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Delhi's regional party

It is hard to see how the AAP could easily spread outside Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attending a press conference in New Delhi. Photo: ANI
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attending a press conference in New Delhi. Photo: ANI

Mihir S Sharma
The results of the Delhi election are, on some level, stunning. The original Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sweep five years ago was extraordinary — winning 67 of 70 seats was surely beyond what anyone had imagined — but that it would nearly repeat that feat five years later is remarkable. Some might argue that this suggests that the Indian voter is no longer reflexively anti-incumbent, which was long the assumption about how re-election campaigns would turn out. The fact that the prime minister was also returned to office in 2019 with an increased majority would tend to support this argument. 

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