The verdict of the battle for Sadar seemed closer than the fight for it. At a margin of 15,974 votes, Congress’ Jagdish Tytler defeated BJP’s Vijay Goel quite easily, leading from four of the five assembly seats of the constituency.
The Moti Nagar assembly constituency helped Goel reduce the gap. That was the only assembly segment from where he led at any point during counting. In the rest, Goel was neck-and-neck with Tytler, only to see his Congress opponent go ahead.
Tytler said he owed his victory to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and party workers. “I won without any support from the (Delhi) Pradesh Congress and the Sheila Dikshit Government. This was possible only because of Soniaji and party workers,” Tytler said.
Goel said he was defeated because he didn't get many votes from the slum clusters. “Sadar can be divided into posh colonies and slum clusters. I didn't get much support from the slums,” he said, adding that the good news was that in a couple of assembly segments, the margins were narrow.
From Timarpur and Model Town, Tytler led Goel by 1,884 and 2,759 votes respectively. The biggest lead margins for Tytler were from Sadar Bazar and Kamla Nagar at 13,394 and 8,164 votes. Goel reduced the deficit by remaining ahead of Tytler by about 10,000 votes in Moti Nagar.
{{/usCountry}}From Timarpur and Model Town, Tytler led Goel by 1,884 and 2,759 votes respectively. The biggest lead margins for Tytler were from Sadar Bazar and Kamla Nagar at 13,394 and 8,164 votes. Goel reduced the deficit by remaining ahead of Tytler by about 10,000 votes in Moti Nagar.
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