Delhi Assembly poll 2020 News

Kejriwal, who spearheaded the party's landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, will take oath as the Chief Minister for the third consecutive time in a grand public ceremony.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday (February 13) said that more than 10 lakh people have joined the party in 24 hours since the party's thumping victory in Delhi Assembly election 2020 on Tuesday (February 11).

Vijayvargiya congratulated Kejriwal and suggested him to include ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ in all schools, madrasas and other educational institutions in Delhi.

PC Chacko on Wednesday (February 12) resigned as the Congress in-charge for Delhi after the party's dismal performance in Delhi Assembly election 2020.

Kejriwal was on Wednesday (February 12, 2020 ) elected the leader of the legislative party by newly-elected party MLAs.

The 'Saamana' article said that the AAP campaign was designed around the works done by it that helped the party register a landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, while the BJP's "polarisation attempt" failed to click with voters of the national capital.

Senior Delhi Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee on Wednesday (February 12) expressed unhappiness over former finance minister P Chidambaram's decision to laud Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for its stupendous victory in Delhi Assembly election.

Sources told Zee Media that AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal was considering two dates - February 14 and 16 - to take oath as the chief minister of Delhi for the third time. 

South Delhi Lok Sabha seat has 10 Assembly constituencies - Bijwasan, Palam, Mehrauli, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Ambedkar Nagar, Sangam Vihar, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, and Badarpur. Of these assembly seats, AAP managed to win 9, while BJP got the victory in merely one seat of Badarpur.   

In Chandini Chowk Lok Sabha constituency, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) managed to win all the Assembly seats including Adarsh Nagar, Shalimar Bagh, Shakur Basti, Tri Nagar, Wazirpur, Model Town, Sadar Bazar, Chandni Chowk, Matia Mahal, and Ballimaran.

All the 10 Assembly seats under the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency voted in favour of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. 

Singh said that the BJP used "all its power, hate, money and energy in Delhi, but the people gave the mandate to its son", referring to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The AAP workers started celebrations at its Delhi office ahead of the announcement of final results for the 70-member Assembly seats. 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has maintained a solid lead of 8000 votes in his New Delhi constituency against his rival candidate Sunil Yadav since early trends started coming in. 

In the 2015 assembly poll, the AAP had won 67 seats, the BJP 3, while Congress failed to open its account. 

The counting will decide the fate of about 672 candidates from the Aam Aadmi Party, BJP and Congress today in a three-cornered contest.

The counting of votes is taking place at 21 centres amid tight security arrangements. Over 670 candidates are in the fray for 70 seats at stake in the country`s capital.

Aam Aadmi Party has crossed the majority mark of 36 as per early trends, while the BJP is on course to improve its 2015 seat count.

In the wake of ongoing anti-CAA protest in Shaheen Bagh, the Delhi CEO's Office had put all five polling stations in the area under the "critical" category. Security personnel was deputed at strong rooms storing electronic voting machines.

The counting of votes on Tuesday (February 11) begins for the 70-member Assembly seats to decide the fate of about 672 candidates from the Aam Aadmi Party, BJP and Congress in a three-cornered contest.