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{{Short description|Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = 6th Legislative Assembly of Delhi
| legislature =
| coa_pic = Seal of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.svg
| session_room =
| house_type = [[Unicameral]]
| term_limits = 5 year
| foundation = Feb 2015
| disbanded = Jan 2020
| preceded_by = [[5th Delhi Assembly]]
| succeeded_by = [[7th Delhi Assembly]]
| new_session =
| leader1_type = Speaker of the Assembly
| leader1 = [[Ram Niwas Goel]]
| party1 = [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
| election1 =
| leader2_type = Dy. Speaker
| leader2 = [[Rakhi Birla]]
| party2 = [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
| election2 =
| leader3_type = Chief Minister
| leader3 = [[Arvind Kejriwal]]
| party3 = [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
| election3 =
| leader4_type = Leader of the House
| leader4 = [[Arvind Kejriwal]]
| party4 = [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
| election4 =
| leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition
| leader5 = [[Vijender Gupta]]
| party5 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| leader6_type = Secretary
| leader6 = P. N. Mishra
| party6 =
| election6 =
| term_length = 5 years
| authority =
| salary =
| members = 70
|structure1 = India Delhi State Assembly 2015.svg
|structure1_res = 300px
| political_groups1 =between 2015-2017<br>{{legend|#5BB30E|AAP: 67 seats}} {{legend|#FF9933|BJP: 3 seats}}
|structure2 = Delhi Legislative Assembly Nov 2017.svg
|structure2_res = 300px
| political_groups2 =Since Aug 2017<br>{{legend|#5BB30E|AAP: 66 seats}} {{legend|#FF9933|BJP: 4 seats}}
|voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post]]
| last_election1 = [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|7 February 2015]]
| next_election1 = [[2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
| meeting_place = Old Secretariat, [[Delhi]], India
| session_res = 250px
| website = {{URL|www.delhiassembly.nic.in/}}
}}
{{Arvind Kejriwal series}}
The '''Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi''' was constituted on 14 February 2015 after the [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]]s were concluded earlier that month.<ref name=" Election Results ">{{cite news|title=Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] official website|access-date=8 January 2017|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ElectionStatistics.aspx}}</ref> [[Second Kejriwal ministry]] was the cabinet during the term of 6th Delhi Assembly.

==History==
Elections for 70 assembly seats of the Delhi Legislative Assembly were concluded on 7 February 2015 and results were announced on 10 February 2015. The [[Aam Aadmi Party]] got a sweeping majority by winning 67 out of 70 seats. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] managed only 3 seats and all other parties, including the [[Indian National Congress]], could not manage to win any seats. [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]] got 54.3% (4,879,127), [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] got 32.2% (2,891,510) and [[Indian National Congress|INC]] got 9.7% (867,027) of the total votes polled. A total of 6 national parties, 10 state parties, 55 registered (unrecognised) parties and 1 independent candidate contested for the 70 assembly seats.<ref name="Statistical Reports">{{cite news|title=Statistical Reports|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=8 January 2017|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2015/StatReportDelhi_AE2015.pdf}}</ref><ref name=" Election Results "/><ref name=" Comprehensive Election results ">{{cite news|title=Comprehensive Election results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=8 January 2017|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ElectionStatistics.aspx}}</ref>

On 14 February 2015, [[Arvind Kejriwal]] was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi. Along with Kejriwal, six ministers were also sworn in the [[Second Kejriwal ministry]].<ref name=" Arvind Kejriwal takes oath ">{{cite news|title=Arvind Kejriwal takes oath|publisher=The Economic Times|access-date=8 January 2017|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/arvind-kejriwal-takes-oath-as-the-eighth-chief-minister-of-delhi-at-ramlila-maidan/articleshow/46242583.cms}}</ref><ref name=" Six Ministers sworn in ">{{cite news|title=Six Ministers sworn in|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 January 2017|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/live-arvind-kejriwal-aap-cabinet-swearingin-ceremony/article6895003.ece}}</ref><ref name=" Arvind Kejriwal's cabinet ">{{cite news|title=Arvind Kejriwal's cabinet|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=8 January 2017|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2015/02/14/arvind-kejriwal-is-sworn-in-as-chief-minister-whos-who-in-his-new-cabinet/}}</ref>

In April 2015, the speaker of the house recognized [[Vijender Gupta]] as the leader of opposition in the house.<ref>{{cite news|title=BJP's Vijendra Gupta Named Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly|publisher=NDTV|access-date=11 February 2020|url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/bjps-vijendra-gupta-appointed-leader-of-opposition-in-delhi-assembly-755616}}</ref>

[[Jarnail Singh (politician, born 1973)|Jarnail Singh]] from Aam Aadmi Party resigned on 6 January 2017 to contest against sitting Punjab CM [[Parkash Singh Badal]].<ref name="Jarnail">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2017/punjab-assembly-election-2017/story/punjab-election-aap-jarnail-singh-parkash-singh-badal-953533-2017-01-06|title=Assembly election: AAP's Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh quits to take on Punjab CM}}</ref> [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] party member Manjinder Singh Sirsa contested on a BJP ticket and won the Rajouri Garden assembly constituency in Feb 2017 By Poll Election.<ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi's Rajouri Garden bypoll: BJP wins by a margin of 14,652 votes, AAP concedes third defeat |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-bypoll-rajouri-garden-bjp-aap-congress-manjinder-singh-sirsa-4611440/ |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=13 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

AAP won the [[Bawana Assembly constituency|Bawana assembly constituency]] in the August 2017 by-polls.

As on 28 August 2017, AAP had 66 MLA, 4 belongs to BJP.

== Office holders ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
|-
! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Name !! Party
|-
| 01 || 2015 || Incumbent || Chief Minister || [[Arvind Kejriwal]] || [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|-
| 02 || 2015 || Incumbent || Speaker || [[Ram Niwas Goel]] || [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|-
| 03 || 2015 || Incumbent || Deputy Speaker || [[Rakhi Birla]] || [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|-
| 04 || 2015 || Incumbent || Leader of the Opposition || [[Vijender Gupta]] || [[Bhartiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|}

== Committees ==
Chairman, (2015–2020) The Estimates Committee: [[Dinesh Mohaniya]].

==List of members==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
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! No.
! style="width:120px" | Constituency
! style="width:180px" | Name of elected MLA
! colspan="2"|Party affiliation
!Notes
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| 01 || [[Adarsh Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Adarsh Nagar]] || [[Pawan Kumar Sharma]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 02 || [[Ambedkar Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Ambedkar Nagar]] (SC) || [[Ajay Dutt]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 03 || [[Babarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Babarpur]] || [[Gopal Rai]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 04 || [[Badarpur, Delhi Assembly constituency|Badarpur]] || [[Narayan Dutt Sharma]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 05 || [[Badli (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Badli]] || [[Ajesh Yadav]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 06 || [[Ballimaran (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Ballimaran]] || [[Imran Hussain (Indian politician)|Imran Hussain]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 07 || [[Bawana (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Bawana]] (SC) || [[Ram Chander (politician)|Ram Chander]]|| {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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|-
| 08 || [[Bijwasan (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Bijwasan]] || [[Devinder Kumar Sehrawat|Devinder Sehrawat]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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|-
| 09 || [[Burari (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Burari]] || [[Sanjeev Jha]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 10 || [[Chandni Chowk (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Chandni Chowk]] || [[Alka Lamba]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 11 || [[Chhatarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Chhatarpur]] || [[Kartar Singh Tanwar]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 12 || [[Delhi Cantt (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Delhi Cantt]] || [[Surinder Singh (commando)|Surinder Singh]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 13 || [[Deoli (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Deoli]] (SC) || [[Prakash Jarwal]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 14 || [[Dwarka (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Dwarka]] || [[Adarsh Shastri]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 15 || [[Gandhi Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Gandhi Nagar]] || [[Anil Kumar Bajpai]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 16 || [[Ghonda (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Ghonda]] || [[Shri Dutt Sharma]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 17 || [[Gokalpur (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Gokalpur]] (SC) || [[Fateh Singh (politician)|Fateh Singh]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 18 || [[Greater Kailash (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Greater Kailash]] || [[Saurabh Bharadwaj]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 19 || [[Hari Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Hari Nagar]] || [[Jagdeep Singh (politician)|Jagdeep Singh]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 20 || [[Janakpuri (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Janakpuri]] || [[Rajesh Rishi]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 21 || [[Jangpura (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Jangpura]] || [[Praveen Kumar (Delhi politician)|Praveen Kumar]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 22 || [[Kalkaji (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Kalkaji]] || [[Avtar Singh (politician)|Avtar Singh]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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|-
| 23 || [[Karawal Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Karawal Nagar]] || [[Kapil Mishra]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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|-
| 24 || [[Karol Bagh (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Karol Bagh]] (SC) || [[Vishesh Ravi]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 25 || [[Kasturba Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Kasturba Nagar]] || [[Madan Lal (politician)|Madan Lal]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 26 || [[Kirari (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Kirari]] || [[Rituraj Govind]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 27 || [[Kondli (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Kondli]] (SC) || [[Manoj Kumar (Delhi politician)|Manoj Kumar]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 28 || [[Krishna Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Krishna Nagar]] || [[S.K. Bagga]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 29 || [[Laxmi Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Laxmi Nagar]] || [[Nitin Tyagi]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 30 || [[Madipur (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Madipur]] (SC) || [[Girish Soni]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 31 || [[Malviya Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Malviya Nagar]] || [[Somnath Bharti]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 32 || [[Mangol Puri (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Mangol Puri]] (SC) || [[Rakhi Birla]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 33 || [[Matia Mahal (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Matia Mahal]] || [[Asim Ahmed Khan]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 34 || [[Matiala (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Matiala]] || [[Gulab Singh (Delhi politician)|Gulab Singh]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 35 || [[Mehrauli (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Mehrauli]] || [[Naresh Yadav]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 36 || [[Model Town (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Model Town]] || [[Akhilesh Pati Tripathi]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 37 || [[Moti Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Moti Nagar]] || [[Shiv Charan Goel]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 38 || [[Mundka (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Mundka]] || [[Sukhvir Singh]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 39 || [[Mustafabad (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Mustafabad]] || [[Jagdish Pradhan]] || {{Party name with color|Bhartiya Janata Party}}
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| 40 || [[Najafgarh (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Najafgarh]] || [[Kailash Gahlot]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 41 || [[Nangloi Jat (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Nangloi Jat]] || [[Raghuvinder Shokeen]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 42 || [[Nerela (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Nerela]] || [[Sharad Kumar (politician)|Sharad Kumar]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 43 || [[New Delhi (Delhi Assembly constituency)|New Delhi]] || [[Arvind Kejriwal]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 44 || [[Okhla (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Okhla]] || [[Amanatullah Khan]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 45 || [[Palam (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Palam]] || [[Bhavna Gaur]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 46 || [[Patel Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Patel Nagar]] (SC) || [[Hazari Lal Chauhan]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 47 || [[Patparganj (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Patparganj]] || [[Manish Sisodia]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 48 || [[R K Puram (Delhi Assembly constituency)|R.K. Puram]] || [[Parmila Tokas]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 49 || [[Rajinder Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rajinder Nagar]] || [[Vijender Garg Vijay]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| rowspan="2" |50
| rowspan="2" |[[Rajouri Garden (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rajouri Garden]]
|[[Jarnail Singh (politician, born 1973)|Jarnail Singh]]|| {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}} || Resigned on 6 January 2017 to contest against sitting PJ CM [[Parkash Singh Badal]]<ref name="Jarnail" />
|-
| [[Manjinder Singh Sirsa]] ||{{Party name with color|Bhartiya Janata Party}} || Won by-election
|-
| 51 || [[Rithala (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rithala]] || [[Mohinder Goyal]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 52 || [[Rohini (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rohini]] || [[Vijender Kumar (politician)|Vijender Gupta]] || {{Party name with color|Bhartiya Janata Party}}
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| 53 || [[Rohtas Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rohtas Nagar]] || [[Sarita Singh]]|| {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 54 || [[Sadar Bazar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Sadar Bazar]] || [[Som Dutt]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 55 || [[Sangam Vihar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Sangam Vihar]] || [[Dinesh Mohaniya]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 56 || [[Seelampur (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Seelampur]] || [[Mohammad Ishraque]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 57 || [[Seemapuri (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Seemapuri]] (SC) || [[Rajendra Pal Gautam]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 58 || [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Shahdara]] || [[Ram Niwas Goel]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 59 || [[Shakur Basti (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Shakur Basti]] || [[Satyendra Kumar Jain]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 60 || [[Shalimar Bagh (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Shalimar Bagh]] || [[Bandana Kumari]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 61 || [[Sultan Pur Majra (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Sultan Pur Majra]] (SC) || [[Sandeep Kumar (politician)|Sandeep Kumar]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 62 || [[Tilak Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Tilak Nagar]] || [[Jarnail Singh (born 1981)|Jarnail Singh]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 63 || [[Timarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Timarpur]] || [[Pankaj Pushkar]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 64 || [[Tri Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Tri Nagar]] || [[Jitender Singh Tomar]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 65 || [[Trilokpuri (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Trilokpuri]] (SC) || [[Raju Dhingan]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 66 || [[Tughlakabad (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Tughlakabad]] || [[Sahi Ram]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 67 || [[Uttam Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Uttam Nagar]] || [[Naresh Balyan]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 68 || [[Vikaspuri (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Vikaspuri]] || [[Mahinder Yadav]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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| 69 || [[Vishwas Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Vishwas Nagar]] || [[Om Prakash Sharma (Delhi politician)|Om Prakash Sharma]] || {{Party name with color|Bhartiya Janata Party}}
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| 70 || [[Wazirpur (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Wazirpur]] || [[Rajesh Gupta]] || {{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
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|}
<ref name=" Election result ">{{cite news|title=Election result|publisher=Election commission of India website|access-date=8 January 2017|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU05.htm|archive-date=27 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227005206/http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU05.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal bar|India|Politics}}
* [[First Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
* [[Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
* [[Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
* [[Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
* [[Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
* [[Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
* [[Government of Delhi]]
* [[Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
* [[1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1993]], [[1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1998]], [[2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2003]], [[2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2008]], [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2013]] & [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2015]] Delhi Legislative Assembly elections.
*[[Government of India]]
*[[Politics of India]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

{{Delhi Legislative Assembly}}

[[Category:Terms of the Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Delhi MLAs 2015–2020| ]]
[[Category:2020 disestablishments in India]]

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