Mahabal Mishra is a current Member of Parliament

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 of India

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 from West Delhi

West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)

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. Before getting elected for Parliament, he was MLA from Dwarka assembly constituency in New Delhi

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. He started his political career being as a Delhi councilor, representing Dabri ward in 1997. In the 1998 Delhi assembly elections, he was elected MLA from Nasirpur assembly constituency. He was re-elected and held his seat in 2003 and 2008 assembly elections also. In the 2009 Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

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 elections, he defeated Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

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(BJP) leader Prof. Jagdish Mukhi.