New Delhi: Patparganj seat, a stronghold of the Aam Aadmi Party in the national capital has gone into the BJP's kitty as the saffron party candidate Ravinder Singh Negi (Ravi Negi) has won by over 21000 votes over online educator turned AAP politician Avadh Ojha.
After round nine of the 13 rounds of counting of votes on Saturday, Negi has polled 54077 votes, 21270 more than Avadh Ojha. Congress' Anil Kumar was at a distant third.
Negi, 45, is currently an MCD councillor from Vinod Nagar, which is part of the Patparganj constituency. He was in the news for controversial videos on social media showing him asking a shop owner to change the name of his dairy to show it was run by a Muslim. In other videos, he was seen telling Hindu street vendors to put saffron flags on their carts. He also visited butcher shops before festivals, asking them to close in respect for Hindu sentiments. These videos appeared in October 2024 and in January 2025.
Sisodia's bastion goes to BJP
AAP leader Manish Sisodia had won from the seat in the 2013, 2015 and 2020 Assembly polls. However, this time around Sisodia changed his constituency and opted for Jangpura. The AAP replaced Sisodia with Ojha while BJP fielded Negi and Congress Kumar from the key constituency.
Patparganj seat is located in the East district of Delhi and comes under the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls, Patparganj had a total of 231461 electors and the total number of valid votes polled was 141717.
Sisodia won and became MLA, securing a total of 70163 votes. BJP candidate Negi stood second with a total of 66956 votes. In the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, the constituency had a total of 214368 electors and the total number of valid votes was 139737. Sisodia had won, polling a total of 75243 votes. BJP candidate Vinod Kumar Binny stood second with a total of 46452 votes.
In the 2013 Assembly polls, the constituency had a total of 189183 electors. Total number of valid votes was 120431. Sisodia won, securing 50211 votes. BJP candidate Nakul Bhardwaj stood second with a total of 38735 votes
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