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Watch: Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 Round Up | Major upset for AAP as BJP seals victory

Watch: Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 Round Up | Major upset for AAP as BJP seals victory

This election saw a major shake-up, with key AAP leaders—including Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Saurabh Bhardwaj, and Somnath Bharti—losing their seats by narrow margins

Published - February 09, 2025 03:28 pm IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made a triumphant return to power in Delhi after 27 years, securing a commanding majority with 48 seats in the Assembly elections. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) now takes on the role of the main opposition with 22 seats, while the Congress suffered a complete wipeout, failing to win a single seat.

This election saw a major shake-up, with key AAP leaders—including Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Saurabh Bhardwaj, and Somnath Bharti—losing their seats by narrow margins. However, Atishi managed to hold on, defeating BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri in Kalkaji.

Several leaders who switched parties ahead of the elections found success. Kailash Gahlot, a former AAP minister who joined the BJP, secured a win from Bijwasan. Zubair Ahmed, who moved from Congress to AAP, emerged victorious in Seelam Pur, while Arvinder Singh Lovely, another Congress defector, won from Gandhi Nagar. However, former AAP minister Raj Kumar Anand, who defected to the BJP, lost in Patel Nagar.

The BJP secured 45.56% of the vote share, while AAP closely trailed with 43.57%. Several BJP heavyweights, including Parvesh Verma, Mohan Singh Bisht, Tarvinder Singh Marwah, Kapil Mishra, and Satish Upadhyay, won their seats comfortably. However, BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri faced a tough defeat in Kalkaji.

With this landslide victory, the BJP has successfully reclaimed Delhi, setting the stage for a new political chapter in the capital. All eyes are now on the party’s leadership as it prepares to name Delhi’s next Chief Minister.

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