# Raj Kumar Chauhan

Raj Kumar Chauhan (born 27 March 1957) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to Delhi Legislative Assembly from Mangol Puri constituency in First, Second, Third and Fourth Delhi Assembly from Congress and served as 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.
In May 2024, he, along with Arvinder Singh Lovely and Naseeb Singh and other former Congress MLAs, resigned from the Congress party and joined the BJP, citing their dissatisfaction with Congress's alliance with AAP.

## Electoral performance

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Mangolpuri :
| Party | 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 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,663 | 14.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,428 | 66.77 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |
Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Mangolpuri :
| Party | 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 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,014 | 39.47 | +24.57 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,240 | 56.25 | −9.52 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | +19.30 | |
Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Mangolpuri :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 30,315 | 52.92 | +13.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,282 | 57.14 | +0.89 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | +7.54 | |
Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Mangolpuri :
| Party | 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 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,863 | 32.19 | −10.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,712 | 64.7 | +7.56 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -13.93 | |
Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Mangolpuri :
| Party | 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 |
| | NOTA | None | 839 | 0.73 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,585 | 9.16 | −23.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 115,719 | 69.73 | |
| | AAP gain from INC | AAP gain from INC | Swing | | |
Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Mangolpuri :
| Party | 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 |
| | NOTA | None | 534 | 0.41 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,699 | 17.60 | +8.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,29,045 | 72.12 | |
| | AAP hold | AAP hold | Swing | +8.52 | |