Dilip Pandey

Indian politician

Dilip Pandey
Dilip Pandey in 2016

Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 February 2020
Preceded by	Pankaj Pushkar
Constituency	Timarpur
Spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Covenor Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi
In office 2015–2017
Preceded by	Ashutosh

Personal details
Born	(1980-10-01) 1 October 1980 (age 43) Zamania Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Spouse	Priyanka Pandey
Children	2
Residence	Delhi
Profession	Activist, politician, novelist
Website	Official website

Dilip Pandey (born 1 October 1980) is an Indian politician and has represented Timarpur as a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly since 2020. 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 Aam Aadmi Party.^[1] Prior to this, Pandey worked for the Indian IT Major Tata Consultancy Services in the capacity of a Business consultant until FY 2011 and was posted at their Bangalore office.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Pandey participated in the Anna Movement. He is a spokesperson^[2] and member of the screening committee of the Aam Aadmi Party.^[3]^[4] In January 2014, Pandey was appointed secretary for political activities in the national capital.^[5]

He took over as the convenor of the Delhi unit in July 2014.^[6] Under his co-convenorship, the AAP won 67 out of 70 seats in 2015 Delhi assembly elections.^[7] Pandey later submitted his resignation in April 2017 after the AAP failed to get the majority in the 2017 MCD elections.^[8]

He served as the official Spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party from 2014 till date.^[when?]^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11]

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Timarpur Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Timarpur^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Dilip Pandey	71,432	57.60	+6.55
	BJP	Surinder Pal Singh (Bittoo)	47,288	38.13	+3.43
	INC	Amar Lata 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

Pandey, Dilip (2014). Dahleez Par Dil 'दहलीज़ पर दिल'. Delhi: Penguin. ISBN 9780143422969.
Pandey, Dilip (2016). Khulti Girhein 'खुलती गिरहें'. Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan. ISBN 9788126728480. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

References

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dilip Pandey.

Aam Aadmi Party political offices
Preceded by Ashutosh	State Convener of AAP, Delhi 2015 – 2017	Incumbent
New political party	Spokesperson of AAP ? – present	Incumbent
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Pankaj Pushkar	Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Timarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 2020–	Incumbent