2015 Delhi Assembly Election - AAP heading for a landslide win Tuesday Feb 10,2015

 

 Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) is now leading in 62 of Delhi's 70 seats, a clean sweep for the broom.The AAP swept all across the capital, including both in the middle class areas and low income neighbourhoods, virtually decimating the BJP

  

The defeat for BJP was all the more bitter because it had won all the seven Lok Sabha seats in the May  2014 Lok Sabha Election

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday appeared to be on its way to recapture power in the national capital with the party leading in more than 60 constituencies against BJP and Congress.

Note
In 2013 polls, AAP had got 28 seats, BJP 31 and Congress in 8 seats

All exit polls gave AAP a decisive edge over the Bharatiya Janata Party, with one of them predicting the 'jhadoo' would get 53 seats in the 70-member House

 Final results gave Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just 3 seats. India's main opposition Congress party failed to win a single constituency and AAP winning 67 out of the 70 seats

  

The AAP won 67 of the 70 seats, or nearly 96 % of the votes polled and its performance is by far the best ever in the State

BJP won only 3 seats 

• Mustafabad  - Jagdish Pradhan beats Hasan Ahmed(INC)by 6031 votes
• Rohini -Vijendar Kumar beats C L Gupta(AAP)  by 5367 votes
• Viswas Nagar -Om Prakash Sharma beats Dr Atul Gupta(AAP)by 10158 votes

As many as 63 of the 70 Congress candidates, including senior leaders Ajay Maken, Kiran Walia, Haroon Yousuf and Yoganand Shastri, forfeited their deposit in the Delhi Assembly polls, which witnessed AAP’s landslide victory.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also swept the majority of the Muslim-dominated seats that were Congress strongholds in Delhi for the last two decades. These include Okhla, Ballimaran, Matia Mahal, Seelampur and Mustafabad. 

While the Mustafabad seat went to the BJP, the other four rested with the AAP. 

The most prominent of these seats is Matia Mahal, where Congress strongman Shoaib Iqbal lost to AAP’s Asim Ahmed Khan with a margin of over 26,000 votes. 

Political Party                       No of Seats Won                                                     Vote Share

AAP                                             67                                                                      54.3%

BJP                                               03                                                                      32.2%

INC                                              00                                                                        9.7%

Others                                           00                                                                        3.8%

The BJP's campaign was essentially anti-AAP and the party leaders often criticised Arvind Kejriwal at their rallies and road shows.
Arvind Kejriwal, meanwhile, conducted an energetic campaign which proved popular with working class and underprivileged voters who make up 60% of Delhi's population.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and other leaders show the victory sign inside the party office in Delhi

  

Arvind Kejriwal munched on namkeen and told NDTV that he had "no nervous moments at all as we knew people were with us."

"This is the peoples victory," Arvind Kejriwal said, adding that his first priority would be to end "rishvatkhori (bribery)" and "VIP culture."

"I promise to be the janta's Chief Minister," Arvind Kejriwal said. Outside his three-storey party office, where hundreds have gathered  in the AAP's white Gandhi topi, waving the Indian tricolour, a giant board reads, "Janta ka CM (The chief minister of the people)"

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal introduces his wife Sunita to his supporters after the party’s historic win

Arvind Kejriwal will be sworn in as the Chief Minister on February 14, exactly a year after he quit the post after 49 days in power in February 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday Feb 10,2015  telephoned  Arvind Kejriwal and congratulated Arvind Kejriwal,assures Centre's support to Delhi Govt

 Ajay Maken, who led the Congress campaign in Delhi Assembly Elections, on Tuesday Feb10,2015 resigned as general secretary of the All India Congress Committee

 

Speaking to reporters, Ajay Maken said, “I congratulate the Aam Aadmi Party. People's verdict is above all.”
Ajay Maken further expressed hope that Arvind Kejriwal would fulfil all the promises he has made.
“I hope the promises which they have made, they fulfil those... bring those dreams to reality,” Ajay Maken said.
“For democracy's sake, I sincerely hope he fulfils the promises.”

Trinamool Congress(TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee today termed it as a "turning point" in India's current political landscape and a big defeat for those indulging in vendetta politics.

"This is a victory for the people and a big defeat for the arrogant and those who are doing political vendetta & spreading hate among people," the West Bengal Chief Minister tweeted.
In another tweet, she said, "Delhi election is turning point of present political situation. 

Kiran Bedi, chief ministerial candidate for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), congratulated Arvind Kejriwal

 Many other politicians, activists, journalists and citizens also took to Twitter to congratulate Arvind Kejriwal.