It has been two days since the Delhi assembly elections results were announced. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured two-third majority, clinching 48 out of 70 seats leaving Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at 22, a massive drop from 2020’s 62 tally.
In the recently held elections, though Congress could not perform for itself, it has done a near perfect task of demolition for AAP. With only 6.34 per cent vote share in the elections the party has damaged AAP’s possibility of winning the poll.
Sumanth Raman, political analyst said, “Vote share difference between AAP and BJP was just 2 per cent. That is not a huge anti-incumbency vote.”
If we look at the figures, it is clear that BJP has won ten seats with very low margins, all thanks to Congress which has worked to cut down the votes for AAP.
BJP won Sangam Vihar seat by only 344 votes. In the same constituency, Congress candidates garnered 15863 votes. Same goes for another nine seats in the national capital.
Rajinder Nagar seat was won by BJP with 1231 votes and Congress polled 4015 votes. Trilokpuri won by BJP by 392 votes. Cong polled 6,147 votes there.
Somnath Bharti seat Badli polled 26359 votes to Congress, giving BJP an edge of 6589 votes. Malviya Nagar, where BJP was leading by 1971 votes, Congress polled 7350 votes.
The New Delhi seat from where Arvind Kejriwal was contesting the poll, was won by BJP by 4099 votes. Congress accounted for 4541 votes in New Delhi.
Greater Kailash, BJP won by 3188 and Cong polled 6677 votes, Timarpur seat was won by BJP where Cong polling was 5754 votes.
On the other hand, Nangloi Jat, Congress polling was 24552 where BJP was leading by 17277 votes.
This is how Congress played a demolition role in the assembly elections leaving AAP in a shock. If these seats were won by AAP, it would only short four seats to secure a majority.
