| Office | Member of Legislative Assembly
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|---|---|
| Office | Deputy Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 8 December 2013 |
| Term end | 8 February 2025 |
| Predecessor | Ravinder Nath Bansal |
| Successor | Rekha Gupta
|
| Constituency | Shalimar Bagh
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| Born | 1974-03-11 (age 52) |
| Born | Samastipur, Bihar
|
| Nationality | Indian
|
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party
|
Bandana Kumari is an Indian politician who served as Member of Legislative Assembly for Shalimar Bagh constituency from 2013 to 2025.[1]
She has served as Deputy Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly and former president of women's wing of the party, Aam Aadmi Party Mahila Shakti.[2]
Personal life
Bandana was born on 11 March 1974 in Samastipur, Bihar. Her father's name is Braj Kishore Sharma.[3] She completed her 12th standard from Ram Briksh Benipuri School, Muzaffarpur in 1991 under the BSE (state) board. Bandana further got the Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) from B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur in 1994. Her husband's name is Sajjan Kumar. Both of them were self-employed as per 2013 affidavit.[4] She is presently a housewife [5] and a social worker. She is a resident of Shalimar Bagh, Delhi with her husband and son.[3][6]
Politics
In the assembly elections of December 2013, Bandana Kumari was elected as an MLA from the Shalimar Bagh constituency in Delhi, defeated three-time sitting MLA, Ravinder Nath Bansal of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) by a margin of 10,651 votes; she secured 47,235 votes. She was instantly hailed as a "giant killer". Bandana's victory was considered a shocking defeat for the BJP as the constituency was traditionally considered to be a stronghold of the party. The constituency was with the BJP since 1993. Shalimar Bagh was also the constituency of BJP's chief minister Sahib Singh Verma in 1993 and Bansal had held the seat for 15 years.[7][8][9]
Bandana became President of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Mahila Shakti, the AAP's women's wing. She raised issues of women's safety in the city. The AAP's women's wing and Youth wing started 22 Gramin Sewa vehicles for females and senior citizens from Delhi metro stations in December 2014 to address Women's safety and woo women voters.[2] Bandana was renominated for Shalimar Bagh in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. She fought the election on issues of women's safety and corruption.[9][10][11]
Bandana won over BJP's Rekha Gupta, the Standing Committee Deputy Chairman New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), by a victory margin of 10,978 votes. She also got higher votes (62,656) than 2013 elections.[12][13][14]
The AAP won 67 of the 70 seats in Delhi. It announced on 12 February 2015 that Bandana Kumari would be its nominee for the deputy Speaker of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.[15] On 23 February, she was formally elected as deputy Speaker; while Ram Niwas Goel became the speaker.[16] She lost in 2025 to Rekha Gupta.
Electoral performance
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References
- ↑ Shalimar Bagh election results 2025 highlights: BJP's Rekha Gupta breaks AAP's winning streak. The Times of India(2025-02-08). Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bandana Kumari flags off 22 Gramin Sewa vehicles for women. I am in DNAOf North East Delhi(1 December 2014).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Profile. Delhi Assembly official site.
- ↑ 2013 election affidavit. docs2.myneta.info.
- ↑ AAP names 8 more nominees, completes list for Delhi Assembly elections. CNN IBN(3 January 2015).
- ↑ Shalimar Bagh: Results. NDTV.
- ↑ Assembly polls 2013: No Modi magic in few of the Delhi seats; BJP blame infighting, casual attitude(9 December 2013).
- ↑ 6 Women Candidates Who Won Delhi Elections. The Huffington Post India(2015-02-10).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 There is no Modi wave in the city. Deccan herald(30 January 2015).
- ↑ Only six women make it to Delhi assembly(10 February 2015). Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ↑ Meet the six women MLAs of Delhi(12 February 2015).
- ↑ Election Result. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA.
- ↑ Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Delhi polls: AAP's broom sweeps away BJP mayors, councillors(10 February 2015).
- ↑ Manish Sisodia to be deputy CM of Delhi(12 February 2015).
- ↑ Ram Niwas Goel is new Speaker, Bandana Kumari his deputy(23 February 2015).
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