Delhi election results 2025 highlights: BJP to form govt in Delhi after over 26 years, wins 48 seats; AAP 22

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (February 8, 2025) promised to make every effort to clean the Yamuna river, resolve civic issues related to cleanliness and pollution, and deliver on all his guarantees to make Delhi a future-ready city.

Addressing party workers after the BJP’s victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, PM Modi also slammed the outgoing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for insulting people’s faith by making no efforts to clean the Yamuna, failing to build good roads in the capital and keeping the city clean.

“I had pledged during the election campaign that we will make Yamunaji the identity of Delhi city. I know this work is difficult and will take a long time. No matter how much time is spent, how much energy is used, we will make every effort to serve the Yamuna,” the prime minister said at the victory celebrations at BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which was routed in the Delhi Assembly elections saw the erosion of nearly 10% 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%, down from 53.57% in the 2020 polls. In the 2015 Assembly elections, it had secured 54.5% of the votes.

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“Congress has scored a double hat-trick of scoring zero; they are giving themselves gold medal of defeat,” Prime Minister Modi said at the BJP headquarters in Delhi.

“No one is ready to trust Congress; it sinks and also harms its allies. Congress steals issues of its allies and attempts to appropriate their vote banks. Congress has stolen issues of Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, DMK in Tamil Nadu, RJD in Bihar. Congress also tried to appropriate BJP vote bank by making rounds of temples but stopped when it realised they are not succeeding,” Mr. Modi added. 

Hitting out at the Aam Aadmi Party, Mr. Modi said, “A party (AAP) that was born out of anti-corruption agitation turned out to be the most corrupt.”

Mr. Modi also guaranteed that a CAG report on the AAP government would be placed in the first session of the new Delhi Assembly. 

“Those who hatched conspiracies to hide their scams will have to repay, this is Modi’s guarantee,” he said. 

“Wherever NDA has come to power, we have reached heights of development. That’s why BJP is winning continuously. We have returned to power in Uttarakhand, Haryana, UP, MP, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and every other state,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

“For the first time since Independence, BJP will now have governments in Delhi and all adjoining states,” he said.

Talking about BJP’s governance, Mr. Modi said, “UP is in neighbour of Delhi. Once, the law and order was a huge challenge in Uttar Pradesh, especially for the women. However, we had taken a resolve to solve this issue. Similarly in Maharashtra, farmers used to face a huge challenge because of droughts. However, our government provided them with water, thanks to Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyaan.”

Taking a dig at Aam Aadmi PArty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BJP headquarters said that Delhi has voted against the “politics of agitation”.

“Delhi has voted against politics of strikes and agitations, old regime stalled several welfare schemes of the Centre. Governance is not a stage for theatrics and propaganda,” he said. 

“I want to thank the people of Delhi, they have given us immense love today. I want to reassure the people of Delhi, that the love you have given us, we will return it in the form of development,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the BJP HQs in Delhi.

“This love from the people of Delhi on us, is a burden that we will return through work. Thank you for choosing us,” Mr. Modi said.

“Delhi’s mandate makes it clear that there are no shortcuts in politics. People have done a short circuit of politics of shortcuts,” PM Modi added.

“I regret not having had opportunity to serve Delhi, now you have given me that opportunity,” he added. 

On BJP’s victory in the Delhi Assembly Election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, “I thank the people of Delhi. Delhi has given us love wholeheartedly and I once again assure the people that we will return you double the love in the form of development...”

“People of Delhi are filled with enthusiasm today. They are also relieved because Delhi is now free of ‘AAP-da’. I had sent a letter to Delhiites in which I urged them to give BJP a chance to serve them in the 21st century and to make Delhi ‘viksit’ (developed) capital of India,” he added. 

“Today, at this historic moment, I would like to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of all the party workers of BJP. The BJP has been victorious one after the other under the leadership of PM Modi,” says BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda on party’s victory in Delhi Assembly Election.

“In the Lok Sabha, the people of Delhi made BJP win all 7 seats and in this assembly election you made us win 48 seats, the message is clear - Modi is in the heart of Delhi,” he added.

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In the 2025 Delhi Assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secured 48.5% of the vote in seats that can be classified as “poorest”, the highest vote share for the party among all class-based categories of constituencies, which also include “poor,” “middle,” and “rich.” In contrast, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies secured 52.6% of the vote in seats that can be classified as “rich”, the highest vote share for the party among all class-based categories.

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Chief Minister Atishi has won from the Kalkaji seat defeating BJP rival Ramesh Bidhuri by 3,521 votes at the end of the twelfth rounds of counting for the Delhi Assembly polls, the Election Commission website showed.

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Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia terms the outcome of the Delhi Assembly polls as “AAP-da ki Vidai” or farewell of disaster. 

“Delhi me AAP-da ki Vidai (Delhi bids farewell to AAP-Da or aapda, which means disaster),” the Guna MP tweets.

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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says the results are “nothing more than a referendum on Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party”.

“After all, at the height of the PM’s popularity in 2015 and 2020, AAP had won decisively in Delhi. This shows that, rather than being vindication of the policies of the PM, this vote is a rejection of Arvind Kejriwal’s politics of deceit, deception, and vastly exaggerated claims of achievement,” Mr. Ramesh says.

He says the Congress took the lead in “highlighting the various scams that have occurred under Arvind Kejriwal and voters have pronounced their judgement on his twelve years of misrule”.

“The Congress was expecting to do better. It has, however, increased its vote share. The campaign of the Congress was vigorous. It may not be in the Assembly but it is definitely a presence in Delhi, a presence that will be expanded electorally with the sustained efforts of lakhs of Congress workers. There will be a Congress Govt once again in Delhi in 2030,” he adds.

BJP candidate from New Delhi Assembly constituency Parvesh Verma claims he has defeated AAP convenor and two-time Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. 

According to the EC website, Mr. Verma is leading by a margin of 4,099 votes against Kejriwal at the end of the 13th round of counting.

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BJP leaders including Tilak Ram Gupta from Tri Nagar, Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden, and Chandan Kumar Choudhary from Sangam Vihar register major victory in the election. 

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AAP’s Virendra Singh Kadian and Kuldeep Kumar bag Delhi Cantt and Kondli constituencies. 

Rekha Gupta, BJP candidate from Shalimar Bagh with a margin of 29,595, according to ECI website. 

”We fought the election very hard. But we fell behind by around 600 votes. I congratulate the candidate who won and hope that he will solve the issues of Jangpura,” senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia says.

Sisodia lost to Tarvinder Singh Marwah a three time Congress MLA who switched to the BJP in 2022.

Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia concedes defeat from Jangpura constituency. BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah bags the seat. 

Former AAP minister Satyender Jain from Shakur Basti is trailing while Manish Sisodia (Jangpura) is leading. 

Apart from Gopal Rai from Babarpur Constituency and Imran Hussain (Balimaran) who are leading, all other AAP Ministers - Atishi (Kalkaji), Saurabh Bharadwaj (GK) and Raghuvinder Shokeen (Nangloi Jat) are trailing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address from the National BJP headquarters Celebrations at the BJP office as the BJP cadre reaches the office. Senior party leaders are also at the BJP office.

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AAP candidate and Delhi’s Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj leading from Greater Kailash by a margin of 449 votes.

BJP’s Kapil Mishra is leading from Karawal Nagar by a margin of 3109 votes.

AAP candidate and Delhi’s Environment Minister Gopal Rai leading from Babarpur constituency by a margin of 5602 votes.

Early trends show BJP leading in 32 seats and AAP in 14 seats. 

BJP’s Sangam Vihar candidate Chandan Kumar Choudhary is leading. As per early trends BJP is leading in three seats.

Om Prakash Sharma, BJP’S candidate from Viswas Nagar and BJP’s candidate from Shahdara, Sanjay Goyal, are leading in two seats as per early trend, according to the Election Commission of India

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Counting of votes for Delhi’s 70 assembly constituencies began amid tight security at 19 locations across the national capital on Saturday. According to the Conduct of Election Rules, postal ballots will be counted first and the process of counting of votes recorded in electronic voting machines (EVMs) begin 30 minutes later. - PTI

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According to Chanakya Strategies, the BJP and its allies are likely to get 39 to 44 seats, the AAP 25 to 28, and the Congress two to three. The JVC gave 39 to 45 seats to the BJP alliance, 22 to 31 to the AAP, and nil to two seats to Congress. - The Hindu Bureau

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AAP has launched a website – http://transparentelections.in – where AAP has uploaded the Form 17Cs of every Assembly. Arvind Kejriwal has said this form has all the details of votes polled in each booth. AAP said they will present the data for every Assembly and booth in a tabulated format so that every voter can access this information. - The Hindu Bureau

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Form 17C records the number of votes cast at each polling booth and is signed by the presiding officer and polling agents. - The Hindu Bureau

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