Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency of Delhi: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Chandni Chowk is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi. Voting in Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency in the sixth phase was on May 12 and counting is on May 23.

Delhi saw a dip in its turnout from 65 percent in 2014 to 60 percent in 2018, despite a three-cornered contest among the BJP, Congress and AAP with several high profile candidates.

Jai Prakash Agarwal of Indian National Congress, Pankaj Kumar Gupta of Aam Aadmi Party, Shahid Ali of Bahujan Samaj Party and Harsh Vardhan of Bharatiya Janata Party are some of the prominent names contesting Lok Sabha 2019 election from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency of Delhi.

After the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency was divided into ten Vidhan Sabha segments namely Adarsh Nagar, Shalimar Bagh, Shakur Basti, Tri Nagar, Wazirpur, Model Town, Sadar Bazar, Chandni Chowk, Matia Mahal and Ballimaran.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency of Delhi.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	JAI PRAKASH AGARWAL	Indian National Congress
2	PANKAJ KUMAR GUPTA	Aam Aadmi Party
3	SHAHID ALI	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	HARSH VARDHAN	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	ANIL KUMAR	Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party
6	ASHOK KUMAR	Republican Party of India (A)
7	INDER SEN	Rashtriya Samrasta Party
8	MOHD. IRFAN JAVED QURESHI	Ekta Samaj Party
9	KAMAL KISHOR	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
10	DEEPTI CHOPRA	Prism
11	DHEER SINGH	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party
12	RAVINDRA	Kanshiram Bahujan Dal
13	RICHA KATIYAR KANAUJIA	Right to Recall Party
14	VISHAL KHANNA	Sanatan Sanskriti Raksha Dal
15	VIRENDER PRATAP SINGH	Aapki Apni Party (Peoples)
16	SHARESTHA ARORA	Mazdoor Kirayedar Vikas Party
17	SATDEV JAIN	Proutist Bloc, India
18	SAMEER MIRZA	Bharat Prabhat Party
19	SUMAN DEVI	Bharat Lok Sewak Party
20	SOHAN LAL SHARMA	Rashtra Nirman Party
21	SAURABH RANJAN	Pyramid Party of India
22	JUGAL KISHOR	Independent
23	PANKAJ GUPTA	Independent
24	FARHADEEBA	Independent
25	MUNNA LAL	Independent
26	RAVI KUMAR	Independent

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party's Dr Harsh Vardhan had won the Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency with a margin of 1,36,320 votes.

Dr Harsh Vardhan had bagged 4,37,938 votes as against Aam Aadmi Party's Ashutosh who bagged the second spot with 3,01,618 votes. Congress leader Kapil Sibal was pushed to the third spot with 1,76,206 votes.