Meanwhile, Atishi retained her Kalkaji assembly seat by a margin of 3,580 votes in the Delhi Assembly polls by defeating BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri. However, while acknowledging her individual victory, she conceded Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) overall defeat in the Delhi Assembly elections and vowed
As per the latest Election Commission data, BJP is set to win 48 out of the 70 assembly seats. Meanwhile, AAP's 10-year-rule has ended as the party prepares to be in the Opposition now, winning only 22 seats.
The BJP won the assembly election by a comfortable margin today, winning 48 out of 70 assembly seats. The AAP saw a dismal performance this time, winning only 22 seats, a far cry from their 2020 performance, where they won 62 seats.
Speaking to ANI, Roy said that the government's work will be visible in the next few months since backlogs left by the previous government need to be fixed.
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), BJP leader Shikha Roy received 49,594 votes while Bhardwaj got 46,406 votes. Congress candidate Garvit Singhvi, on the other hand, merely garnered 6,711 votes.
"BJP gave a huge responsibility to Satish. Malviya Nagar's condition had deteriorated and we were assured that the people here will vote for BJP... Now development will speed up in Delhi... I thank PM Modi for showing faith in all of the party's candidates," Aarti Upadhyay told ANI.
According to latest trends from the Election Commission at 4:30 PM, the BJP has won 40 seats, and leading in 8 others. Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party has only won 17 seats, and leading in 5 others.
The EC data shows that the BJP candidate got 30,088 votes, whereas the AAP chief got 25,999 votes while Congress' Sandeep Dikshit, also contesting from the same seat, showed a dismal performance, getting only 4,568 votes.
In Malviya Nagar, BJP's Satish Upadhyay won by 2,131 votes against AAP's Somnath Bharti. Upadhyay has secured 39,564 votes, while Bharti has received 37,433 votes, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI)
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi won from the Kalkaji assembly seat, defeating BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri. She thanked the voters for reposing faith in her but said, "it's not a time to celebrate but continue the war against the BJP" which is poised to form the next government in the national capital.