BJP's Shikha Rai defeats AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj in Greater Kailash

Greater Kailash elections 2025: BJP leader Shikha Rai ran against Saurabh Bharadwaj in 2020 as well but lost. This time, she avenged her loss

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The high-stakes contest for the Greater Kailash Assembly seat has taken a dramatic turn, with BJP’s Shikha Rai defeating AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj. Rai won the seat with over 3,000 votes, according to the Election Commission website.  The Greater Kailash Assembly seat in Delhi is a significant political constituency. In the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, the contest was between Saurabh Bharadwaj of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Garvit Singhvi from the Indian National Congress (INC), and Shikha Rai of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).  The seat was won by Saurabh Bharadwaj for three times in a row. A key AAP leader and minister of Health in Delhi, Bharadwaj has been a prominent face of the Arvind Kejriwal administration. However, his loss is a big setback for the Arvind Kejriwal-led party. 

 

Meanwhile, BJP leader Shikha Rai ran against Bharadwaj in 2020 as well but lost. This time, she avenged her loss. Meanwhile, 37-year-old Garvit Singhvi, the young educated face of Congress, ended up being a distant third with just over 6,700 seats.   Historically, the Greater Kailash seat has seen a competitive political environment. According to Election Commission data, the seat has 187,873 voters — 98,891 men, 88,973 women, and nine people from the third gender. The electorate of the seat comprises several prosperous neighbourhoods -- Greater Kailash 1, Greater Kailash 2, and Panchsheel Park — along with upper-middle class locales such as Chittaranjan Park, Masjid Moth, Asiad Village and Kailash Colony, among others.

 

Beside these upscale areas are urban villages such as Zamrudpur and Shahpur Jat, along with slum clusters such as Jagdamba Camp.

 

Delhi election results 2025: Exit poll predictions come true

 

As per the exit polls, the BJP defeated AAP, which has ruled Delhi since 2015. Earlier, a poll of polls of five major agencies indicated the BJP securing 38-43 seats, while the AAP is projected to win 26-32 seats. The result is somewhat in line with the projections. The Congress, which governed Delhi for 15 years under Sheila Dikshit, remained a marginal player.