West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
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West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 (parliamentary) constitutencies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. Earlier some parts of the constituency were included in Outer Delhi constituency
Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
Outer Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. It was one of the largest constituencies not only in Delhi but also in the country...

 and some parts were included in the erstwhile South Delhi constituency
South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966....

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Assembly segments

West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following ten Vidhan Sabha
Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 (legislative assembly) constituencies:
  1. Madipur
  2. Rajouri Garden
  3. Hari Nagar
  4. Tilak Nagar
  5. Janakpuri
  6. Vikaspuri
  7. Uttam Nagar
  8. Dwarka
    Dwarka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
    Dwarka Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.-Overview:Dwarka constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in...

  9. Matiala
  10. Najafgarh

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Name of the Member Political Party
Fifteenth
15th Lok Sabha
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar...

 
2009-Incumbent
Incumbent
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Mahabal Mishra
Mahabal Mishra
Mahabal Mishra is a current Member of Parliament of India from West Delhi. Before getting elected for Parliament, he was MLA from Dwarka assembly constituency in New Delhi. He started his political career being as a Delhi councilor, representing Dabri ward in 1997. In the 1998 Delhi assembly...

 
Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

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