Dilip Pandey (born 1 October 1980) is an Indian politician and has represented Timarpur as a Member of the

Delhi Legislative Assembly The Delhi Legislative Assembly, also known as the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral legislature of the union territory of Delhi in India. Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi. At present, it consists o ...

since 2020. He was the Convenor of the

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Unit of

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popular ...

(AAP) between July 2014 and April 2017.

Career

Pandey left his software job in 2013 to join the

. 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.

Political career

Pandey participated in the Anna Movement. He is a spokesperson and member of the screening committee of the

. In January 2014, Pandey was appointed secretary for political activities in the national capital. He took over as the convenor of the

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

from 2014 till date. Dilip has been nominated as the

’s in-charge for Delhi's North East

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constituency for the 2019 General Elections. He defeated BJP's Surinder Pal Singh (Bittoo) in the

2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Voters turnout was recorded at 62.82%, a decline of 4.65% from the previous assembly election in Delhi but 2.2% more th ...

to win the Timarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). MLA Dilip Pandey was appointed

's chief whip in the

Delhi Assembly The Delhi Legislative Assembly, also known as the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral legislature of the union territory of Delhi in India. Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi. At present, it consists o ...

in March 2020.

Electoral performance

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