New Delhi: New Delhi: In a high-octane battle for the Malviya Nagar seat in the Delhi Assembly Elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Somnath Bharti was defeated by BJP's Satish Upadhyay by over 2000 votes as the counting of the votes for the segment concluded on Saturday.
After 15 rounds of counting, Upadhyay was declared the winner by a slim margin of 2131 votes. Upadhyay polled 39564 votes while Bharti got 37433. Congress’s Jitender Kumar Kochar was in a distant third and could manage only 6770 votes.
The Malviya Nagar seat in the South district is a bastion of the AAP, as its senior leader Bharti was seeking reelection for the fourth time. However, anti-incumbency was a key factor in the seat throwing a tough challenge for him.
Past Results of Malviya Nagar Seat
In the 2020 Delhi assembly polls, the Malviya Nagar seat, which comes under the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, had a total of 152,442 electors. The total number of valid votes was 89229. Bharti won and became MLA, and he secured a total of 52043 votes. BJP candidate Shailender Singh stood second with a total of 33899 votes. He lost by 18144 votes.
In the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, the seat had a total of 139,987 electors, with valid votes of 92,730. Bharti won and became MLA with a total of 51196 votes. BJP candidate Dr Nandani Sharma stood second with a total of 35299 votes. She lost by 15897 votes.
In the 2013 Delhi Assembly polls, the Malviya Nagar seat had a total of 124,575 electors. The total number of valid votes was 81439. Bharti was again declared victorious with a total of 32258 votes, while BJP’s Arti Mehra stood second with a total of 24486 votes. She lost by 7772 votes.
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