{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Dhanwati Chandela | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = Rajouri Garden | assembly = Delhi Legislative | term_start = February 2020 | term_end = February 2025 | predecessor = Manjinder Singh Sirsa | successor = Manjinder Singh Sirsa | constituency2 = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | constituency3 = | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | parents = | citizenship = | party = Aam Aadmi Party | other_party = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | blank1 = Religion | data1 = }} '''Dhanwati Chandela''' (born 1960) is an Indian politician in the Aam Aadmi Party.<ref>{{cite web |title=A DHANWATI CHANDELA A |url=https://www.firstpost.com/assembly-elections-2020/delhi/a-dhanwati-chandela-a-rajouri-garden-candidate-u05a027c002 |publisher=Firstpost |accessdate=26 October 2020}}</ref> She represented Rajouri Garden in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi, elected to the post in 2020 after defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Khanna. She lost in 2025 to BJP member Manjinder Singh Sirsa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi election result 2020: AAP's Dhanwati Chandela wins from Rajouri Garden |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/election-2020/delhi-election-result-2020-aaps-dhanwati-chandela-wins-from-rajouri-garden-803759.html |accessdate=26 October 2020 |work=Deccan Herald |date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
==Political career== Chandela joined the Aam Aadmi Party in 2019 after serving as a 3-term Municipal Corporation of Delhi councillor. Her husband is Dyanand Chandila, a former MLA from Rajouri Garden and Vishnu Garden Assembly seats.<ref>{{Cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/vikaskyogi/status/1156894315085553664?lang=en|author=Vikas Yogi|date=1 August 2019|user=vikasyogi|title=3 term councillor and wife of former Rajouri Garden MLA Dayanand Chandela, Dhanwati joins Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of AAP MP @SanjayAzadSln and Delhi convenor @AapKaGopalRai.|number=1156894315085553664}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments |- | 01 || 2020 || 2025 || Member, Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi || Rajouri Garden Assembly |- | 02 || 2002 || 2007 || Councillor, Municipal Corporation of Delhi || Guru Nanak Nagar ward |- | 03 || 1997 || 2002 || Councillor, Municipal Corporation of Delhi || Guru Nanak Nagar ward |}
===Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - present)=== Since 2020, she is an elected member of the 7th Delhi Assembly<!-- representing Palam Assembly constituency -->.
;Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly<ref>{{cite web |title=Committee System in Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi |url=http://www.delhiassembly.nic.in/Committee/CS-Eng.pdf |website=Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163636/http://www.delhiassembly.nic.in/Committee/CS-Eng.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Member (2022-2023), Committee on Estimates<ref name="Delhi House Committees 2021-2022">{{cite web |title=Delhi Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory Of Delhi Composition Of House Committees 2021-2022 |url=http://www.delhiassembly.nic.in/Committee/CommitteeComposition.htm |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226020949/http://www.delhiassembly.nic.in/Committee/CommitteeComposition.htm |archive-date=26 December 2021}}</ref>
==Electoral performance == === 2025 === <section begin="Assembly Election 2025"/> {{Election box begin|title=Delhi Assembly elections, 2025: Rajouri Garden<ref name="Delhi Assembly Elections Results 2025 - Rajouri Garden">{{cite news |title=Delhi Assembly Elections Results 2025 - Rajouri Garden |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenFeb2025/candidateswise-U0527.htm |access-date=20 February 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=8 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220045024/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenFeb2025/candidateswise-U0527.htm |archive-date=20 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Rajouri Garden Constituency Election Results 2025">{{cite news |title=Rajouri Garden Constituency Election Results 2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/delhi/constituency-show/rajouri-garden |access-date=20 February 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=8 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220045159/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/delhi/constituency-show/rajouri-garden |archive-date=20 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate=Manjinder Singh Sirsa |votes=64,132 |percentage=55.86 |change= {{Increase}}20.73 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Aam Aadmi Party | candidate = Dhanwati Chandela | votes = 45,942 | percentage = 40.04 | change = {{decrease}}15.66 }} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Dharampal Chandela|votes=3,198|percentage=2.79|change={{decrease}}0.25}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=783|percentage=0.68|change=}} {{Election box majority||votes=18,190|percentage=15.84|change={{decrease}}4.73}} {{Election box turnout||votes=114,806|percentage=63.3|change={{increase}}1.29}} {{Election box gain with party link| | winner =BJP | loser =Aam Aadmi Party | swing = }} {{Election box end}} <section end="Assembly Election 2025"/> {{transcluded section|source=Rajouri Garden Assembly constituency}} {{#section:Rajouri Garden Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2020}}
== References == {{Reflist|2}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|in-la}} {{IN Assembly succession box | state= Delhi | constituency= Mangol Puri | before= ? | after= | years= 2020– }} {{s-end}} {{Aam Aadmi Party}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandela, Dhanwati}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Delhi MLAs 2020–2025 Category:Aam Aadmi Party MLAs from Delhi