As counting of votes continue for the Delhi Assembly elections, certain heavyweight candidates and some high-profile seats are being curiously watched.
Delhi Election Results 2020 Key Constituencies, New Delhi, Patparganj, Chandni Chowk, Dwarka, Rohini, Rajinder Nagar, Kalkaji, Model Town Election Result 2020 LIVE Updates: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday appeared to retain his New Delhi seat as he remained ahead of his opponents by over 4,000 votes, according to figures released by the Election Commission of India at 11.15 am.
Even though the exit polls have predicted that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will storm back to power in the Delhi Assembly elections, all eyes are now focused on the constituencies which are likely to witness keen contests for their high-profile candidates. As counting of votes continue for the Delhi Assembly elections, certain heavyweight candidates and some high-profile seats are being curiously watched.
NEW DELHI
As counting of votes began amid tight security on Tuesday, early leads showed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal racing ahead of BJP’s youth leader Sunil Kumar Yadav and Congress’ Romesh Sabharwal. According to the India Today-Axis My India poll, 54 per cent of the voters want Kejriwal to return as the chief minister, for the third time.
PATPARGANJ
The Patparganj seat is witnessing an interesting fight between Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and BJP’s Ravinder Singh Negi. At present, Sisodia is now trailing by over 1,000 votes. Congress candidate Laxman Rawat is also fighting this constituency.
CHANDNI CHOWK
In Chandni Chowk, AAP leader Parlad Sawhney, who had earlier won the polls four times in a row between 1998 and 2013 on a Congress ticket, is ahead of Congress candidate Alka Lamba and BJP candidate Suman Gupta.
In 2015, Sawhney had lost to Lamba, who had fought on an AAP ticket. Lamba shifted to the Congress in October last year — and Sawhney left Congress to join AAP the same month.
ROHINI
BJP’s Vijender Gupta is now trailing AAP’s Rajesh Nama Bansiwala. Congress’ Sumesh Gupta is also in the fray.
DWARKA
An interesting fight is underway in Dwarka seat where former Dwarka BJP MLA Pradyuman Rajput is leading ahead of Congress’ Adarsh Shastri. Shastri, grandson of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shashtri, had announced to contest the same seat from Congress after being denied ticket from AAP. Congress veteran Mahabal Mishra’s son Vinay Mishra joined the ruling party only days before it released the list of candidates.
GANDHI NAGAR
In East Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar, AAP leader Naveen Chaudhary, who has had a long association with the Congress, is leading ahead of Congress’s Arvinder Singh Lovely and BJP’s Anil Bajpai.
All the three candidates from the AAP, BJP and Congress have something in common — at some point in their political career, all of them have switched parties.
MODEL TOWN
In Model Town, BJP leader Kapil Mishra, who had claimed that the AAP and Congress have created a “mini Pakistan” at Shaheen Bagh, is now trailing AAP’s sitting MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi. Congress’ Akanksha Ola is also fighting the seat.
RAJINDER NAGAR
AAP leader Raghav Chadha, who is contesting the Delhi Assembly polls for the first time, and was given a ticket from the constituency in place of current AAP MLA Vijender Garg Vijay, is leading ahead of Congress’s Rocky Tuseed and BJP’s R P Singh, who won the seat in 2013.
KALKAJI
In Kalkaji, AAP leader Atishi, who is facing a stiff competition from Congress’ Shivani Chopra, is now leading. Chopra has stepped into the shoes of her father and Delhi Congress chief Subash Chopra — a three-time MLA (1998-2013) from the same constituency. BJP’s former area councillor Dharambir Singh is also contesting this seat.