 | 1.19 | +0.45 |
| | JD | Jasvinder Singh | 203 | 0.36 | −2.50 |
| | SJP(R) | Vijender Kumar | 99 | 0.18 | |
| | Independent | Parminder Singh | 97 | 0.17 | |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | Laxmi Narayan Goyal | 70 | 0.13 | |
| | Independent | Nirmal Singh | 62 | 0.11 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,244 | 9.39 | +0.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,848 | 44.93 | −16.35 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | +14.59 | |

### 1993

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Kalkaji :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Purnima Sethi | 22,468 | 47.51 | |
| | INC | Subhash Chopra | 18,456 | 39.03 | |
| | Independent | Nasib Singh | 3,374 | 7.13 | |
| | JD | Vasantha Nanda Kumar | 1,352 | 2.68 | |
| | Independent | Animesh Dass | 356 | 0.75 | |
| | BSP | Deep Chand Birwal | 348 | 0.74 | |
| | Independent | Vikas Nag Choudhary | 299 | 0.63 | |
| | Independent | R N Singh | 239 | 0.51 | |
| | Independent | Karan Singh Dewan | 90 | 0.19 | |
| | SS | Ishwar Dutt Sharma | 88 | 0.19 | |
| | Independent | Chanchal Kumar Ganguli | 75 | 0.16 | |
| | BJC | Ashok Kapil | 44 | 0.09 | |
| | Independent | N C Ghosal | 35 | 0.07 | |
| | Independent | Mohan Singh | 24 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | R P Pokhariyal | 23 | 0.05 | |
| | Doordarshi Party | Mandika Devi | 20 | 0.04 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,012 | 8.48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,291 | 61.28 | |
| | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) |