Score board: BJP 48; AAP 22, Congress 00
New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) finally dislodged the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Delhi Throne by securing 48 of the total 70 seats and defeating the top brass of AAP to lick the dust.
According to the final result announced by the Election Commission the BJP has won 48 seats, the ruling AAP could win 22 seats whereas the Congress drew blank.
The AAP had won the 2015 Delhi election and a second term in 2020.
The AAP however lost appeal after ten years of rule and lost the National Capital Territory of Delhi to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
BJP has reclaimed the Delhi government after 26 years and two months. The party had last ruled the Delhi NCR from 1993 to 1998 (December 03). Its government ended after infighting within the party and spiraling onion prices.
It has showed a massive comeback after winning the 2025 State Elections polling of which was held on February 05 participated by around 60% of registered voters.
The counting of votes began today morning and the result of all the 70 were announced by late afternoon.
The prominent candidates who won the 2025 Delhi Elections included Ashok Goel, Harish Khurana, Ashish Sood, Parvesh Sahib Singh, Dr Anil Goyal, Arvinder Singh Lovely, Mohan Singh Bisht, Kapil Mishra and Sandeep Sehrawat of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
Prominent winners from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) included Chief Minister Atishi, Amanatullah Khan, Aaley Mohammed Iqbal, Imran Hussain, Amanatullah Khan and Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad.
The biggest upset of the 2025 Delhi Elections is that of former Delhi CM and AAP founder Arvind Kejriwal. Kejriwal lost the New Delhi seat to BJP Chief Ministerial candidate Parvesh Sahib Singh. Parvesh defeated Kejriwal by 4089 votes.
The other AAP leaders who lost the polls included former Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia who lost the Jangpura seat to Tarvinder Singh Marwah of the BJP by 675 votes.
Avadh Ojha who runs Coaching Classes for Civil Services aspirants and joined AAP months before the Delhi elections lost from Patparganj seat. He has been defeated by Ravinder Aingh Negi of the BJP by over 28,000 votes.
Other AAP leaders who faced defeat included senior party leaders and ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendra Jain.
From the BJP side the biggest upset is of Ramesh Bidhuri who wanted to become Chief Minister. He was defeated by AAP leader and Delhi CM Aatshi.
The prominent Congress faces who lost the Delhi polls are Alka Lamba and Sandeep Dikshit – son of former Delhi CM Shiela Dikshit. Dikshit contested against Kejrwal from the New Delhi seat, both lost the seat to the BJP.
Development wins, good governance triumphs: PM
New Delhi, Feb 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the landslide victory of BJP in the assembly election in Delhi and said “Development wins and good governance triumphs”.
He emphasized “We will leave no stone unturned for the all-round development of Delhi”.
“Jana Shakti is paramount! Development wins, good governance triumphs. I bow to my dear sisters and brothers of Delhi for this resounding and historic mandate to @BJP4India. We are humbled and honoured to receive these blessings,” Modi wrote on social media handle X.
“It is our guarantee that we will leave no stone unturned in developing Delhi, improving the overall quality of life for the people and ensuring that Delhi has a prime role to play in building a Viksit Bharat” he said.
According to the Election Commission, BJP is leading in 48 seats, while AAP in 22 seats. The Congress has failed to open its account for the third consecutive term.
“My salute and congratulations to all my brothers and sisters of Delhi for giving a historic victory to BJP. I am very grateful to all of you for the abundant blessings and love you have given,’ the Prime Minister wrote on X.
“We will leave no stone unturned for the all-round development of Delhi and to make the lives of the people here better, this is our guarantee” Modi assured.
Congratulating, party workers, he said , “I am very proud of all my workers of BJP, who worked day and night for this massive mandate. Now we will be even more strongly dedicated to the service of the people of Delhi”.
According to ECI, BJP have won five seats so far, and the party candidates are Rekha Gupta (Shalimar Bagh), Manjinder Singh Sirsa (Rajouri Garden), Chandan Kumar Choudhary (Sangam Vihar), Tilak Ram Gupta (Tri Nagar), and Umang Bajaj (Rajinder Nagar).
Thanking the people of Delhi, BJP President J P Nadda said, “This historic mandate reflects the people’s trust in Prime Narendra Modi vision for a brighter and more progressive future for Delhi”.
“My deep gratitude to the people of Delhi for choosing integrity over corruption, truth over lies, and a government truly committed to working for their welfare” he wrote on X.
BJP surged ahead in the Delhi assembly election, positioning itself to form the government in the capital after 27 years.
