Dilip Pandey
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Dilip Pandey in 2016
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| Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 12 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Pankaj Pushkar |
| Constituency | Timarpur |
| Spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party | |
| 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 |
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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.
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]
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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Preceded by | State Convener of AAP, Delhi 2015 – 2017 |
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| New political party | Spokesperson of AAP ? – present |
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| Preceded by | Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Timarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 2020– |
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