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

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New Delhi is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi. Voting in New Delhi 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.

Ajay Makan of Indian National Congress, Brijesh Goyal of Aam Aadmi Party and Meenakashi Lekhi of Bharatiya Janata Party are some of the prominent names contesting Lok Sabha 2019 election from New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency of Delhi.

After the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, New Delhi parliamentary constituency was divided into ten Vidhan Sabha segments namely Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Moti Nagar, Delhi Cantt, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, R K Puram and Greater Kailash.

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

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	AJAY MAKAN	Indian National Congress
2	BRIJESH GOYAL	Aam Aadmi Party
3	MEENAKASHI LEKHI	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	UPENDRA	Anjaan Aadmi Party
5	UMESH CHANDRA GAUR	Republican Party of India (A)
6	JITENDRA RAUT	Akhil Bharatiya Manavata Paksha
7	NAVEEN KUMAR	Rashtriya Samrasta Party
8	NILANJAN BANERJEE	Bharat Lok Sewak Party
9	RAVINDER PAUL SEHGAL	Pyramid Party of India
10	RAJ KARAN	Corruption Abolition Party
11	RAJ SHEKHAR GUNTI	Prism
12	RAJESH SATIYA	Sanatan Sanskriti Raksha Dal
13	LAL JI	Akhand Rashtrawadi Party
14	VIRENDRA SINGH BHARAT	Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party
15	K SREEKRISHNA	Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party
16	SUNIL	Aapki Apni Party (Peoples)
17	SUNIL KUMAR	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
18	SWADESH KUMAR OHRI	Atulya Bharat Party
19	AJAY KUMAR LAL	Independent
20	AASHISH S SAXENA	Independent
21	KRIPASHANKAR C PANDEY	Independent
22	DILIP SINGH KOTHARI	Independent
23	PRIYANKA	Independent
24	RAMESH	Independent
25	SREE NIVASAN RAMAMOORTHY	Independent
26	SURESH KUMAR	Independent
27	HARKRISHAN DAS NIJHAWAN	Independent

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party's Meenakshi Lekhi had won the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency with a margin of 1,62,708 votes.

Meenakshi Lekhi had bagged 4,53,350 votes as against Aam Aadmi Party's Ashish Khetan who bagged the second spot with 2,90,642 votes. Congress leader Ajay Maken was pushed to the third spot with 1,82,893 votes.