New Delhi: In the high-stakes contest for the Greater Kailash Assembly seat in the Delhi Assembly Elections, AAP candidate Saurabh Bharadwaj was defeated by BJP's Shikha Roy by over 3000 votes as the counting of the votes for the segment concluded on Saturday.
Roy was declared the winner by a slim margin of 3188 votes. The BJP candidate polled 49594 votes while Bharadwaj got 46406. Congress Garvit Singh was at a distant third and could manage only 6711 votes.
Saurabh Bharadwaj was seeking a fourth term from the seat however Shikha managed to avenge her 2020 loss. The AAP national chief spokesperson who has also been a minister in the Delhi government had won in 2020, 2015 and 2013 Assembly polls. Greater Kailash seat is located in the New Delhi district of Delhi and comes under the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.
Speaking on his win, Roy expressed gratitude towards the top leadership of the party, appreciating the selection of candidates for the Delhi assembly polls.
She said that the government's work will be visible in the next few months since backlogs left by the previous government need to be fixed.
"I thank the top leadership for a great election campaigning, selection of candidates...I thank the party (BJP) workers who worked hard to put an end to the problems of Delhi and I thank the people who chose to hand over the government of Delhi to PM Modi... The government's work will be visible in the next few months, though it will take some time to fix the backlogs left by the previous government," Roy said.
Bhardwaj, on his part, thanked AAP supporters and volunteers, urging them not to be disheartened. "I want to thank all the supporters, volunteers, and donors of AAP and tell them not to be afraid, not to be disappointed, we win big battles by losing these small battles, so there is nothing to be afraid of. We will come forward again. I think as an MLA we did whatever we could for our people," he said.
In the final results of the 2025 Delhi Assembly Elections declared on Saturday, the BJP won 48 seats while AAP managed only 22. Congress failed to even open its account. Polling for the 70-member Assembly was held on February 5, with a total voter turnout recorded at 60.54 per cent.
Greater Kailash seat past elections
In the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls, the Greater Kailash seat had a total of 180653 electors. Total number of valid votes was 107962. Bharadwaj won and became MLA, securing a total of 60372 votes. Shikha Roy then stood second with a total of 43563 votes.
In the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, the constituency had a total of 162072 electors and the total number of valid votes was 107594. Bharadwaj had won then as well, securing a total of 57589 votes. BJP candidate Rakesh Kumar Gullaiya stood second with a total of 43006 votes.
In the 2013 Assembly polls, the constituency had a total of 144016 electors and valid votes of 94581. Bharadwaj secured a total of 43097 votes winning against BJP's Ajay Kumar Malhotra, who stood second with a total of 30005 votes.
