New Delhi: As the counting for the Delhi Assembly Election Results 2025 is nearly complete, there are many surprising outcomes with several prominent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including its chief, Arvind Kejriwal losing to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates.
Kejriwal, the party supremo, was defeated from the New Delhi constituency by BJP’s Parvesh Sahib Singh by a margin of 4089, in a major setback to the AAP, which has been ruling Delhi for over a decade.
Early trends showed CM Atishi was trailing the BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri in Kalkaji but she was declared winner by over 3521 votes after the counting finishes.
Similarly, AAP leader Satyendra Jain, who is out on bail in a money laundering case, lost in Shakur Basti. Avadh Ojha, a civil services exam coach who joined the AAP recently, lost in Patparganj, the seat that was previously won by Manish Sisodia in 2013, 2015, and 2020 but this time he was shifted to Jungpura, the seat he lost.
Ojha lost by a huge margin of 28072 to BJP's Ravinder Negi, while the Congress's Anil Chaudhary came third. Patparganj was seen as an AAP bastion, especially due to Manish Sisodia's prestigious education reforms. The early analysis also indicated a tough battle for the ruling party, which secured a landslide victory with 67 seats in 2015 and 62 in 2020, but is now facing a big upset.
Other prominent AAP faces who lost their respective seats Somnath Bharti, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Rakhi Birla, and Brahum Singh Tanwar in their respective seats of Shakur Basti, Patparganj, Malviya Nagar, Greater Kailash, Madipur, and Chattarpur.
Ahead of the poll results, Chief Minister Atishi had expressed confidence in the AAP win, saying that they will return to power in the "battle between good and evil". Bharadwaj predicted that the AAP would win at least 40-45 seats. However, the election result trends reflect setbacks for AAP, as the BJP is heading to form the government in the national capital.
Polling for the Delhi elections was conducted on Wednesday, February 5, with exit polls suggesting a significant victory for the BJP. If these projections hold, it would mark the party’s return to power in Delhi after more than two decades.
The AAP had dismissed the exit poll predictions, asserting confidence in forming the government for a third consecutive term. Party leader Gopal Rai countered these claims, stating that AAP expects to win at least 50 seats. (with inputs from agencies)
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