Congress secures two-thirds majority in Delhi

Congress ensured itself of returning to power in Delhi, winning 47 seats in the 70-member assembly to secure a two-thirds majority.

The Congress ensured itself of returning to power in Delhi, winning 47 seats in the 70-member assembly to secure a two-thirds majority.

HT Image

However, it ends up with fewer seats than in the last assembly, when it won 52.

The BJP lagged far behind with just 20 seats. One seat each went to the NCP, the Janata Dal (Secular) and an independent.

The Congress heavyweights who emerged triumphant include Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, state unit president Choudhury Prem Singh and ministers Ajay Maken and Raj Kumar Chauhan.

Dikshit, who won her Gole Market constituency by a margin of nearly 13,000 votes, attributed her party's show to the massive developmental work undertaken by her government in the last five years.

BJP's winners winners include chief ministerial candidate Madan Lal Khurana and former ministers Jagdish Mukhi and Harsharan Singh Balli. The party, however, suffered a shock defeat when its sitting stalwart Ram Bhaj was humbled in Sarojini Nagar by Congress.