Delhi poll results: Lotus blooms, sweeps aside broom in national capital

Delhi Assembly election 2025 results: According to ECI data, the BJP has crossed the magic 36-seat mark and is set to return to power after 27 years

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a stunning comeback in Delhi, regaining power after 27 years by routing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the assembly elections. According to data by Election Commission of India (ECI), the BJP has crossed the magic 36-seat mark. A party needs to win 36 seats to gain absolute majority in the 70-member Delhi Assembly.  Delhi Assembly election 2025 results: Check full of winners

Delhi election results: How top AAP candidates fared

AAP chief and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal lost to BJP's Parvesh Sahib Singh by a margin of 4,089 votes in New Delhi Assembly constituency. This is the first assembly election loss for Kejriwal, who had been unbeaten on the key seat since 2013.   Other top AAP leaders also met with the same fate. Former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia lost to BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah in Jangpura. Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj lost to BJP’s Shikha Roy in Greater Kailash. Somnath Bharti lost to BJP's Satish Upadhyay in Malviya Nagar.  Sitting Chief Minister Atishi, Gopal Rai, and Amanatullah Khan were among the top AAP leaders who managed to win their respective seats. While Atishi defeated BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri in Kalkaji, Rai and Khan won from Babarpur and Okhla.   

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Delhi election results: What BJP, AAP said?

 

In a video message, Kejriwal conceded defeat and urged the BJP to fulfill the promises that resonated with voters.

 

"We accept the mandate of the people with great humility. I congratulate the BJP on this victory and hope they will fulfill all the promises for which people have voted for them," Kejriwal stated.

 

"We have done a lot of work in the fields of health, education, and infrastructure over the last 10 years. We will not only serve as a constructive Opposition but will also stay connected with the people and keep working for them," he added.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the BJP's win a "triumph of governance and development."

 

"We guarantee that we will leave no stone unturned to ensure the all-round development of Delhi and to make the lives of its people better. Along with this, we will also ensure that Delhi plays an important role in building a developed India," PM Modi said. 

Congress draws blank, again

 

The Congress, which once was synonymous with power in the national capital, again failed to open its account in the assembly polls. Since 2015, the Congress has failed to win a single assembly seat in Delhi.

 

While Congress leaders shied from commenting on the party's performance, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra congratulated the BJP for winning in Delhi. "It was very obvious from all the meetings that people wanted change. They voted for change. My congratulations to those who won. For the rest of us it just means that we have to work harder, stay on the ground and be responsive to the peoples' issues," she said after a program in Wayanad, Kerala.

Exit poll predictions come true

 

Most exit polls suggested the BJP holding an edge over the AAP, which has ruled Delhi since 2015. A poll of polls of five major agencies indicated the BJP securing 38-43 seats, while the AAP was projected to win 26-32 seats. The Congress, which governed Delhi for 15 years under Sheila Dikshit, was predicted to draw a blank.