The Aam Aadmi Party was washed away by the Bharatiya Janata Party in a crushed defeat after a decade long rule in Delhi. The Congress also hit a hat -trick of zero as it failed to bag the same seat, yet for the third consecutive time in a line.
However, voting figures suggest that AAP and Congress can win 14 more seats if they contest elections in a coalition under India’s block. This is because the Congress got more votes than the margin of victory in 14 constituencies, where the BJP defeated AAP candidates. AAP managed to win 22 seats on Saturday, 14 less than a majority mark.
These 14 assembly seats are: New Delhi, Jungpur, Timarpur, Rajendra Nagar, Badli, Nangloi Jat, Madipur, Greater Kailash, Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Chhatarpur, Mehrauli, Sangam Vihar and Trilokpurri.
| seat | BJP | AAP | Congress | Difference |
| New Delhi | 30,088 | 25,999 | 4,568 | 4,089 |
| Jangpura | 38,859 | 38,184 | 7,350 | 675 |
| Greater Kailash | 49,594 | 46,406 | 6,711 | 3,188 |
| Malavia city | 39,564 | 37,433 | 6,770 | 2,131 |
| Trilokpuri | 58,217 | 57,825 | 6,147 | 392 |
| Sangam Vihar | 54,049 | 53,705 | 15,863 | 344 |
| Timarpur | 55,941 | 54,773 | 8,361 | 1,168 |
| Rajinder Nagar | 46,671 | 45,440 | 4,015 | 1,231 |
| Chhatpur | 80,469 | 74,230 | 6,601 | 6,239 |
| Maharauli | 48,349 | 46,567 | 9,731 | 1,782 |
| Madipur | 52,019 | 41,120 | 17,958 | 10,899 |
| Kasturba Nagar | 38,067 | 27,019 | 18,617 | 11,048 |
| Nangloi Jat | 75,272 | 49,021 | 32,028 | 26,251 |
| Badli | 61,192 | 46,029 | 41,071 | 15,163 |
New Delhi
BJP candidate Parvesh Verma, son of former Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma, defeated Kejriwal in New Delhi, where the AAP chief won three times since 2013. Verma defeated Kejriwal by 4,089 votes, while Congress candidate Sandeep Dixit won 4,568 votes, third.
In the 2013 Delhi elections, Kejriwal defeated Sandeep Dixit’s mother Sheila Dixit, leading to the AAP to form the government in the national capital.
Jangpura
Similarly, former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia lost to BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah by just 675 votes. On the other hand, Congress candidate Farhad Suri gave 7,350 votes. The AAP fielded Sisodia, three -time Pettiparganj MLA, this time Sisodia was fielded in the field to play a gambling.
Greater Kailash
Delhi minister and AAP candidate Saurabh Bhardwaj was defeated by BJP leader Shikha Roy by 3,188 votes. Congress candidate, Garvit Singhvi received 6,711 votes in Greater Kailash.
Bhardwaj has been a three -time MLA and was also a minister in Kejriwal’s cabinet, who kept the portfolio of home, health, power and urban development.
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Malavia city
Another prominent AAP candidate, Somnath Bharti, lost to BJP leader Satish Upadhyay, former councilor, 2,131 votes. Jetnder Kumar Kochhar of Congress secured 6,770 votes here. This was an unexpected disadvantage as Bharti was an MLA sitting from Malvia Nagar since 2013.
Rajinder Nagar
Durgesh Pathak was defeated by Umang Bajaj of BJP by 1,231 votes in Rajinder Nagar. Here, Congress candidate Vineet Yadav secured 4,015 votes here. A member of the AAP political affairs committee, Pathak, for the first time in 2022, won the AAP MLA Raghav Chadha after being nominated in the Rajya Sabha.
Madipur-SC
Another prominent AAP leader who lost was deputy speaker Rakhi Birla. Three-time Mangal Puri MLA, Birla, was fielded from Madipur-SC seat in this year’s elections. However, she lost to BJP’s Kailash Gangwal by 10,899 votes, while JP of Congress got 17,958 votes.
Sangam Vihar
AAP Sangam Vihar MLA Dinesh Mohanya also defeated BJP candidate Chandan Kumar Chaudhary by a thin margin of only 344 votes, one of the lowest margin. On the other hand, the rigorous Chaudhary of the Congress cast 15,863 votes.
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