Dilip Pandey

Dilip Pandey
Dilip Pandey.jpg
Charcoal on paper drawing of Dilip Pandey by Amitabh Mitra
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office
12 February 2020 – 8 February 2025
Preceded byPankaj Pushkar
Succeeded bySurya Prakash Khatri
ConstituencyTimarpur
Spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
2014
Covenor Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi
In office
2015–2017
Preceded byAshutosh
Personal details
Born (1980-10-01) 1 October 1980 (age 46)
Zamania Uttar Pradesh, India
PartyAam Aadmi Party
SpousePriyanka Pandey
Children2
ProfessionActivist, politician, novelist
WebsiteOfficial website

Dilip Pandey (born 1 October 1980) is an Indian politician and has represented Timarpur as a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from 2020 to 2025. He was the Convenor of the Delhi Unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) between July 2014 and April 2017.

Career

Pandey left his software job in 2013 to join the AAP. Prior to this, Pandey worked for the Indian IT Major Tata Consultancy Services as a business consultant until FY 2011 and was posted at their Bangalore office.[citation needed]

Political career

Pandey participated in the Anna Hazare Movement. He is a spokesperson and member of the screening committee of the Aam Aadmi Party. In January 2014, Pandey was appointed secretary for AAP political activities in the national capital.

He took over as the convenor of the Delhi unit in July 2014. Under his co-convenorship, the AAP won 67 out of 70 seats in 2015 Delhi assembly elections. Pandey later submitted his resignation in April 2017 after the AAP failed to get the majority in the 2017 MCD elections.

He served as the official Spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party from 2014 to 2024.

Dilip has been nominated as the Aam Aadmi Party’s in-charge for Delhi's North East Lok Sabha constituency for the 2019 General Elections.

He defeated BJP's Surinder Pal Singh (Bittoo) in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election to win the Timarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

MLA Dilip Pandey was appointed Aam Aadmi Party's chief whip in the Delhi Assembly in March 2020.

Electoral performance

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Timarpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Dilip Pandey 71,432 57.60 +6.55
BJP Surinder Pal Singh 47,288 38.13 +3.43
INC Amar Sangwan 3,102 2.50 −9.09
NOTA None of the above 508 0.41 −0.03
AAP(S) Sonu Kaushik 495 0.40 N/A
Majority 24,144 19.47 +3.12
Turnout 1,24,052 60.93 −5.90
AAP hold Swing +6.55

Bibliography

References

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  3. ↑ "Aam Aadmi Party: The Incorruptibles?". Tehelka Portal. 28 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Official Spokespersons". Aam Aadmi Party official Portal.
  5. ↑ "Candidate Selection Process - Delhi Elections 2013". Aam Aadmi Party Portal.
  6. ↑ "Sheila Dikshit was forced to bow down to the people, it is aam aadmi's victory: Kejriwal". India Today Portal. 28 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Aam Aadmi Party forms Delhi state unit". Economic Times Portal. 23 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Dilip Pandey AAP's man for Delhi". 6 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Meet the men who worked behind the scenes for AAP's success". 11 December 2013.
  10. ↑ MCD Election Results 2017: AAP's Dilip Pandey Quits Over Loss, Asks Arvind Kejriwal To Pick New Man
  11. ↑ "Official Spokespersons | Aam Aadmi Party". Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Amidst speculation of alliance with Congress, AAP appoints Lok Sabha in-charges for five Delhi seats". 2 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Timarpur Delhi Election Result 2020: Dilip Pandey of AAP wins". Hindustan Times. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "Delhi Election Results 2025: Full list of winners by constituency". India Today. 8 February 2025. Archived from the original on 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "Dilip Pandey Appointed AAP Chief Whip In Delhi Assembly". NDTV. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  16. ↑ "General Legislative Election 2020".