Sagarpur situated on Pankha Road,

South West Delhi South West Delhi (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Dakṣinṇa Paścima Dillī'') is one of the eleven administrative districts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. Kapashera serves as the administrative headquarters of South West Delhi. Sout ...

on the way to

Janakpuri Janak Puri is an affluent neighborhood in the South West district of Delhi, India. It is located near the Delhi Cantonment area and is accessible by road and Delhi Metro via multiple lines as well as train because of its nearest railway stat ...

from Delhi Cantonment. Currently this colony comes under Dwarka (33) Vidhansabha constituency (Earlier it was under Nasirpur constituency (29) which was dissolved due to

delimitation Electoral boundary delimitation (or simply boundary delimitation or delimitation) is the drawing of boundaries of electoral precincts and related divisions involved in elections, such as Federated state, states, counties or other municipalities ...

) and

West Delhi West Delhi is one of the 11 administrative districts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Patel Nagar, Rajouri Garden and Punjabi Bagh. West Delhi is bound by t ...

(Earlier it was under

Outer Delhi Outer Delhi was a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in the Indian national capital territory of Delhi. It was one of the largest constituencies in India. It was abolished in 2008. Assembly segments From 1966 to 1993, Outer Delhi Lok Sabha ...

parliamentary constituency which was dissolved due to delimitation).

Politics

Sagarpur has always been crucial to active politics since this colony was made three decades ago. In 1993, when Delhi held its first state election for the 70 MLA seats, the

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(BJP) swept the

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party by grabbing 49 seats. Mr. Vinod Kumar Sharma was the first MLA who got elected from Nasirpur Constituency on BJP seat.

leader Mr.

Mahabal Mishra Mahabal Mishra (born 31 July 1953) is a former member of parliament of India from West Delhi winning on an Indian National Congress ticket. Before getting elected to Parliament, he was MLA from Dwarka Assembly constituency in New Delhi. He st ...

won three consecutive elections in 1998, 2003 & 2008 from the seat, and was later elected as the Member of Parliament of the area in Indian general election, 2009 from

. In 2009 by-elections,

leader Mr. Pradyumn Rajput won the seat. Currently this seat is occupied by Vinay Mishra from

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{{reflist Neighbourhoods in Delhi Cities and towns in West Delhi district

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