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Delhi Assembly Elections

Delhi Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on February 5, with vote counting scheduled for February 8, 2025. The election is expected to be a triangular contest among the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Congress. The AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, aims for a hat-trick, while the BJP and Congress are gearing up to pose a strong challenge. A total of 1 crore 55 lakh 24 thousand 858 voters will cast their votes to shape Delhi's future.

Atishi retains Kalkaji seat, defeats BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri in close fight

Delhi CM Atishi retains her Kalkaji seat, narrowly defeating BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri by over 900 votes, as AAP faces major losses in Delhi, marking a shift in political dynamics

Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 1:56 PM IST
Delhi Assembly Elections

Meet Parvesh Sahib Singh, ex-CM's son who defeated Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi election results 2025: By the end of the 11th round of counting (out of 13), Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma had established a lead of 3,000 votes, while Arvind Kejriwal's tally stood at 22,057

Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 1:50 PM IST
Delhi Assembly Elections

PM Modi to reach party HQ later today as BJP set for decisive win in Delhi

BJP workers celebrated outside party's office in New Delhi as early trends showed the Bharatiya Janata Party's comeback in the national capital after 27 years

Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 1:48 PM IST
Delhi Assembly Elections

From Parvesh Verma to Manoj Tiwari: Who are in BJP's Delhi CM race?

Delhi Assembly elections: With BJP inching towards win in Delhi, the question now emerges whether BJP will choose one of its seasoned leaders or go for another surprise pick

Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 1:35 PM IST
Delhi Assembly Elections

Latest Updates on Delhi Assembly Elections

Cong only serving Nehru-Gandhi family, found stability in zero seats: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a swipe at the Congress on Saturday over its performance in the Delhi assembly polls, saying the party that ruled the city for 15 years could not even open its account in any of the elections since 2014 as "it is only serving the Nehru-Gandhi family". The BJP on Saturday returned to power in Delhi after more than 26 years to sweep away the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party with a two-thirds majority on the back of a hyper-localised campaign and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'AAP-da'(disaster) blitzkrieg. The BJP won 48 of the 70 seats at stake and the AAP was way behind with 22, according to the Election Commission website. The Congress, which had ruled for 15 consecutive years under Sheila Dikshit from 1998, came a cropper in the Assembly elections failing to get even a single seat for the third straight time. Its candidates suffered crushing defeats with a majority of them even losing their deposits. Commenting on the Congress' performance, ..

Cong only serving Nehru-Gandhi family, found stability in zero seats: Shah
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 11:10 PM IST

5 women candidates, including Atishi, emerge victorious in Delhi elections

Five women candidates, including outgoing Chief Minister Atishi won in the Delhi Assembly polls this time, down from eight in the 2020 elections. Atishi is the only woman candidate of AAP who won this time. She retained her Kalkaji seat, defeating the BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri by a margin of 3,521 votes. The BJP's four women candidates -- Rekha Gupta from Shalimar Bagh, Poonam Sharma from Wazirpur, Neelam Pahelwan from Najafgarh, and Shikha Roy from Greater Kailash -- have emerged as victorious. Of the total 699 candidates in the fray this time, 96 were women. Five years earlier, 672 candidates fought the Assembly polls and of them 76 were women. Eight women candidates had won in the 2020 Assembly polls. Among the three key political parties in the elections, the BJP and AAP had fielded nine women candidates each whereas the Congress had seven women nominees. All three parties fielded more women candidates this time than the 2020 Assembly polls. The BJP on Saturday returned to power in

5 women candidates, including Atishi, emerge victorious in Delhi elections
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 10:39 PM IST

Ego clashes within INDIA bloc led to BJP's Delhi win: NCP MLA Rohit Pawar

The BJP will form its government in Delhi after a gap of more than 26 years as it won 48 of the 70 seats in the assembly polls, the results of which were announced on Saturday

Ego clashes within INDIA bloc led to BJP's Delhi win: NCP MLA Rohit Pawar
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 10:33 PM IST

Delhi polls: BJP's Karnail Singh richest winner, Umang Bajaj youngest

Delhi Assembly elections saw BJP's Karnail Singh emerge as the richest winner with assets worth Rs 259 crore, Umang Bajaj at 31 as the youngest winner, Tilak Ram Gupta as the oldest contestant at 73, and AAP's Amanatullah Khan the candidate with the highest, 19, criminal cases. Karnail Singh, who won from Shakur Basti, was followed by Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden with Rs 248 crore and Parvesh Sahib Singh from New Delhi with Rs 115 crore. Among the 699 candidates who contested, the youngest winner was 31-year-old Umang Bajaj of the BJP, who secured victory from the Rajinder Nagar constituency. On the other hand, the oldest candidate to contest was 73-year-old Tilak Ram Gupta, who won from the Tri Nagar seat. Several winning candidates also have pending criminal cases, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms. AAP's Amanatullah Khan from Okhla is one such candidate, with 19 criminal cases against him, followed by Kuldeep Kumar from Kondli with sev

Delhi polls: BJP's Karnail Singh richest winner, Umang Bajaj youngest
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 10:10 PM IST

Delhi election results: AAP voters shifted more to BJP than Congress

A brief history of Delhi Assembly polls since 2008 illustrates why credit for AAP's loss should go to BJP's groundwork and outreach, and blame to AAP's failure to retain its base, rather than Congress

Delhi election results: AAP voters shifted more to BJP than Congress
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 10:04 PM IST

Delhi polls updates: BJP to form govt in Delhi after 26 yrs, wins 48 seats; AAP 22, Cong draws blank

Delhi election result 2025: The BJP managed to retain its lead after most rounds of counting and was expected to win 48 in total, according to EC data

Delhi polls updates: BJP to form govt in Delhi after 26 yrs, wins 48 seats; AAP 22, Cong draws blank
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 10:02 PM IST

Full faith in PM's leadership: Bihar CM hails BJP's victory in Delhi polls

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday hailed the victory of ally BJP in the Delhi assembly polls and lauded the "able leadership" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The JD(U) president voiced his sentiments about the electoral verdict on social media. "Heartiest congratulations for the Bharatiya Janata Party's emphatic victory in assembly polls of Delhi where the people have reposed full faith in the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kudos to Narendra Modi ji for the historic win," Kumar wrote. The BJP won 48 seats of the 70-strong Delhi assembly, ousting from power the Aam Aadmi Party headed by former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. The JD(U) had contested the Burari seat as a BJP ally, but it lost to the AAP winner by a huge margin of 20,000 votes. Assembly elections in Bihar are due later this year when Kumar, on the wrong side of 70, will seek a fifth consecutive term in office. The BJP, which is numerically stronger in the state assembly, had been lying

Full faith in PM's leadership: Bihar CM hails BJP's victory in Delhi polls
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 9:52 PM IST

Voters reject AAP, choose BJP for development: Delhi BJP chief Sachdeva

The BJP's Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva Saturday said the people of the national capital have completely rejected the "corrupt and incompetent rule" of AAP and has paved the way for the city's development by giving his party a "historic" mandate. The BJP cleaned out the AAP in Delhi and returned to power after more than 26 years, extending its saffron imprint and dealing a devastating blow to the Arvind Kejriwal-led party whose top leadership crumbled or barely made it. This electoral victory reflects the people's trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the leadership of BJP national president J P Nadda, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, said Sachdeva in a statement. "The people of Delhi have completely rejected the corrupt and incompetent rule of AAP and Arvind Kejriwal while expressing their faith in the BJP by giving it a decisive majority," he said. The Delhi BJP chief said Kejriwal had repeatedly claimed to be honest and had asserted that the people of Delhi would take ..

Voters reject AAP, choose BJP for development: Delhi BJP chief Sachdeva
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 9:27 PM IST

Delhi poll results not vindication of PM, but referendum on Kejriwal: Cong

Results of the Delhi Assembly elections are not a vindication of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies but a referendum on Arvind Kejriwal and AAP, the Congress said on Saturday as it vowed to bounce back from another whitewash. The Congress also asserted that it would form a government in the national capital in 2030. The BJP has returned to power in Delhi after more than 26 years, sweeping away the AAP from the national capital in another big win to extend its saffron footprint in the country. The Congress has drawn a blank in the polls once again after 2015 and 2020. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the assembly election results reflected nothing more than a referendum on Kejriwal and AAP. "After all, at the height of the prime minister's popularity in 2015 and 2020, AAP had won decisively in Delhi. This shows that, rather than being vindication of the policies of the prime minister, this vote is a rejection of Arvind Kejriwal's politics o

Delhi poll results not vindication of PM, but referendum on Kejriwal: Cong
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 9:24 PM IST

Delhi polls result: BJP's vote share up 7%, AAP's down 10%; Cong's rises 2%

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which was routed in the Delhi Assembly elections saw the erosion of nearly 10 percentage points in its vote share while the winner BJP not only saw a resurgence but also a significant increase in its vote share. The BJP was out of power in the national capital for over 26 years. A win on any seat remained elusive for the Congress even as it saw a marginal improvement in its vote share. AAP secured a vote share of 43.57 per cent, down from 53.57 per cent in the 2020 polls. In the 2015 Assembly elections, it had secured 54.5 per cent of the votes. In 2020 and 2015, the party won a massive mandate by securing 67 and 62 seats respectively. However, this time it was restricted to only 22 seats. The BJP, which is returning to power, secured a vote share of 45.56 per cent and won 48 seats. The saffron party's vote share rose from 38.51 per cent in 2020 and 32.3 per cent in the 2015 elections. The Congress, which was in power in Delhi for 15 years from 1998 to 2

Delhi polls result: BJP's vote share up 7%, AAP's down 10%; Cong's rises 2%
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 9:09 PM IST

Kejriwal's ex-allies blame his shift from alternative politics for defeat

The Aam Aadmi Party's loss in the Delhi polls on Saturday triggered sharp reactions from Arvind Kejriwal's former colleagues in the party and in the 2011 India Against Corruption movement who blamed his "shift" from the idea of providing an alternative politics for the defeat. They also accused Kejriwal of shattering the dreams of those who supported the anti-graft movement. Maharashtra based activist Anna Hazare, who led the 2011 anti-corruption movement for a Jan Lokpal bill that brought the then ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to the negotiation table blamed the liquor scam for AAP's defeat. Hazare, who was against forming a political party, parted ways with his protege Kejriwal after he formed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2012 following the movement. "With the liquor policy issue came money and they drowned in it. The (AAP's) image was tarnished. People saw him (Arvind Kejriwal) talking about clean character and then about liquor," he told reporters in Ralegan Siddhi .

Kejriwal's ex-allies blame his shift from alternative politics for defeat
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 8:59 PM IST

Delhi Assembly results 2025: Seats with highest, lowest victory margins

Delhi Assembly elections 2025: By 4:30 pm, the BJP won 39 seats, leading in 9; AAP won 17 seats, leading in 5

Delhi Assembly results 2025: Seats with highest, lowest victory margins
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 8:34 PM IST

Created atmosphere against govt, but public didn't give us mandate: Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the party succeeded in creating an atmosphere against the AAP government in Delhi but the public did not give it the mandate to rule the city. Accepting the public opinion, Kharge said the Congress will continue to raise the issues of pollution, Yamuna cleaning, electricity, roads, water and development in Delhi, and remain connected with the public. "In the Delhi Assembly polls, the Congress created an atmosphere against the government in the public interest, but the public did not give us the mandate as we had expected. We accept the public opinion," he said in a post in Hindi on X. "Every Congress leader and worker worked unitedly under adverse circumstances, but more hard work and struggle is still required," he added. The Congress on Saturday faced a third consecutive season of electoral droughts in Delhi, failing to open its account in the 70-member Assembly and suffering crushing defeats in key constituencies. The grand

Created atmosphere against govt, but public didn't give us mandate: Kharge
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 8:33 PM IST

CAG report to be tabled in Delhi Assembly's first sitting: PM after BJP win

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal lost from the New Delhi seat, being unseated by BJP's Parvesh Sahib Singh by a margin of over 4 thousand votes. This marked the end of a 10-year-long stint of Kejriwal

CAG report to be tabled in Delhi Assembly's first sitting: PM after BJP win
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 8:33 PM IST

Nadda calls election win historic, says PM Modi resides in heart of Delhi

BJP president J P Nadda on Saturday termed the party's victory in the Delhi Assembly polls as "historic moment" and said it has sent out a clear message that Prime Minister Narendra Modi resides in the heart of Delhi. Addressing an event organised at the BJP headquarters to mark the party's success, Nadda hit out at the AAP calling it a "factory of lies and corruption". He also said in a veiled reference to AAP chief Arvind Kejrwal and other leaders of the party that they swore by honesty but were put in jail on corruption charges. "It's a historic moment," Nadda said, adding the BJP's victory in the Delhi polls after the Lok Sabha elections "is a clear message that Prime Minister Modi resides in the heart of Delhi". "AAP is a factory of lies, encyclopedia of lies and a factory of corruption," the BJP chief said. AAP leaders swore by honesty but its chief minister and ministers were jailed on corruption charges, he charged. Nadda thanked people of Delhi for "blessing the BJP unde

Nadda calls election win historic, says PM Modi resides in heart of Delhi
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 7:35 PM IST

Arvind Kejriwal: Delhi's muffler 'aam aadmi' who penned a political dream

With a basic ballpoint in his pocket, muffler around his neck, baggy sweater and blue Wagon R, Arvind Kejriwal was the archetypal common man when he came into the public domain. And when he used the descriptive to actually name his party after the aam aadmi, people were drawn to it in droves. That was 2013. Twelve years later, that dream of being a pan-India party and a national level leader is beginning to come undone for the bureaucrat-activist who chose to become a politician - not by joining an established party but starting his own from ground up. The Aam Aadmi Party, which ruled Delhi for 10 successive years and also formed government in Punjab, on Saturday lost the election in India's capital city with 22 seats against the BJP's 48. Not just that, Kejriwal lost his own seat New Delhi to the BJP's Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma. It was an ignominious end to the Kejriwal era in Delhi, putting a question mark on the future of the party. And on that of its national convenor. With onl

Arvind Kejriwal: Delhi's muffler 'aam aadmi' who penned a political dream
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 7:18 PM IST

'Humbly accept Delhi's mandate, fight will continue', says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he humbly accepts the mandate of Delhi as he thanked party workers and voters. In a post on X, he said the fight for the progress of Delhi and against pollution, price rise and corruption will continue. "We humbly accept the mandate of Delhi. Heartfelt thanks to all the Congress workers of the state for their dedication and all the voters for their support," he said in his post in Hindi. "This fight for the progress of Delhi and the rights of Delhiites against pollution, price rise and corruption will continue," Gandhi said. The Congress on Saturday faced a third consecutive season of electoral drought in Delhi, failing to open its account in the 70-member Assembly and suffering crushing defeats in key constituencies. The party also did not win any seat in Delhi in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, which it had fought in alliance with AAP.

'Humbly accept Delhi's mandate, fight will continue', says Rahul Gandhi
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 7:13 PM IST

Crushing regional players: After Delhi, is it Bengal, Kerala & TN for BJP?

BJP improves its record against another strong regional player- AAP. It is to be seen if the party continues the trend, with Assembly polls due in West Bengal, Puducherry, Kerala, Tami Nadu and Assam

Crushing regional players: After Delhi, is it Bengal, Kerala & TN for BJP?
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 6:44 PM IST