Delhi election key candidates result: Gopal Rai wins Babarpur seat; Saurabh Bharadwaj loses from Greater Kailash
Delhi election key candidates result highlights: BJP leader Parvesh Verma defeated AAP's Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi seat by 4,089 votes. Delhi CM Atishi, on the other hand, defeated BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri in Kalkaji.
Delhi election key candidates result highlights: Parvesh Verma of BJP has defeated AAP national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi assembly constituency....Read More
In another intense contest, Delhi chief minister Atishi defeated BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri from Kalkaji constituency with a margin of 3,500 votes.
Former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia, however, conceded his defeat from the Jangpura constituency to BJP candidate Tarvinder Singh Marwah.
The BJP is poised to form a government in Delhi after more than 26 years, with the latest Election Commission data showing the saffron party has won 30 seats and is leading in 18 others out of the 70 assembly constituencies. AAP has won 15 seats and is ahead in 7 others. The Congress failed to secure any lead in any seat.
Counting of votes began at 8 am today. In the polls, AAP was aiming for a third consecutive full term in Delhi. AAP secured 62 out of 70 seats in the 2020 polls, while the BJP claimed just eight. Congress, which governed Delhi for 15 years, failed to win any seats in the past two elections.
Voting took place in a single phase on February 5 for all 70 seats of the Delhi assembly. Exit polls had forecast a BJP comeback in Delhi after 27 years, with the party expected to comfortably reach the majority mark of 36 seats and potentially secure an additional 10-15 seats.
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- Congress leader Alka Lamba, who is contesting in Kalkaji, hours before vote counting today, said that the Congress wanted to resume work on development in the national capital that had stopped 10 years ago.
- BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa also announced that today will be the day that ‘AAP-da’ will be eliminated. He claimed that the people of Delhi were ready to vote out former CM Arvind Kejriwal and make him an ex-MLA as well.
- AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has accused the BJP of attempting to poach its members, allegedly offering ₹15 crore and ministerial positions for them to switch to the saffron party. The Anti Corruption Bureau has called in Kejriwal for questioning regarding the allegations.
- The New Delhi constituency is set for one of the most heated contests in the national capital, with former chief minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal running as the party’s candidate. He will face BJP’s Parvesh Verma and Congress’ Sandeep Dikshit in a seat Kejriwal has represented since 2013.
- Arvind Kejriwal also claimed on Friday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had declined to upload Form 17C and the vote counts per booth for each assembly, despite multiple requests.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 06:12:42 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Latest poll tally
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: As per the data from the Election Commission of India at 6.15pm, the BJP has won 45 seats and is leading on 3 others. The AAP has won 21 seats and is ahead on one other.
- 8 Feb 2025, 05:22:49 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: How some of the key candidates fared
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Here's how some of the key candidates in the polls fared:
Arvind Kejriwal (AAP): Lost from New Delhi seat
Atishi (AAP): Won from Kalkaji
Manish Sisodia (AAP): Lost from Jangpura
Parvesh Verma (BJP): Won from New Delhi
Vijender Gupta (BJP): Won from Rohini
Alka Lamba (Congress): Lost from Kalkaji
Saurabh Bharadwaj (AAP): Lost from Greater Kailash
Somnath Bharti (AAP): Lost from Malviya Nagar
Kapil Mishra (BJP): Won from Karawal Nagar
Satyendra Jain (AAP): Lost from Shakurbasti
Ramesh Bidhuri (BJP): Lost from Kalkaji
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- 8 Feb 2025, 04:55:45 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Satyendar Jain
AAP leader Satyendar Jain lost to BJP's Karnail Singh from Shakur Basti seat by 20,998 votes.
- 8 Feb 2025, 04:50:25 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Vijender Gupta wins from Rohini
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Vijender Gupta of the BJP has won the Rohini seat by a margin of 37,816 votes. He defeated AAP's Pardeep Mittal and Congress' Sumesh Gupta.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 04:31:41 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP crosses majority mark
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: The BJP has officially crosses the majority mark of 36 seats in Delhi. As per the latest information from EC, the BJP has won 40 seats and is leading on 8 others.
- 8 Feb 2025, 04:18:30 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: 5 reasons why Kejriwal's AAP lost
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday ended its political drought in Delhi, surpassing the majority mark and ending the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) 12-year rule. Political commentator Rasheed Kidwai, who has authored SONIA- A Biography, breaks down the reasons behind AAP's loss in the assembly elections, citing five key factors. Read here.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 03:45:26 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Here's the latest tally
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: As per the data from the Election Commission of India at 3.45pm, the BJP has won 30 seats and is leading on 18 others. The AAP has won 15 seats and is ahead on 7others.
- 8 Feb 2025, 03:29:50 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Saurabh Bharadwaj loses GK seat
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Saurabh Bharadwaj, another prominent leader and a minister, lost to BJP's Shikha Roy by a margin of 3,188 votes in Greater Kailash.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 03:23:49 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Gopal Rai wins from Babarpur,
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: AAP's Gopal Rai has won from the Babarpur seat. He defeated BJP's Anil Vashist by a margin of 18,994 votes.
- 8 Feb 2025, 02:54:08 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Harish Khurana wins Moti Nagar seat
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Harish Khurana has defeated AAP's Shivcharan Goel from Moti Nagar. Khurana won the seat by a margin of 11,657 votes, according to Election Commission data.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 02:13:24 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Parvesh Verma defeats Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Parvesh Verma has defeated AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal by 4,089 votes, according to data from the Election Commission after all 14 rounds.
- 8 Feb 2025, 01:51:26 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Avadh Ojha loses
AAP's Avadh Ojha lost the election from Patparganj seat. According to the Election Commission, he was defeated by BJP's Ravinder Negi by 28,072 votes.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 01:47:59 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Parvesh Verma claims victory over Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Parvesh Verma is claiming victory over AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi seat. He also gave credit behind the result to PM Modi and people of Delhi.
As per EC website, Parvesh Verma is leading by 4,089 votes from the New Delhi seat.
- 8 Feb 2025, 01:12:54 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Atishi defeats BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Delhi CM Atishi won the Kalkaji constituency, defeating BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri by 3,500 votes.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 01:08:17 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Manish Sisodia concedes defeat from Jangpura
Delhi election results: Former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia conceded his defeat from the Jangpura constituency to BJP candidate Tarvinder Singh Marwah in the Delhi polls.
Sisodia conceded defeat as he trailed from the seat after 9 of 10 rounds of counting.
"Party workers fought well; we all did hard work. People have supported us as well. But, I lose by 600 votes. I congratulate the candidate who won. I hope he will work for the constituency," Sisodia told reporters.
- 8 Feb 2025, 12:53:13 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP, AAP overtake Congress' Devender Yadav in Badli seat
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Aahir Chaudhary is ahead in the Badli seat after 10 out of 20 rounds of votes were counted by the EC, with AAP leader Ajesh Yadav behind by a margin of 8,230 votes,
However, Congress' Delhi president and frontrunner early in the race, Devender Yadav has fallen behind both candidates with 21,762 votes in total.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 12:45:33 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Amanatullah Khan regains lead, AIMIM's Shifa Ur Rehman Khan catches up
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: AAP leader Amanatullah Khan regained his lead in the Okhla constituency after 7 rounds of voting, surpassing BJP's Manoj Kumar Tyagi.
Tyagi was also overtaken by AIMIM's Shifa Ur Rehman Khan. Amanatullah Khan is leading with a margin of 13, 530 votes and a total of 31,711 votes.
- 8 Feb 2025, 12:33:25 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: AAP's Imran Hussain leads by 29,823 vote margin in Ballimaran
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: As voting in 12 out of 12 rounds concluded in the Ballimaran assembly constituency, AAP leader Imran Hussain was ahead of his of his Kamal Bagri of the BJP by 29,823 votes, with a total vote number of 57,004.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 12:25:47 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Satish Upadhyay moves up in Maviya Nagar constituency
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Satish Upadhyay has taken the lead over AAP's Somnath Bharti in the Malviya Nagar constituency with a margin of 5,656 votes after 8 rounds of counting concluded.
- 8 Feb 2025, 12:21:21 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Karnail Singh becomes frontrunner in Shakur Basti
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Karnail Singh has raced past AAP leader Satyendar Jain who had gained the lead a few times before as vote counting continues.
The BJP leader has a lead of 18,863 votes and 43,944 votes in total.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 12:15:13 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Tarvinder Singh Marwah gains narrow lead on Sisodia as race intensifies
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Tarwinder Singh Marwah gained a narrow lead of 240 votes on AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the Jangpura constituency after 7 rounds of vote counting.
The constituency has seen an intense battle between the two leaders, trailing and leading as votes continue to be counted for the Delhi elections.
- 8 Feb 2025, 12:11:31 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Ramesh Bidhuri maintains lead over Atishi in Kalkaji
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri has managed to maintain his lead over AAP leader and current chief minister Atishi in the Kalkaji assembly constituency.
Bidhuri has a total of 19, 481 votes and a vote margin of 2,882 votes.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 12:08:44 PM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Kejriwal falls behind by 1,170 seats
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal has fallen behind in the New Delhi constituency as his opponent from the BJP Parvesh Verma overtakes him after 9 rounds of vote counting.
Parvesh Verma has garnered 19,267 votes.
- 8 Feb 2025, 11:55:27 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Kapil Mishra surges ahead with huge vote gap
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Kapil Mishra has gained a massive vote margin of 27,215 votes in the Karawal Nagar assembly constituency as his primary opponent AAP's Maoj Kumar Tyagi falls behind.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 11:50:10 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Vijender Gupta increases lead in Rohini
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Vijender Gupta has increased his lead in the Rohini assembly constituency with AAP's Pardeep Mittal trailing behind.
Vijender Gupta has 32,165 votes in total after 8 rounds of counting and is ahead by a margin of 14,588 votes.
- 8 Feb 2025, 11:43:30 AM IST
Delhi election key candidates results LIVE: Shikha Roy continues to lead in Greater Kailash with 2,039 votes
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Shikha Roy continues to lead in Greater Kailash with 2,039 votes against former GK MLA and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj who is looking to win the seat for a third term
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- 8 Feb 2025, 11:39:49 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Parvesh Verma regains lead by narrow margin as Kejriwal loses ground
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Parvesh Verma has regained his lead in the New Delhi assembly constituency by 430 votes as Arvind Kejriwal fell behind. Sandeep Dikshit of the Congress has a massive gap of 14,091 votes preventing him from becoming frontrunner.
8 out of 13 rounds of counting votes have concluded, with BJP looking to gain a majority with around 40-43 seats.
- 8 Feb 2025, 11:32:45 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Arvinder Singh Lovely overtakes Naveen Chaudhary
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Arvinder Singh Lovely has overtaken Naveen Chaudhary from AAP in the Gandhi Nagar seat after the latter had taken an initial lead for a while.
Arvinder has a vote margin of 5,264 votes.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 11:28:30 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Dushyant Gautam loses lead, AAP gains in Karol Bagh
1Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Dushyant Gautam lost his early lead while AAP's Vishesh Ravi gained 9,175 votes in total and a vote margin of 6,872 in Karol Bagh.
- 8 Feb 2025, 11:23:52 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: BJP starts its celebrations early | Watch
The BJP is projected to gain close to 43 seats, although counting is not yet over.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 11:21:48 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Manjinder Singh Sirsa moves ahead of AAP's Dhanwanti Chandela
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has gained 44,666 votes in total in the Rajouri garden assembly constituency against Dhanwanti Chandela of AAP.
- 8 Feb 2025, 11:15:11 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Arvinder Singh Lovely trails by narrow margin in Gandhi Nagar constituency
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Arvinder Singh Lovely after an initial lead has fallen behind AAP's Naveen Chaudhary. However, the BJP candidate could catch up, with a narrow margin between the two of only 192 seats.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 11:02:20 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Kapil Mishra's lead grows as Manoj Kumar Tyagi falls behind
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Kapil Mishra's lead has grown by the 7th round of vote counting to 18,174 votes, as his opponent AAP's Manoj Kumar Tyagi fell behind. Mishra has 36,848 votes in total.
- 8 Feb 2025, 10:48:01 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Karnail Singh leads in Shakur Basti, Satyendar Jain trails
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Karnail Singh is leading in the Shakur Basti assembly constituency with a vote margin of 9,607 votes while AAP's Satyendar Jain trails behind.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 10:35:11 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Punardeep Singh Sawhney continues to lead in Chandni Chowk
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: AAP's Punardeep Singh Sawhney is leading by a margin of 11,584 votes against Congress' Mudit Agarwal in the Chandni Chowk assembly seat.
- 8 Feb 2025, 10:31:36 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Karnail Singh leads in Shakur Basti, Satyendar Jain trails
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP candidate Karnail Singh is leading in Shakur Basti with a vote margin of 8,702 votes against AAP's Satyendar Jain, as per EC data.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 10:21:53 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Vijender Gupta regains lead in Rohini seat
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: Vijender Gupta of the BJP has regained a marginal lead over AAP's Pardeep Mittal during the third round of vote counting.
- 8 Feb 2025, 10:20:36 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: AAP leader Imran Hussain leads in Ballimaran
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: In the Ballimaran assembly constituency, AAP leader Imran Hussain is leading with 1,834 votes during round 3 of the counting process. Trailing behind him are Kamal Bagri of the BJP and Haroon Yusuf of the Congress.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 10:16:26 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Kailash Gahlot leads by 2,714 votes in Bijwasan
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP leader Kailash Gahlot is leading in the Bijwasan assembly constituency by 2,714 votes.
- 8 Feb 2025, 10:13:12 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Devender Yadav loses lead in Badli, trails by 1,915 votes
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: Congress' Delhi president Devender Yadav has lost his initial lead in the Badli assembly constituency and is now behind the frontrunner, BJP's Aahir Deepak Chaudharyy, by 1,915 votes.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 10:05:58 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Amanatullah Khan trails in Okhla by 2,260 vote margin
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: AAP leader Amanatullah Khan is trailing in Okhla by a margin of 2,260 votes as BJP's Manish Chaudhary takes the lead.
- 8 Feb 2025, 10:03:37 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Saurabh Bharadwaj trails in Greater Kailash seat
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj is trailing again in the Greater Kailash seat. Taking the lead several times during counting, Bharadwaj is 459 votes behind BJP's Shikha Roy after 2 rounds of vote counting.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 10:00:35 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Arvind Kejriwal gains 4,679 votes as he takes lead after round 2 of vote counting
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has taken the lead with 4,679 votes as the second round of vote counting is concluded.
- 8 Feb 2025, 09:42:17 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Parvesh Verma gains 2,272 votes in initial round of voting
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: Parvesh Verma, BJP's candidate from the New Delhi constituency is leading, with a total of 2,272 votes, AAP's Arvind Kejriwal is trailing by 74 votes in the first round of voting, as per EC data.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 09:36:54 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: AAP's Pardeep Mittal takes lead in Rohini as Vijender Gupta falls back
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: AAP's Pardeep Mittal has taken the lead in Rohini as Vijender Gupta falls back. BJP leader Gupta was leading as per early trends but was overtaken by Mittal.
- 8 Feb 2025, 09:34:03 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Punardeep Singh Sawnhey takes lead in Chandni Chowk
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: AAP's Punardeep Singh Sawhney has taken the lead in the Chandni Chowk assembly seat during the initial round of vote counting, which began at 8 am.
Sawhney is leading by 2970 votes, with Congress' Mudit Agarwal trailing behind him.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 09:29:39 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Congress' Devender Yadav leads in Badli again
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: Early trends show Devender Yadav, Congress' Delhi president in the lead again as vote counting continues for all 70 constituencies in Delhi.
- 8 Feb 2025, 09:27:09 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: AAP's Durgesh Pathak leads in Rajinder Nagar
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: ECI data shows that AAP's Durgesh Pathak is leading in Rajinder Nagar in the first round of counting votes. BJP's Umang Bajaj is trailing by a margin of 728 votes.
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- 8 Feb 2025, 09:22:35 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Saurabh Bharadwaj gains lead in Greater Kailash seat, early trends show
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: After initially trailing in the Greater Kailash assembly constituency, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj has taken a lead in the seat, as per early trends.
- 8 Feb 2025, 09:18:13 AM IST
Delhi elections key candidates results LIVE: Arvinder Singh Lovely leads in Gandhi Nagar, suggest early trends
Delhi polls key candidates results LIVE: BJP's Arvinder Singh Lovely is leading in the Gandhi Nagar assembly constituency, as per early trends. Vote counting began at 8 am today.
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