Delhi poll results in charts: BJP leads AAP in a close fight
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In line with pre-poll predictions, and its showing in the 2024 general elections in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is pulling ahead in a closely contested battle for the national capital, early counting data from the Election Commission of India (ECI) showed. Voting for Delhi’s 70 Assembly seats took place on 5 February, and the results are being tallied today.
If the current trends hold, the BJP could end the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) decade-long rule and secure its first state election victory in Delhi in 32 years. The BJP stands to cement its dominance if it secures this small, but symbolic and strategic, state that has eluded it for the longest time. Read this | The battle for Delhi: It is Kejriwal’s suvidha vs Modi’s vikas For AAP, a relatively young party, even a reduction in seats—let alone a complete loss of power—would mark a major setback in the very state that propelled its rise.
The outcome could have far-reaching implications for its future trajectory. Here are five charts, based on data from ECI, that capture the election results of Delhi as they stood at 1030 am. Note that these are still early counting rounds.
In some constituencies, only one to three rounds of votes had been counted, and the picture could change as the day progresses. The ECI had put out data on all 70 seats in Delhi by 1030 am. The BJP is in pole position, leading in 43 seats.
That is a gain of 35 seats over its showing in the 2020 state elections. AAP, which had swept Delhi with 62 seats in 2020, is projected to lose seats this time around based on early trends. It is down to 27 seats today so far, and staring at its first time on the Opposition benches in Delhi.
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