AAP wrests reserved seats from Congress
New Delhi: Debutant Aam Admi Party, which gave a scintillating performance in assembly polls, has won nine out of 12 reserved seats, some of them considered to be the stronghold of Congress, in Delhi Assembly
New Delhi: Debutant Aam Admi Party, which gave a scintillating performance in assembly polls, has won nine out of 12 reserved seats, some of them considered to be the stronghold of Congress, in Delhi Assembly elections this time.
Congress had won nine of the 12 seats in the 2008 assembly elections.
80-year-old, four-time Congress legislator, Chaudhary Prem Singh, who had not lost a single election over the past 50 years in his Ambedkar Nagar constituency, was defeated by AAP's new entrant Ashok Kumar by 16,000 votes and ended up in the third spot.
Kumar was followed by BJP candidate Khushi Ram Chunar who lost to him by a margin of 11,670 votes.
AAP candidate Rakhi Birla defeated four-time Congress MLA and Public Works Department Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan by a margin of 10,585 votes in in Mangolpuri.
Three-time winner, Congress candidate Veer Singh Dhingan was beaten by Dharmender Singh of AAP by a margin of 11,976 votes.
In Bawana, AAP candidate Manoj defeated last assembly poll's winner Surender Kumar of Congress and won against Gugan Singh of BJP by 25,639 votes.
Congress had won nine of the 12 seats in the 2008 assembly elections.
80-year-old, four-time Congress legislator, Chaudhary Prem Singh, who had not lost a single election over the past 50 years in his Ambedkar Nagar constituency, was defeated by AAP's new entrant Ashok Kumar by 16,000 votes and ended up in the third spot.
Kumar was followed by BJP candidate Khushi Ram Chunar who lost to him by a margin of 11,670 votes.
AAP candidate Rakhi Birla defeated four-time Congress MLA and Public Works Department Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan by a margin of 10,585 votes in in Mangolpuri.
Three-time winner, Congress candidate Veer Singh Dhingan was beaten by Dharmender Singh of AAP by a margin of 11,976 votes.
In Bawana, AAP candidate Manoj defeated last assembly poll's winner Surender Kumar of Congress and won against Gugan Singh of BJP by 25,639 votes.