AAP triumphs by a huge margin defeating BJP, routing Congress

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A year after it resigned and its government in the capital collapsed, the Aam Aadmi Party made a stunning and a magnificent comeback in the national capital, on Tuesday, with a huge victory margin, leaving the BJP to single digits while routing the Congress. The Aam Aadmi Party won 67 seats of the 70-seat Delhi assembly and the other three were won by the BJP.

The landslide victory of the Aam Aadmi Party swept the Modi juggernaut in the capital. No sooner did counting commence than the AAP began trending from major seats in the capital. By noon, the AAP had already entered the double-digit, explicitly indicating its victory, while the other two parties struggled to cross single-digit. The BJP managed to get 3 seats, however, the Congress failed to survive this neck-to-neck, tough battle.

Victorious AAP candidates: (Details from ANI)

No sooner had the counting day commenced that the AAP began trending from major places, later claiming the victory.

Arvind Kejriwal, the party chief, won with 57,213 votes from the New Delhi constituency.

Photo: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee

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AAP’s Narayan Dutt Sharma emerged victorious from Badarpur constituency (HOW MANY VOTES), Ajay Dutt won from Ambedkar Nagar with 66,632 votes, Akhilesh Pati Tripathi from Model Town with 54,628 votes, Alka Lamba won from Chandni Chowk with 36,756 votes and Gopal Rai has won from Babarpur with 75,928 votes. Rajesh Rishi, AAP’s candidate from Janak Puri, won with 71,802 votes and was followed in second place by veteran BJP leader Jagdish Mukhi.

Other AAP candidates, who have marked their victory in their respective constituencies, are AAP’s Satyendar Jain from Shakur Basti with 51,530 votes, Colonel Devinder Sherawat from Bijwasan with 65006 votes and Ved Prakash won from Bawana with 1,09,259 votes. Praveen Kumar won from Jangpura and Sahi Ram from Tughlakabad with 62,143 votes.

AAP’s Jarnail Singh won from Rajouri Garden with 54,916 votes and was followed by SAD’s Manjinder Singh Sirsa with 44,880 votes.

AAP’s Mohinder Goyal won from Rithala with 93470 votes, Adarsh Shastri from Dwarka, Jarnail Singh from Tilak Nagar, Hazari Lal Chauhan won from Patel Nagar and Surender Singh from Delhi Cantt.

AAP’s Som Dutt wins from Sadar Bazar followed by BJP’s Praveen Kumar Jain and then by Congress’s Ajay Maken.

AAP’s candidate from Karawal Nagar, Kapil Mishra, won with 1,01,865 votes, Avtar Singh Kalkaji won from Kalkaji with 55,104 votes, Fateh Singh from Gokalpur with 71,240 votes and Mohd. Ishraque from Seelampur.

Meanwhile, BJP’s Vijender Kumar won from Rohini with 59,866 votes, Om Prakash Sharma from Vishwas Nagar with 58,124 votes and Jagdish Pradhan from Mustafabad with 58,388 votes.

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Triumph Celebrations:

Welcoming the clear mandate given by the people of Delhi, the workers, leaders and supporters of the AAP celebrated the party’s triumph at its Patel Nagar office. Smiled adorned the faces of these supporters who energetically celebrated outside the party offices. Slogans ‘Inquilab zindabad’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ were chanted by the enthusiastic gathering in an electrified atmosphere filled with gusto. Party supporters continued to pour in from various places to mark this remarkable victory and be a part of the celebrations.

BJP and Congress offices, however, had a deserted look all day long.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Arvind Kejriwal on twitter and the two met in the evening. BJP’s CM Candidate Kiran Bedi, social activist Anna Hazare, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Vice-president Rahul Gandhi congratulated Kejriwal and AAP on their victory, soon after the results became explicit.

Conceding responsibility:

BJP’s CM candidate Kiran Bedi, who lost from her constituency, accepted her defeat while reiterating that the defeat was hers and that it was not a referendum on PM Modi. Ajay Maken, conceded the defeat of his party and tendered his resignation. Likewise, Delhi Congress Committee chief Arvinder Singh Lovely too presented his resignation.

BJP’s Delhi unit chief Satish Upadhyay too, conceded that the party failed to understand the mood of the people.

The Election Commission had deployed a three-tier security at the 14-counting centers.

(With inputs from Alpona Dutta and Rutuja Bhosle)

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