# Janakpuri Assembly constituency

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

## Overview

Present geographical structure of Janakpuri constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. Janakpuri is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Assembly segments, namely, Madipur, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Vikaspuri, Dwarka, Matiala and Najafgarh.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1993 | Jagdish Mukhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1998 | Jagdish Mukhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2003 | Jagdish Mukhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2008 | Jagdish Mukhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2013 | Jagdish Mukhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2015 | Rajesh Rishi | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 2020 | Rajesh Rishi | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 2025 | Ashish Sood | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2025

Delhi Assembly elections, 2025: Janakpuri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Ashish Sood | 68,986 | 55.3 |
| | AAP | Pravin Kumar | 50,220 | 40.2 |
| | INC | Harbani Kaur | 3,345 | 2.7 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 691 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,776 | 15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,24,128 | 63.0 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | BJP |

### 2020

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Janakpuri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Rajesh Rishi | 67,968 | 54.43 | −3.29 |
| | BJP | Ashish Sood | 53,051 | 42.48 | +5.33 |
| | INC | Radhika Khera | 2,084 | 1.67 | −2.10 |
| | BSP | Raj Kumar | 505 | 0.40 | +0.03 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 691 | 0.55 | +0.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,917 | 11.95 | −8.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,24,989 | 65.85 | +0.39 |
| | AAP hold | AAP hold | Swing | -3.29 | |

### 2015

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Janakpuri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Rajesh Rishi | 71,802 | 57.72 | +20.30 |
| | BJP | Prof. Jagdish Mukhi | 46,222 | 37.15 | −2.72 |
| | INC | Suresh Kumar | 4,699 | 3.77 | −12.21 |
| | BSP | Hari Prakash Singh | 471 | 0.37 | −0.58 |
| | SS | Paramjit Singh Saini | 49 | 0.03 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 483 | 0.38 | −0.39 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,580 | 20.57 | +14.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,24,398 | 71.44 | |
| | AAP gain from BJP | AAP gain from BJP | Swing | +21.66 | |

### 2013

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Janakpuri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jagdish Mukhi | 42,886 | 39.87 | −17.28 |
| | AAP | Rajesh Rishi | 40,242 | 37.42 | |
| | INC | Ragini Nayak | 17,191 | 15.98 | −21.48 |
| | Independent | Sanjay Puri | 4,332 | 4.03 | |
| | BSP | Hari Prakash Singh | 1,019 | 0.95 | −2.27 |
| | JD(U) | Pankaj Singh | 379 | 0.35 | |
| | Proutist Bloc | Virender Jha | 304 | 0.28 | |
| | Independent | Sukh Lal | 142 | 0.13 | |
| | DMDK | K Swarna | 110 | 0.10 | |
| | Independent | Alok Sharma | 71 | 0.07 | |
| | Independent | Deepak Arora | 71 | 0.07 | −0.09 |
| | NOTA | None | 805 | 0.75 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,644 | 2.46 | −17.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,07,638 | 69.05 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | -17.28 | |

### 2008

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Janakpuri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jagdish Mukhi | 50,655 | 57.15 | −2.54 |
| | INC | Deepak Arora | 33,203 | 37.46 | −0.42 |
| | BSP | Prem Chand Baswal | 2,857 | 3.22 | |
| | Independent | Shiv Kumar | 522 | 0.59 | |
| | Independent | Bharat Prasad | 454 | 0.51 | |
| | SP | Aamir Anjum | 441 | 0.50 | |
| | Independent | Baljit Singh | 163 | 0.18 | |
| | Independent | Deepak Arora | 141 | 0.16 | +0.10 |
| | ABHM | Harish Chandra Joshi | 106 | 0.12 | |
| | LJP | Sirajuddin Khan | 99 | 0.11 | +0.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,452 | 19.69 | −2.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,641 | 61.2 | +3.25 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | -2.54 | |

### 2003

Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Janakpuri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jagdish Mukhi | 35,281 | 59.69 | +3.83 |
| | INC | Shiv Kumar Sondhi | 22,390 | 37.88 | −4.16 |
| | SS | Anil Jain | 433 | 0.73 | +0.46 |
| | NCP | Dinesh Jain | 411 | 0.70 | |
| | Independent | Satbir | 148 | 0.25 | |
| | IJP | Prem Ji | 115 | 0.19 | |
| | Independent | Vinod Vohra | 89 | 0.15 | |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | Laxmi Narain Bhatia | 66 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Mukesh Jain | 57 | 0.10 | +0.01 |
| | JD(U) | Urmila Dhall | 42 | 0.07 | |
| | Independent | Deepak Arora | 37 | 0.06 | |
| | LJP | Gulam Moho | 36 | 0.06 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,891 | 21.81 | +7.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,105 | 57.95 | +4.94 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +3.83 | |

### 1998

Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Janakpuri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jagdish Mukhi | 31,115 | 55.86 | −6.68 |
| | INC | Shiv Kumar Sondhi | 23,415 | 42.04 | +9.11 |
| | Lok Shakti | Rajibir Singh | 750 | 1.35 | |
| | Independent | Rajender Kapoor | 224 | 0.40 | |
| | SS | Naresh Malik | 148 | 0.27 | +0.05 |
| | Independent | Mukesh Jain | 49 | 0.09 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,700 | 13.82 | −15.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,701 | 53.01 | −3.22 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | -6.68 | |

### 1993

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Janakpuri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Jagdish Mukhi | 33,905 | 62.54 |
| | INC | Shailender s/o M P Sahi | 17,852 | 32.93 |
| | JD | Kunwar Chatter Singh | 755 | 1.39 |
| | BSP | Hans Raj | 420 | 0.77 |
| | DND | Moji Ram | 197 | 0.36 |
| | Independent | Davesh Tiwari | 140 | 0.26 |
| | Independent | Sunder | 128 | 0.24 |
| | SS | Bal Raj Verma | 117 | 0.22 |
| | Independent | O N Chopra | 112 | 0.21 |
| | Independent | Major Sahib Ram | 90 | 0.17 |
| | Independent | Ladha Ram Kapoor | 76 | 0.14 |
| | Independent | D L Bhatia | 64 | 0.12 |
| | Independent | Rajiv Kumar | 61 | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Kamleshwari Saran | 55 | 0.10 |
| | Independent | Bal Chand | 46 | 0.08 |
| | Independent | Shailender s/o Shyam Prakash | 37 | 0.07 |
| | Independent | Rajesh | 32 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | Manohar Singh | 31 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | Nutan Tiwari | 30 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | O P Ranjan | 23 | 0.04 |
| | Independent | Narender Kumar | 22 | 0.04 |
| | Independent | Laxman Dass | 12 | 0.02 |
| | Independent | Ajit Singh | 11 | 0.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,053 | 31.61 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,216 | 56.23 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |