AAP candidate Manish Sisodia outside the Maharani Bagh counting centre for Delhi Assembly polls, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP registered a thumping victory in the Delhi assembly polls but the meagre difference in vote share percentage in several constituencies implies a stiff challenge given by AAP to … Read more
BJP’s Kailash Gahlot, who was earlier with AAP, won the Bijwasan seat. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Most leaders who switched sides in the run-up to the Delhi Assembly election managed to secure victory. Three-time Congress MLA Tarwinder Singh Marwah, who switched to the BJP in 2022, defeated former Deputy Chief Minister and senior … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Ballimaran Imran Hussain. File Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar/The Hindu The Delhi Assembly election saw a division of Muslim votes but despite that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) managed to win six out of the seven seats which have a substantial population of the community. A total of four Muslim candidates … Read more
West Bengal BJP President and Balurghat MP Sukanta Majumdar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Enthused with the party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said that victory will serve as a morale booster for the party in the State. Assembly elections in West Bengal … Read more
BJP workers celebrate their party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections on February 8, 2025 | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The Bharatiya Janata Party, with its win of 48 seats, returned to power in the national capital after a gap of over 26 years scuttling the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) bid for a fourth straight … Read more
Watch | Delhi Elections 2025: AAP’s vote share drops – who benefited? While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has retained its dominance in constituencies with a significant Muslim voter base, there’s been a noticeable shift in voter behaviour. In 2025, AAP secured approximately 51% of the votes in constituencies with a Muslim population exceeding 25%. … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the gathering at BJP HQ after the party’s win in the Delhi Assembly Election, in New Delhi on Saturday, February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Celebrating the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) thumping victory in the Delhi Assembly elections on Saturday (February 8, 2025), Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the … Read more
Vijendra Gupta (L), Parvesh Sahib Singh, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva and Manoj Tiwari could be among the frontrunners, or the BJP may once again pick a surprise candidate. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Having secured a major victory in the national capital, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to decide on the next Chief … Read more
A deserted view of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) premises amid the counting of votes for the Delhi Assembly polls, in New Delhi, on February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) defeat and the Congress’s failure in resurrecting itself in the Delhi elections have raised further challenges for the … Read more
BJP supporters burn crackers as they celebrate the party’s win in the Delhi Assembly Elections, on February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has managed to hit the right chord with Delhi’s Purvanchali voters in the State’s Assembly election, winning 70% of the seats dominated by these migrants from eastern … Read more
In the six seats, the Left parties together polled 2,158 votes, while NOTA got 5,627 votes. File | Photo Credit: PTI Left parties, which came together to contest six seats in the Delhi Assembly election, polled fewer votes than NOTA in all the segments, failing to make any dent. Among the Left parties, the Communist … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi addresses a Republic Day event of the Government of NCT of Delhi at Chhatrasal Stadium, in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Manvender Vashist Lav Amid a harrowing defeat for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi Assembly elections, incumbent Chief Minister Atishi has retained her Kalkaji … Read more
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha. File | Photo Credit: PTI Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday (February 8, 2025) said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “resounding victory” in Delhi reflects the people’s enduring trust in the saffron party and the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He congratulated PM Modi and Union Home Minister … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with Delhi Pradesh BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, Union MoS Harsh Malhotra releases the third part of BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections in New Delhi on Saturday, January 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Story so far: Storming to power after 26 years, BJP has … Read more
BJP workers celebrate after their party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections outside the Delhi Pradesh Office in New Delhi on February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Delhi, not a full state but with a punching ability in politics way above its weight category has yielded yet another poll result that has … Read more
Priyanka Gandhi: People were fed up, voted for change | Video Credit: The Hindu Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who arrived at Kannur Airport on Saturday (February 8, 2025) morning, said about the Delhi Assembly elections that people wanted a change and they voted for it. She congratulated all the candidates who have won the … Read more
Social activist Anna Hazare. File | Photo Credit: PTI As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to form a government in Delhi, activist Anna Hazare on Saturday (February 8, 2025) said the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) “drowned” owing to the liquor policy and its focus on money, failing to understand its duty to … Read more
With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) poised to lose the Delhi Assembly elections after winning there thrice consecutively, and the BJP set to comfortably win, some INDIA bloc leaders lamented that the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party should have fought the polls together against the BJP. Delhi Assembly election results 2025: Follow LIVE updates … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to return to power in Delhi after more than 26 years, with the latest Election Commission trends showing the saffron party ahead in 48 of the 70 assembly seats and AAP in 22. The BJP and AAP have won 11 and 10 seats respectively, according to the … Read more
BJP candidate from New Delhi assembly constituency Parvesh Verma celebrates outside a counting center after claiming victory in the Delhi Assembly polls amid the counting of votes, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI After 26 years out of power in the national capital, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised … Read more
File photo of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. | Photo Credit: ANI Results of the Delhi Assembly election are not a vindication of Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi’s policies but a referendum on Arvind Kejriwal and AAP, the Congress said on Saturday (February 8, 2025) as it vowed to bounce back from another whitewash. The Congress also … Read more
A man walks past the charred remains of vehicles set ablaze by rioters at parking during the anti-CAA protests in February, at Shiv Vihar area of Northeast Delhi, on June 3, 2020. | Photo Credit: PTI Story so far: Scars of the 2020 New Delhi riots notwithstanding, five of the ten constituencies falling in North-East … Read more
Arvind Kejriwal conceded defeat to Parvesh Verma in the New Delhi Assembly constituency. File | Photo Credit: ANI Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal conceded defeat to BJP leader Parvesh Verma from the New Delhi Assembly constituency in the 2025 Delhi Assembly election on Saturday (February 8, 2025). He … Read more
Celebration outside Delhi BJP office in New Delhi on February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: The Hindu/Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Arvind Kejriwal, former Delhi Chief Minister and leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), lost to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Parvesh Sahib Singh from the New Delhi constituency in the 2025 Delhi Assembly election. The … Read more
Political dynasts in Delhi’s poll fray include sons of ex-CMs, ex-MLAs, ex-MPs and late PM Shastri’s grandson The BJP’s gamble to field sons of two former Delhi chief ministers paid off as both of them – Harish Khurana (Moti Nagar), Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma (New Delhi) are leading from their seats in the Delhi polls. However, … Read more
PM Modi with BJP candidate Ravinder Singh Negi during a public meeting ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, at Kartar Nagar in New Delhi, on January 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI With the BJP looking at a comfortable win in Delhi Assembly elections, the party’s Patparganj candidate Ravinder Singh Negi won from the constituency. … Read more
BJP workers celebrate outside the party’s office in New Delhi after winning Delhi Assembly elections on February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan called the BJP’s victory in Delhi Assembly elections as a testimony to the people’s faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and … Read more
File photo of Swaraj India party co-founder Yogendra Yadav. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Aam Aadmi Party’s loss in the Delhi Assembly polls is a setback not just for the party but the entire opposition, and raises questions over its future now that it will only be limited to Punjab, Swaraj India party co-founder … Read more
Arvind Kejriwal. | Photo Credit: PTI The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday (February 8, 2025) conceded his party’s defeat in the high-stakes Delhi Assembly elections. The AAP is heading towards a big defeat in the 70-member Assembly with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading on 47 seats, leaving the AAP … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated BJP for wresting back New Delhi Assembly after more than two decades. | Photo Credit: ANI/DPR PMO Congratulating the BJP for wresting back New Delhi Assembly after more than two decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the party will ensure Delhi has a prime role to play in building Viksit … Read more