Why outsiders win big from North-East Delhi Lok Sabha seat

Ten years ago, the North-East parliamentary seat was formed after the delimitation, when the Delhi government notified new boundaries in the city. It was earlier part of the East Delhi parliamentary seat.

There have been two elections till now, in which the Congress won the first time, and the BJP won the second time. Interestingly, this seat has always been won by an 'outsider'.

From Lal Vihari Tiwari in East Delhi to Jai Prakash Agarwal and Manoj Tiwari, this seat has been won by a non-local candidate.

According to the 2011 census report, this constituency is the most densely populated area of Delhi.

In the first Lok Sabha election in 2009, Jai Prakash Agarwal of the Congress defeated the BJP's BL Sharma Prem. The difference of defeat was more than two lakh votes. Jai Prakash Agrawal came to contest from Chandni Chowk and BL Sharma Prem was also an outsider from this seat.

The second Lok Sabha election was held in 2014. This time, 23 candidates were in the fray. This time again, a familiar face of the Congress and the then MP Jai Prakash Agrawal, besides Manoj Tiwari from the BJP and Prof Anand kumar from the AAP were in fray.

However, the BJP's Manoj Tiwari, the sitting MP, won the seat with a margin of more than one lakh votes. There are ten Assembly constituencies in this parliamentary seat.

Even after BJP won by a heavy margin in 2014, the AAP won nine out of 10 seats in the 2015 Assembly elections. BJP may field Tiwari from this seat again this year.

This year, AAP declared Dilip Pandey, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, as a candidate from this Lok Sabha seat. The area has a dense population of migrants from UP and Bihar.

Although some believe that there is no doubt about the coalition between AAP and the Congress, Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit said that a final decision will be taken on Sunday.

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