Dharampal Lakra

Dharampal Lakra
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Mundka
In office
Feb 2020 – Feb 2025
Preceded bySukhbir Singh Dalal
Succeeded byGajender Drall
Personal details
NationalityIndian
PartyIndian National Congress

Dharampal Lakra is an Indian politician from Delhi. In February 2020 he was elected to the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi, representing the Mundka constituency. He was a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Political career

Lakra was previously a local office bearer of the Indian National Congress, which he quit and joined the AAP in 2014.[1]

Personal life

Lakra is a businessman from Mundka. He has described himself as an agriculturalist and a member of the Food Corporation of India. In the 2020 legislative assembly election, he was noted as the wealthiest candidate with a declared wealth of Rupees 300 crore.[1]

Electoral performance

2025

Delhi Assembly elections, 2025: Mundka[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gajender Drall 89,839 47.07 4.70
AAP Jasbir Karala 79,289 41.54 12.24
INC Dharampal Lakra 10,290 5.39 2.36
NOTA None of the above 1,088 0.30
Majority 10,550 5.6 5.81
Turnout 1,89,765 60.6 1.16
BJP gain from AAP Swing
Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Mundka[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Dharampal Lakra 90,293 53.78 −3.44
BJP Azad Singh 71,135 42.37 +9.95
INC Naresh Kumar 5,082 3.03 −5.14
NOTA None of the above 903 0.54 +0.19
SBP Chetram 273 0.16 N/A
Majority 19,158 11.41 −13.39
Turnout 1,67,208 59.44 −3.56
AAP hold Swing -3.44

References

  1. ^ a b "Delhi's Richest Candidate Is AAP's Dharampal Lakra. This Is His Net Worth". NDTV. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Delhi Assembly Elections Results 2025 - Mundka". Election Commission of India. 8 February 2025. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Mundka Constituency Election Results 2025". The Times of India. 8 February 2025. Archived from the original on 8 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2020 to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 October 2021.