Arvind Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi CM shortly, retain Cabinet

ECI on Tuesday declared the results for all the 70 seats. AAP won 62 while BJP got 8 seats and Congress drew a blank. Catch all Delhi Assembly election 2020 highlights

11:58 AM

Manish Sisodia likely to retain Deputy CM post

11:33 AM

In Pics: Massive crowd in Ramlila Maidan for swearing-in ceremony

Ramlila Maidan decked up for swearing in ceremony. (AAP)

Massive gathering at Ramlila for Kejriwal's swearing in.  (AAP)

11:27 AM

To continue work, Kejriwal to retain Cabinet from 2015

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Kejriwal set to take oath as Delhi CM

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as the chief minister of Delhi for the third consecutive time on Sunday at the city's Ramlila Maidan where a multi-level security arrangement has been put in place. Read More

10:43 PM

Next target- MCD polls

After scripting a scintillating win in the just-concluded Delhi polls, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is now likely to focus on the next municipal elections, sources said on Wednesday.

 

"As the party has registered a landslide victory in the assembly elections, it will now focus on the next MCD polls," a source said.

 

10:40 PM

Man held for firing on AAP MLA's convoy; police deny political angle

Police have arrested Dharamvir alias Kalu in the case and said there was enmity between him and the deceased 45-year-old Ashok Mann ruling out any political angle behind the attack in which a party supporter was killed.

10:35 PM

Delhi BJP chief meets newly elected party MLAs

The BJP is prepared to work as an aware opposition and expects the new AAP regime to implement the Modi government's flagship schemes like the Ayushman Bharat and the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) in the national capital, the saffron party's Delhi unit chief Manoj Tiwari told reporters after meeting the MLAs on Wednesday.

10:34 PM

Highest NOTA votes in Matiala, lowest in Matia Mahal

The highest number of votes in the None of the Above (NOTA) category was polled in Matiala, with six of the nine candidates in the constituency getting lesser than it in the tally, according to data shared by the Election Commission on its website.

In Matiala, the NOTA votes stood at 1,602, the highest under that category across the total 70 constituencies, while the lowest number of NOTA votes were polled in Matia Mahal -- 216.

 

Over 43,000 votes in the just-concluded Delhi Assembly polls were cast in the NOTA category, constituting about 0.5 per cent of total votes polled.

9:15 PM

Only 3 Congress candidates saved deposits

Only three Congress candidates -- Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar, Devender Yadav from Badli and Abhishek Dutt from Kasturba Nagar -- could save their deposits.

The grand old party's performance in the just-concluded Delhi Assembly elections touched a record low with the party bagging less than five per cent votes and 63 of its candidates losing their deposits.
 

The party had ruled Delhi for 15 years on the trot under former chief minister Sheila Dikshit.

 

9:13 PM

Krishna Tirath, A K Walia, Haroon Yusuf and Parvez Hashmi lost deposits

Former Union minister Krishna Tirath, ex-Delhi ministers A K Walia, Haroon Yusuf and Parvez Hashmi, and Poonam Azad, wife of the party's campaign committee head and former cricketer Kirti Azad, were among the 63 Congress candidates who forfeited deposits after the party received a drubbing in the February 8 polls.

As per the constituency-wise data shared on the EC website, a total of 529 candidates lost deposits.