The Bharatiya Janata Party has crossed the majority mark in the Delhi assembly election results, as per the early trends from the Election Commission.
The BJP is currently leading on 38 seats while the AAP is ahead on 27 seats.
BJP is currently leading on Narela, Rithala, Bawana, Kirari, Shalimar Bagh, Tri Nagar, Ballimaran, Madipur, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Dwarka, Matiala, Najafgarh, Palam, Delhi Cantt, Kasturba Nagar, RK Puram, Chhatarpur, Sangam Vihar, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara, Ghonda, Mustafabad and Karawal Nagar seats.
AAP candidate and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj is trailing to BJP’s Shikha Roy on Greater Kailash seat by 459 votes.
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi is trailing to BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri on Kalkaji seat by a vote margin of 1149 votes.
The BJP is also leading on the Okhla seat, considered a strong bastion of AAP’s Amanatullah Khan by a vote margin of 2260.
The majority mark to form the government in the national capital is 36. Along with Delhi, the counting for by-elections in Uttar Pradesh’s Milkipur seat and Tamil Nadu’s Erode seat is also underway.
All security arrangements have been put in place. Polling for the 70-member Assembly was held on February 5, with a total voter turnout recorded at 60.54 per cent. The AAP is aiming for a third consecutive term, while the BJP is making all efforts to return to power after more than two decades in the national capital.
Key constituencies include New Delhi, where AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is contesting against Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit and BJP’s Parvesh Verma. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi is facing BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri and Congress candidate Alka Lamba. The campaign saw sharp exchanges between leaders of the three parties.
(with inputs from ANI)
