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Delhi election results | Highlight: Arvind Kejriwal meets newly elected AAP MLAs

Delhi election results | Highlights: The BJP is set to form the government after 27 years and remove the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from power in the capital.

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Arvind Kejriwal directed the newly elected MLAs to serve the people and solve their problems.
Arvind Kejriwal directed the newly elected MLAs to serve the people and solve their problems.

Delhi election results | Highlights: In a historic victory, the Bharatiya Janata Party has come to power in the national capital after 27 years, securing 48 out of 70 seats in the Delhi assembly elections, according to the Election Commission of India. The incumbent Aam Admi Party managed to secure 22 seats but fell short of the majority....Read More

BJP leader Parvesh Verma defeated AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in a high-stakes battle. AAP leader and Delhi chief minister Atishi, however, managed to win the Kalkaji seat against BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri. She resigned from her position as chief minister on Sunday.

Lt Governor V K Saxena has also issued an order to dissolve the legislative assembly effective immediately. BJP's winning candidates Parvesh Verma and Kailash Gahlot also visited the Raj Niwas to meet the Lt Governor.

BJP supporters have been celebrating the result in the city, with prime minister Narendra Modi giving an address at the BJP headquarters to congratulate party workers.

The election results can be checked on https://results.eci.gov.in

Delhi assembly election final results 2025 | Top 10 points

-Delhi election results | What were the early trends? As the Election Commission of India began counting of votes at 8 am on February 8 with postal ballots, the BJP raced ahead and managed to retain its lead over the incumbent AAP.

-Election Commission of India (ECI) declares results: According to final data from the Election Commission, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has officially won 48 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), meanwhile, has won 22 seats as per the final EC tally.

-Delhi election results | Counting time: The counting of votes for Delhi assembly election 2025 began at 8 am on February 8, 2025. Voting for Delhi assembly poll 2025 took place in a single phase on February 5.

-Delhi voter turnout: According to EC figures, the approximate voter turnout after the Delhi assembly election stood at 60.54 per cent.

-Delhi election | Key parties: The incumbent AAP, BJP and the Congress were the main contenders of Delhi poll 2025. AAP was eyeing a third straight full term in Delhi. AAP, which has dominated the last two assembly polls in Delhi, won 62 out of 70 seats in the 2020 election, while the BJP won eight.

-Delhi election results | Congress fails to open account: Congress, which ruled Delhi for 15 years, failed to open its account in the last two assembly polls and has performed similarly this time as well, scoring zero.

-Delhi election results 2025 | Key winners: BJP's Parvesh Verma was the top nam among key winners of the Delhi assembly election, defeating AAP supremo and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. While most top guns of AAP failed to fire, party's Atishi won the Kalkaji seat against BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri. AAP leader Gopal Rai also won the Babarpur seat.

-Delhi election results 2025 | Key losers: AAP's Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Saurabh Bharadwaj are among the top losers of Delhi assembly election. BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri has also lost from Kalkaji against AAP leader and CM Atishi.

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Feb 9, 2025 9:15 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Manjinder Singh Sirsa says ‘entire Sikh community’ in Delhi voted for BJP

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP's winning candidate from the Rajouri Gardens seat Manjinder Singh Sirsa claimed the "entire Sikh community" voted for the BJP.

He said PM Modi enjoys a "special connection with Sikhs."

"PM Modi was very happy as he saw me and he said 'Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh'...This time the entire community (Sikhs) voted for the BJP and PM Modi enjoys a special connection with Sikhs. He always ensures that their (Sikhs) wishes are fulfilled," Sirsa told ANI.

Feb 9, 2025 8:56 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Yogendra Yadav says AAP loss in Delhi is a setback for entire opposition

Delhi election final results LIVE: Swaraj India party co-founder Yogendra Yadav called AAP's loss a huge setback not just for the AAP but “all those who dreamt of alternative politics in this country 10-12 years ago.”

"It is a setback for all the parties which supported AAP and for the entire opposition in the country," he said, as quoted by PTI.

Feb 9, 2025 8:29 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: ‘Whoever joins hands with Congress, gets ruined,’ says BJP's Pradeep Bhandari

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari , speaking about the Delhi election results, hit out at Congress, saying that those who joined hands with them, get ruined.

He said, “This is the victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's good governance and development. It has also been proved in the country that whoever joined hands with Congress, got ruined. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said, Congress party has become a parasitic party which is engaged in shortening the lines of other partners of its INDI Alliance. This so-called INDI Alliance which fights among itself, has no common agenda except to destroy the country.”

Feb 9, 2025 8:15 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Ravneet Singh Bittu calls for ‘AAP free’ Punjab

Delhi election final results LIVE: Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu called for AAP to be removed from power in Punjab after the incumbent party was defeated in Delhi.

"Now it is the turn of Punjab. The people of Punjab have made up their minds. It is now the turn of hypocrites. You see Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, UP, MP, Bihar, Odisha and Maharashtra, everywhere people supported Modi ji. Then why do we (Punjab) remain behind?" Bittu said.

Feb 9, 2025 8:06 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: ‘Wound on Arvind Kejriwal’s corruption' says NDMC vice chairman on election

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP leader and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) vice chairman Kuljeet Singh Chahal remarked that the BJP's victory had been a “wound on Arvind Kejriwal's corruption.”

"Thousands of workers have gathered at BJP headquarters to celebrate victory in Delhi assembly elections. This is the victory of PM Modi's guarantee, public's faith in him; it is a wound on Arvind Kejriwal's corruption, Sheeshmahal, liquor scam," he told ANI.

Chahal further said, "Arvind Kejriwal said he is in the public's court and if he is innocent then the public should make him win. The public has proved that Arvind Kejriwal is corrupt and other AAP leaders are also corrupt."

Feb 9, 2025 7:55 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Congress' Pawan Khera calls AAP a ‘Trojan Horse’ trying to defeat liberal cause

Delhi election final results LIVE: Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera hit out at AAP, saying that the recent elections were a "rejection of the Trojan horse that attempted to damage the liberal cause across the country."

In a post on X, he said, “The meltdown of a section of so called liberals is completely bizarre. They didn't give these lectures on opposition unity to AAP when the party went to Goa, Gujarat, Haryana etc to fight elections and weaken anti communal, secular vote. Delhi election result is a rejection of the Trojan horse that attempted to damage the liberal cause across the country.”

Feb 9, 2025 7:41 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: PM Modi says Anna Hazare would have got relief after AAP, Kejriwal loss

Delhi election final results LIVE: PM Modi on Saturday remarked that Anna Hazare had been “bearing the pain of the misdeeds” of the AAP leaders for a long time.

Anna Hazare had criticised AAP, before election results were announced, for their alleged involvement in controversies surrounding liquor and money.

PM Modi said he listened to Anna Hazare statement and added that AAP was born out of the movement against corruption but got involved in it.

"The party born out of the movement against corruption got involved in corruption. It became such a party of the country whose Chief Minister and Ministers went to jail on corruption charges. Those who used to give themselves certificates of honesty, turned out to be corrupt. This was a big betrayal with Delhi," PM Modi said.

Feb 9, 2025 7:27 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Did anti-incumbency play a role in the Delhi election results?

Delhi election final results LIVE: Left leader Dipankar Bhattacharya, who is a key INDIA bloc partner, stated that anti-incumbency played a role in the AAP defeat, although the party did need to reflect on how they lost the vote.

"But the AAP must learn its lessons. It suffered a loss of more than 10 per cent votes. It must reflect on how it lost the trust of the common man (Aam Aadmi)," Bhattacharya said.

Feb 9, 2025 7:20 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: AAP Goa president says party should have allied with Congress for polls

Delhi election final results LIVE: AAP's Goa chief Amit Palekar on Saturday said that his party and the Congress should have fought the assembly elections in an alliance.

Palekar said, “Considering the margin of loss in some of the constituencies, if Congress and AAP had fought together, it would have helped. We underestimated certain things.”

Feb 9, 2025 7:11 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJD says AAP defeat does not mean regional parties can be counted out

Delhi election final results LIVE: The BJD on Saturday said that AAP's defeat in Delhi will not have any impact on Odisha's politics and will not spell a problem for regional parties.

BJD's coordination and activities committee chairman Debi Prasad Mishra said the AAP losing polls in Delhi is "not the end of state-centric parties".

“The victory of BJP and the defeat of AAP in Delhi will have no impact on Odisha politics. Had a regional party lost polls in this region, it could have some impact on Odisha. But the case is not the same in the Delhi assembly elections. The regional parties are still ruling our neighbouring Jharkhand and West Bengal. The BJD is the principal opposition in Odisha by securing more votes than the ruling BJP in the previous elections,” Mishra said.

Feb 9, 2025 7:00 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: ‘Decapitation doesn’t work for long', says Chattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo

Delhi election final results LIVE: Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai praised the BJP's victory in the recently concluded Delhi polls and said that the AAP's method of ‘decapitation’ had shown that it cannot work for long.

Speaking to ANI, he said, "I want to thank the people of Delhi for showing trust in BJP and PM Modi. The people of Delhi have understood that only the BJP can work for their development. Decapitation doesn't work for long."

Feb 9, 2025 6:54 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Union minister Jitendra Singh says ‘echo’ of Delhi poll results will be heard in Punjab as well

Delhi election final results LIVE: Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday that the anger of the Delhi public which led to AAP's ouster from power, would also express itself in Punjab which also has an AAP-led government.

Feb 9, 2025 6:41 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: ‘This is the beginning of the end for AAP’ says Prashant Bhushan

Delhi election final results LIVE: In a post on X, former AAP leader Prashant Bhushan blamed Arvind Kejriwal for the party's poor performance in the Delhi assembly elections.

“A party formed for alternative politics which was supposed to be transparent, accountable & democratic was quickly transformed by Arvind into a supremo dominated, non transparent & corrupt party which didn’t pursue a Lokpal & removed its own Lokpal,” said Bhushan.

Feb 9, 2025 6:33 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: 'Rahul Gandhi is Modi's biggest supporter' says BRS' KT Rama Rao

Delhi election final results LIVE: Former Telangana minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao, said on Sunday that Rahul Gandhi was PM Modi's biggest supporters as he was actively weakening regional parties. His comments were in light of a crushing defeat for the Congress in the Delhi polls.

“I believe Rahul Gandhi is the biggest supporter of BJP and Modi. As long as he continues to do what he’s doing now, weakening strong regional leaders like KCR, Kejriwal, Mamata, Pinarayi Vijayan and Stalin, he will continue to play into the hands of BJP and Modi,” Rao said.

Feb 9, 2025 6:09 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP leader CT Ravi hails victory, says Delhi blessed the party

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP leader CT Ravi hailed the party's "historic" victory in the Delhi elections and said that the results were a show of trust from the people of Delhi.

"The people of Delhi have blessed BJP. I want to congratulate and thank the people of Delhi for throwing out the corrupt AAP and showing faith in the BJP," Ravi told ANI on Saturday.

Feb 9, 2025 5:51 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP leaders Manoj Tiwari, Bansuri Swaraj and more celebrate results | Watch

Feb 9, 2025 5:37 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Old video resurfaces of Kejriwal claiming that the BJP can't defeat him

Delhi election final results LIVE: An old video of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal resurfaced where he claimed that in this lifetime the BJP would not be able to defeat him in Delhi, a statement which is being highlighted in the wake of the AAP and Kejriwal's loss in the Delhi elections.

Feb 9, 2025 5:27 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Bihar deputy CM calls election win a ‘victory of development over deception’

Delhi election final results LIVE: Bihar's deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary called the BJP's victory in the Delhi elections as a “victory of development over deception,” while speaking to news agency ANI.

Feb 9, 2025 4:30 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP's Himana Sarma says Delhi will now become one of the world's ‘best cities’

Delhi election final results LIVE: "This overwhelming mandate is a testament to the visionary leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi and the relentless efforts of our dedicated party workers. Under his guidance, the double-engine government will now propel Delhi towards becoming one of the world's best cities," Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma stated.

Feb 9, 2025 4:08 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP's Manok Tiwari hails result

Delhi election final results LIVE: "Forming a government with 48 seats is historic. We thank the people of Delhi and we will now work for the betterment of Delhi. We will make Delhi a world-class capital city.," said BJP MP Manoj Tiwari

Feb 9, 2025 3:07 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP's Kailash Gahlot, previously with AAP, says 'politics of lies cannot last long'

Delhi election final results LIVE: Kailash Gahlot, who won the Bijwasan seat, told reorters, "This is the victory of prime minister Modi. Under his guidance, we have fought this election very well... This is no longer the AAP and Arvind Kejriwal of 2015. The people of Delhi have proved that the politics of lies cannot last long.'

Feb 9, 2025 2:47 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: How Delhi's lone transgender candidate fared

Delhi election final results LIVE: Rajan Singh secured 85 votes from the Kalkaji constituency, while 556 people opted for NOTA, according to Election Commission data.

Singh (27) contested on an Aam Janta Party (India) ticket from Kalkaji, going up against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and chief minister Atishi, who won the seat, defeating BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri by 3,521 votes.

Feb 9, 2025 2:24 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: How Congress ‘helped’ BJP on 14 seats

Delhi election final results LIVE: Congress received more votes than the wining margin in 14 constituencies where BJP emerged victorious defeating AAP candidates, including former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his former deputy Manish Sisodia.

These 14 seats are Timarpur, Badli, Nangloi Jat, Madipur, Rajender Nagar, New Delhi, Jangpura, Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Mehrauli, Chhatarpur, Sangam Vihar, Greater Kailash, and Trilokpuri. (PTI)

Feb 9, 2025 1:57 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: 5 women candidates among 70 winners in Delhi

Delhi election final results LIVE: Besides outgoing chief minister Atishi of the AAP, the BJP's four women candidates – Rekha Gupta from Shalimar Bagh, Poonam Sharma from Wazirpur, Neelam Pahelwan from Najafgarh, and Shikha Roy from Greater Kailash – emerged victorious.

Feb 9, 2025 1:43 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Union minister Khattar accuses Kejriwal of committing ‘black deeds’

Delhi election final results LIVE: "The people of Delhi were distressed, so they have expressed their anger in a way and have shown faith in the policies of BJP," said Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

“Congress is losing all the states one by one... Arvind Kejriwal has done many black deeds... The public cannot be misled again and again,” he added.

Feb 9, 2025 1:21 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: AAP leader suggests party and Congress should have worked together

Delhi election final results LIVE: According to AAP's Goa chief, the party and the Congress should have fought the Delhi assembly election in an alliance.

“Considering the margin of loss in some of the constituencies, if Congress and AAP had fought together, it would have helped,” Amit Palekar told reporters.

Feb 9, 2025 12:59 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJD leader says regional parties will remain a ‘formidable force’

Delhi election final results LIVE: The BJD on Saturday said the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) defeat in Delhi will not have any impact on Odisha politics and asserted that the regional parties continue to remain a formidable force in the Indian political space.

BJD's coordination & activities committee chairman Debi Prasad Mishra said the AAP losing polls in Delhi is "not the end of state-centric parties".

“The victory of BJP and the defeat of AAP in Delhi will have no impact on Odisha politics. Had a regional party lost polls in this region, it could have some impact on Odisha. But the case is not the same in the Delhi assembly elections. The regional parties are still ruling our neighbouring Jharkhand and West Bengal. The BJD is the principal opposition in Odisha by securing more votes than the ruling BJP in the previous elections,” Mishra said. (PTI)

Feb 9, 2025 12:37 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP MP says saw Delhi's ‘bad situation’ under Kejriwal

Delhi election final results LIVE: “ I was in Delhi for 5 days for election campaign...I saw how bad the situation was in Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal said lies during campaigning. Delhi people decided that development will happen only if PM Modi's govt is formed there, so they made BJP win,” says BJP MP Etala Rajendar.

Feb 9, 2025 12:21 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP's Manjinder Sirsa on what PM Modi told him

Delhi election final results LIVE: "PM Modi was very happy as he saw me and he said 'Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh'...This time the entire community (Sikhs) voted for the BJP and PM Modi enjoys a special connection with Sikhs. He always ensures that their (Sikhs) wishes are fulfilled," BJP's Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who won the Rajouri Garden seat, said.

"I am very happy that the entire community (of Sikhs) wholeheartedly supported BJP," Sirsa added.

Feb 9, 2025 12:05 AM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Ex-aide Kumar Vishwas slams Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi election final results LIVE: ormer Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, poet and now a staunch critic of AAP and its convener Arvind Kejriwal, Kumar Vishwas, on Saturday recalled the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, accusing Kejriwal of derailing it for personal political gains.

Without taking Kejriwal's name he attributed the decline of that movement to Arvind Kejriwal and referred to him as "Duryodhan," a reference to the antagonist in the Mahabharata.

Vishwas credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for their meticulous election strategy. "I congratulate the people of BJP... PM Modi and HM Amit Shah played a very important role, did micro-level management," he said.

"13 years ago, a wave of political renaissance came in India, from where something good could have happened, that whole war, that whole struggle...the downfall happened because of a shameless man, a self-absorbed, insecure person who acted like Duryodhan. I believe that this is only the first defeat...," he added. (ANI)

Feb 8, 2025 11:47 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP's success in Delhi also due to campaign songs, party leaders say

Delhi election final results LIVE: The BJP's success in the Delhi Assembly polls, where it won 48 seats on Saturday, was aided by various factors including its popular campaign songs two of which were rendered by party MP Manoj Tiwari.

The BJP profusely used four songs during its month-long campaign for the elections held on February 5, party leaders said.

The "Bahane Nahi Badlav Chahiye" (change not excuses needed) sung by Tiwari became campaign's most popular track conveying the message of engine change in Delhi that later on became an integral part of BJP's political attacks on Kejriwal led AAP's failures in the national capital, said party leader Neel Kant Bakshi.

Bakshi , creative director of all the four songs also including those voiced by Amit Dhull and former Azamgarh MP and Bhojpuri film star Dinesh Lal Yadav "Nirahua", said political messaging, catchy lyrics and rhythmic beats were crucial elements of these video songs. (PTI)

Feb 8, 2025 11:25 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: ‘Not the end but a new beginning,’ says AAP spokesperson

Delhi election final results LIVE: “In a democracy, the mandate of the people prevails. We accept the mandate of the people of Delhi very humbly. We will analyse our defeat... This is not the end but a new beginning,” says AAP spokesperson Anurag Dhanda.

Feb 8, 2025 11:04 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP sweeps Purvanchali, Punjabi strongholds

Delhi election final results LIVE: The BJP, which returned to power in Delhi after more than 26 years, managed to make inroads in constituencies dominated by various regional and socio-economic classes of voters, including Purvanchalis, Sikhs, Jats, and slum dwellers.

The party delivered an impressive performance in constituencies along the Haryana border, securing victories in nine out of the 11 seats.

The party also showcased a strong performance in constituencies like Laxmi Nagar, Sangam Vihar and Karawal Nagar, where there are over 15 per cent of Purvanchali voters, winning 25 out of 35 such seats.

In assembly constituencies like Najafgarh, Narela, and Bijwasan, which have five per cent Haryanvi voters, the BJP bagged 12 out of 13 such seats.

The party has also won four out of seven seats with slum dwellers in dominance.

Besides, out of 12 reserved seats, the BJP won four seats, including Mangolpuri.

The BJP has won three seats out of four with more than 10 per cent Sikh voters, 23 out of 28 seats like Hari Nagar, Janakpuri, and Rajauri with more than 10 per cent Punjabi voters, and two seats out of five with more than 10 per cent Gujjar voters. (PTI)

Feb 8, 2025 10:50 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Atishi greeted by supporters at her residence

Delhi election final results LIVE: Outgoing Chief Minister and winning candidate from the Kalkaji assembly seat, Atishi, reached her residence on Saturday, where she was greeted with a warm welcome from her supporters.

As she arrived, her supporters presented her with bouquets and shawls as tokens of appreciation.

Feb 8, 2025 10:33 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: INDIA bloc parties failed to set aside their egos, says Rohit Pawar

Delhi election final results LIVE: NCP (SP) legislator Rohit Pawar said the opposition INDIA bloc parties could not overcome their egos, ultimately allowing the BJP to achieve an otherwise “impossible” victory in the Delhi assembly polls.

Pawar noted that in more than 15 seats, the margin of victory for BJP nominees was significantly lower than the votes secured by the third-placed candidate.

Feb 8, 2025 10:21 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Who will be next Delhi chief minister? Top 5 BJP contenders for the post

Delhi election final results LIVE: Before the election, the AAP sarcastically declared BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri as the saffron party's chief minister face. However, the BJP maintained that the party was yet to be decided.

On Saturday, Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva said the party's central leadership will pick its next chief minister.

Here are the five probable names BJP is likely to consider for the Delhi chief minister's post Read here

Feb 8, 2025 10:05 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Anti-incumbency factor helped BJP, says CPI(ML) leader

Delhi election final results LIVE: CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Saturday claimed that the incumbency factor worked against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi, but it will also hit BJP-led NDA in Bihar, where assembly polls are due later this year.

He alleged that the Delhi polls were "not held in a free and fair manner" and that the Election Commission paid no heed to complaints of voter intimidation and manipulation of electoral rolls.

Feb 8, 2025 9:53 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: JD(U) leader attacks Congress' ‘ruling’ mindset

Delhi election final results LIVE: JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar said, "Without an alliance, a capable alternative cannot be created in the country's politics. However, loyalty to agenda, leadership and policy is important. Congress still lives with the mindset that it is still ruling the country."

Feb 8, 2025 9:40 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Result was a referendum on Kejriwal, not Modi's policies, says Congress

Delhi election final results LIVE: The Congress said it humbly accepted the people's decision and asserted that the election result is not a vindication of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies but a referendum on Arvind Kejriwal and AAP.

The party said it fought against all odds in public interest and prepared the groundwork to oust the AAP government but did not get the expected mandate. Read more

Feb 8, 2025 9:24 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Sena (UBT) says BJP won through 'unfair' means

Delhi election final results LIVE: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut launched a sharp attack on the BJP and alleged that they won the Delhi assembly elections through ''unfair" means.

"The entire Cabinet of the government, as well CMs of various states, moved to Delhi for election campaigning and targeted so many people," Raut said.

"(BJP) spent a lot of money and filed false lawsuits on workers (of other parties). There were discrepancies in the voter list similar to what happened in Maharashtra, where BJP won, and that happened in Delhi as well. This is not a good win, and there is definitely some wrongdoing behind this," Raut added.

Feb 8, 2025 9:13 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: AAP leader says poll outcome will be ‘new beginning’

Delhi election final results LIVE: AAP leader Anurag Dhanda said the party will analyse its defeat and described the poll as not the end but a “new beginning”.

“In a democracy, the mandate of the people prevails. We accept the mandate of the people of Delhi very humbly,” he said.

Feb 8, 2025 9:04 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: In Delhi’s political win, BJP gets a governance gift

For the next seven months, till the campaign intensifies in the final lap of the Bihar elections, the BJP does not have to worry about winning elections. It does not have to worry about its political reputation and strength that was depleted after the Lok Sabha polls, for it has now shown not once, not twice, but thrice — in Haryana, Maharashtra, and now Delhi — that the 2024 verdict was not necessarily the beginning of the end, writes Prashant Jha. Read his takeaway from the Delhi election here

Feb 8, 2025 8:48 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: PM Modi leaves BJP headquarters

Delhi election final results LIVE: PM Narendra Modi left the BJP headquarters after addressing the party workers on the occasion of the BJP's return to power in Delhi after 27 years.

Feb 8, 2025 8:39 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Atishi holds roadshow in Kalkaji

Delhi election final results LIVE: Outgoing Delhi chief minister Atishi is currently holding a roadshow in the Kalkaji constituency after her victory.

Atishi won the assembly seat by 3,521 votes, defeating BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri. According to the Election Commission, Atishi received 52,154 votes, whereas Bidhuri polled 48,633 votes. Congress' Alka Lamba secured third place with 4,392 votes.

Feb 8, 2025 8:29 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Patparganj BJP winner says 'Delhi's condition was bad'

Delhi election final results LIVE: Ravinder Singh Negi, the winning BJP candidate from Patparganj Assembly Constituency, said, "Delhi's condition is bad, and the people here want it to be in a good condition. We will work in that direction."

Feb 8, 2025 8:12 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Vinesh Phogat reacts to Congress' poll rout

Delhi election final results LIVE: Wrestler turned politician Vinesh Phogat said the Congress party will not back down from its resolve despite failure to win a single seat in the Delhi election.

“Our party fought the Delhi elections strongly and did excellent work on public issues. Our candidates marked their presence in the electoral field with full dedication and struggle,” she said in a post on X.

“The Congress party has always been doing politics in public interest and will continue to do so in future too. We express our gratitude to the people of Delhi for their trust and support and assure that the voice of the Congress will always be loud for the rights of the people,” added the MLA from Haryana.

Feb 8, 2025 8:00 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Kailash Gehlot says AAP lost due to ‘false promises’

Delhi election final results LIVE: Kailash Gehlot, the winning BJP candidate from the Bijwasan assembly seat, said the ruling party lost the election due to ‘false promises’ it made.

“This is the victory of the people of Delhi and Prime Minister Modi. When I resigned (from AAP), I said that this is not the AAP of 2015 and that this is the result of false promises made (by AAP) to the people of Delhi,” said the former AAP minister.

Feb 8, 2025 7:53 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: Pawan Kalyan congratulates BJP

Delhi election final results LIVE: Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan hailed the BJP's victory in Delhi as a mandate for “integrity, good governance, and development”.

“This is not just a victory but a strong statement from the citizens, emphasizing their aspirations. They want progress and accountability. I am confident that the newly formed government will honour this mandate and work tirelessly to fulfil the aspirations of Delhi’s citizens,” said the Jana Sena party chief in a post on X.

Feb 8, 2025 7:41 PM IST

Delhi election final results LIVE: BJP wins 48 seats | Full list of winners

ECI Delhi election results 2025 LIVE: As per the Election Commission of India, BJP has won a total of 48 seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has won 22 seats.

Full list of BJP winners:

Nerela(1) - Raj Karan Khatri

Timarpur(3) - Surya Prakash Khatri

Adarsh Nagar(4) - Raj Kumar Bhatia

Badli(5) - Aahir Deepak Chaudharyy

Rithala(6) - Kulwant Rana

Mundka(8)- Gajender Drall

Nangloi Jat(11) - Manoj Kumar Shokeen

Mangol Puri(12) - Raj Kumar Chauhan

Rohini(13) - Vijender Gupta

Shalimar bagh(14) - Rekha Gupta

Shakur Basti(15) - Karnail Singh

Tri Nagar(16) - Tilak Ram Gupta

Wazirpur(17) - Poonam Sharma

Moti Nagar(25) - Harish Khurana

Model Town(18) - Ashok Goel

Madipur(26) - Kailash Gangwal

Rajouri Garden(27) - Manjinder Singh Sirsa

Hari Nagar(28) - Shyam Sharma

Janakpuri(30)- Ashish Sood

Uttam Nagar(32) - Pawan Sharma

Dwarka - Parduymn Singh Rajput

Najafgarh(35) - Neelam Pahalwan

Matiala - Sandeep Sehrawat

Bijwasan(36) - Kailash Gahlot

Palam(39) - Kuldeep Solanki

Rajinder Nagar(39) - Umang Bajaj

New Delhi(40) - Parvesh Sahib Singh

Jangpura(41) - Tarvinder Singh Marwah

Kasturba Nagar(42) - Neeraj Basoya

Malviya Nagar(43) - Satish Upadhyay

RK Puram(44)- Anil Kumar Sharma

Mehrauli(45)-Gajender Singh Yadav

Chhatarpur(46) - Kartar Singh Tanwar

Sangam Vihar(49) - Chandan Kumar Choudhary

Greater Kailash(50) - Shikha Roy

Trilokpuri(55) - Ravi Kant

Patparganj(57) - Ravinder Singh Negi (Ravi Negi)

Laxmi Nagar(58) - Abhay Verma

Gandhi Nagar(61) - Arvinder Singh Lovely

Shahdara(62) - Sanjay Goyal

Vishwas Nagar(59) - Om Prakash Sharma

Rohtas Nagar(64)- Jitender Mahajan

Ghonda(66) - Ajay Mahawar

Mustafabad(69) - Mohan Singh Bisht

Krishna Nagar(60) Dr Anil Goyal

Karawal nagar(70)- Kapil Mishra

Vikaspuri(31)- Pankaj Kumar Singh

Feb 8, 2025 7:35 PM IST

Delhi election result LIVE: 'Willing to work with AAP,' says PM Modi

Delhi election result LIVE: “We are willing to work with Aam Aadmi Party for the development of the national capital,” said PM Modi, speaking from the BJP headquarter after party's big win in the Delhi assembly election 2025.

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