BJP supporters in Delhi
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Months after their homes were razed in a demolition drive, the displaced residents of the Khyber Pass area in north Delhi's Civil Lines queued up at polling booths on Wednesday with the hope that the upcoming government would provide them with permanent housing.
Delhi Assembly Election 2025 | The first of two state assembly polls this year sees a three-way contest between AAP, Congress, and BJP in the nation's capital. AAP decided to contest the polls alone, causing rumours of a rift in I.N.D.I.A. BJP, meanwhile, is hoping the liquor excise policy scam and pollution in Delhi will give the saffron party an edge over AAP. Kejriwal, on the other hand, has different plans with his demand for reservations for Delhi Jats. Congress will also be looking to make its presence felt and has not held back from attacking its own alliance partner. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.
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All three sides -- AAP, BJP and Congress -- are heading to the counting table with the anticipation of a favourable political situation
Congress' Patparganj candidate Anil Chaudhary, ahead of counting in Delhi, told PTI, "I am very positive, and I believe that the election in Patparganj was of love. Several people held comparative discussion on developlment. I am proud that people recalled the work done in the area when I was the MLA between 2008 and 2013..."
AAP MLA and candidate from Malviya Nagar, Somnath Bharti told ANI, "... I have served the people for 11 years, hence, I am neither worried about the elections nor the results... The exit polls are made in BJP headquarters, there is nothing to worry about..."
According to early EC trends, BJP candidates have gained leads in Shahdara and Vishwas Nagar.
BJP have crossed the majority of 36, and sit at 42 according to early trends. AAP is behind at 25 seats currently.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is currently trailing in New Delhi to BJP's Parvesh Verma.
BJP leader Vijender Gupta is currently trailing in Rohini to AAP's Pradeep Mittal.
AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj is currently leading in Greater Kailash.
AAP leader and Delhi minister Gopal Rai commanded a lead of over 5000 votes after the second round of voting in Babarpur.
BJP's Ramesh Bhiduri currently holds a lead of over Delhi CM and AAP big wig Atishi by more than 1000 votes in Kalkaji.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM Atishi, and senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia are currently trailing in their respective seats, according to early trends.
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AAP's Amanatullah Khan is behind in Okhla by over 2000 votes against BJP's Manish Chaudhary.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has taken the lead from Parvesh Verma in New Delhi and now leads by 250+ votes.
Karnail Singh, head of BJP's Mandir Prakoshth (temple cell), leads in Shakur Basti.
BJP's Kartar Singh Tanwar leads in Chhatarpur's Battle of Tanwars, with him having almost 4000 votes more than AAP's Brahm Singh Tanwar and Congress' Rajender Singh Tanwar.
AAP's Punardeep Singh Sawhney currently leads in Chandni Chowk by over 9k votes.
Here are the current numbers:
Delhi Congress chief Devendar Yadav is currently trainlin to both BJP's Aahir Chaudhary and AAP's Ajesh Yadav in Badli.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal now leads by over 300 votes after round three of counting in New Delhi.
AAP's Somnath Bharti is currently trailing in Malviya Nagar by over 1200 votes to BJP's Satish Upadhyay.
Top AAP leader Manish Sisodia is currently trailing by over 1300 votes in Jangpura.
BJP leader Vijender Gupta took the lead in Rohini and is now ahead by 1700+ votes.
AAP's Imran Hussain leads in the traditional Muslim seat of Ballimaran.
BJP's Ravi Negi leads in Manish Sisodia's previous seat Patparganj by over 9000 votes.
Top AAP leader Manish Sisodia has now taken in the lead in Jangpura.
AAP's Amantullah Khan has taken the lead in Okhla, is now ahead by over 4400 votes.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has lost the lead to BJP's Parvesh Verma in the sixth round of counting in New Delhi
AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj loses lead in Greater Kailash to BJP's Shika Roy.
Congress' poor performance in Delhi continues once more. They are yet to take the lead in any seat, with Delhi unit chief Devendra Yadav currently third in Badli, as is former CM Sheila Dikshit's son Sandeep Dikshit in New Delhi.
Take a look at the seats BJP is currently leading:
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BJP's Parvesh Verma extended his lead over AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi by over 1100 votes.
AAP top leader Manish Sisodia lost his lead to BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah in Jangpura.
Take a look at the seats AAP is currently leading:
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AAP faced a big blow after their top leader Manish Sisodia conded defeat to BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah in Jangpura.
In his statement to PTI, he said," All of us party workers contested the Jangpura seat dedicatedly and the people here also gave us a lot of support but we fell short by just 600 votes. I congratulate the candidate who won."
AAP's Virender Singh Kadian won the Delhi Cantt seat by a margin of 2029 votes.
AAP's Kuldeep Kumar won the Kondli seat while BJP's Rekha Gupta and Manjinder Singh Sirsa claimed the Shalimar Bagh and Rajouri Garden seats respectively
Delhi CM Atishi has gained the lead over BJP's Ramesh Bhiduri in Kalkaji.
BJP's Tilak Ram Gupta and Chandan Kumar Choudhary won the Tri Nagar and Sangam Vihar seats respectively.
AAP's Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat won the Sultanpur Majra seat.
AAP won Sadar Bazar, Chandni Chowk, Ballimaran, Tughlakabad, Babarpur, Kirari and Tilak Nagar.
BJP clinched Moti Nagar, Rajinder Nagar, Chhatarpur, Greater Kailash, Patparganj, Laxmi Nagar and Gandhi Nagar.
AAP minister Saurabh Bharadwaj loses Greater Kailash seat, party colleague Gopal Rai wins Babarpur.
BJP won Rithla, Hari Nagar, Rajinder Nagar, Mustafabad and Mangol Puri while AAP won Seelampur.
BJP won the seats of Adarsh Nagar and Shakur Basti to take their tally to 19.
Wazirpur victory takes BJP to 20 seats won.
'We will play the role of constructive opposition but will also be available to the people of Delhi,' he said.
Manish Sisodia was defeated by BJP in jangpura, who also won Model Town.
Kulwant Rana of BJP won by 29616 votes against AAP's Mohinder Goyal.
BJP's Kailash Gahlot wins from Bijwasan constituency against AAP's Surender Bhardwaj by 11276 votes.
Prem Chauhan of AAP wins against Deepak Tanwar of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) with 36680 votes in Deoli constituency.
BJP's Ajay Mahawar wins from Ghonda constituency against AAP's Gaurav Sharma by 26058 votes.
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