Live reporting: Congress broomed out of power in Delhi, BJP short of majority as AAP makes stunning debut
New Delhi: The Congress was decimated today after ruling Delhi for 15 uninterrupted years, as a strong anti-Congress backlash brought a stunning debut for the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, which emerged as the second
Here are regular updates:
9 pm: We will form govt if we get support in natural process. Otherwise would like to sit in Opposition: Gadkari on Delhi poll result.
4:15 pm: Results declared so far:
•Delhi Power Minister Haroon Yusuf defeats Moti Lal Sodhi of BJP in Ballimaran.
•AAP's Vinod Kumar Binny defeats Congress' AK Walia in Laxmi Nagar.
•BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan wins from Krishna Nagar constituency by over 30,000 votes.
•Bandana Kumari of AAP defeats three-time BJP MLA Ravindra Nath by 10,712 votes in Shalimar Bagh.
•Girish Soni of AAP wins from Madipur with 36,393 votes.
•AAP's Shazia Ilmi loses to BJP's Anil Sharma by 340 votes in RK Puram.
•In Bawana constituency, BJP's Gugan Singh defeated AAP's Manoj by 25,639 votes.
•Congress' Devender Yadav defeats Vijay Kumar Bhagat of the BJP in Badli by 23,109 votes.
•BJP's Subhash Sachdeva has won the Moti Nagar seat, defeating AAP's Kuldeep Singh Channa by 16,021 votes.
•Congress' Prahlad Singh Sawhney beats Suman Kumar Gupta, the BJP candidate, in Chandni Chowk.
•AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj beats VK Malhotra's son Ajay Malhotra in Greater Kailash. Meanwhile, AAP's Manish Sisodia wins in Patparganj.
•BJP CM candidate Harsh Vardhan now heads towards the counting centre.
•AAP candidate Akhilesh Pati Tripathi wins from Model Town.
•BJP's Ram Singal wins in Adarsh Nagar by 9,000 votes.
•Delhi Urban Development Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely defeats BJP's Ramesh Chand Jain by nearly 16,000 votes in the Gandhi Nagar constituency.
•AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi leading by 40 votes after round 12, says a report.
•Vijender Singh from Nangloi, Congress, loses.
•BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri retains Tughlaqabad seat in Delhi beating BSP's Sahi Ram by over 2,000 votes.
•Tarvinder Singh Marwah of Congress leading by over 11,000 votes in Jangupra.
3:40 pm: BJP wins 24 seats, AAp 18 and Congress 4
3:25 pm: No question of supporting Aam Admi Party, says Congress General Secretary incharge for Delhi, Shakeel Ahmed
3:15 pm: Arvind Kejriwal defeats Sheila Dikshit in New Delhi constituency by 15,000 votes
2:35 pm: Delhi minister A K Walia defeated by AAP candidate in Laxmi Nagar
2:30 pm: Manish Sisodia says that his party has no objection if the Lieutenant Governor allows a minority government
2:20 pm: BJP leader V K Malhotra's son loses to AAP candidate Saurabh Bharadwaj by 13,000 votes in Greater Kailash, Delhi
2:15 pm: AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi loses to BJP's Anil Sharma by 400 votes in Delhi R K Puram constituency
1:30 pm: AAP's Veena Anand wins Patel Nagar constituency by over 6,000 votes defeating BSP's Poornima Vidyarthi
12: 42 pm: AAP wins Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Deoli assembly seats, senior Congress leader Chaudhary Prem Singh loses, BJP wins Chhatarpur and Kalkaji
12:40 pm: Delhi Assembly speaker Yoganand Shastri loses from Mehrauli, Sahib Singh Verma's son Pravesh Verma wins
11:55 am: Sheila Dikshit resigns as the Delhi Chief Minister, sends her resignation to the Lieutenant Governor
11:30 am: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is trailing behind AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal by over 15,000 votes in New Delhi constituency
11:00 am: BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan is leading in the Krishna Nagar constituency by 14,000 votes
10:50 am: Sheila Dikshit trailing by 3,500 votes behind Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi
10:00 am: AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi leading by 1300 votes in Delhi's RK Puram, after trailing behind BJP
Trends 10 am: 66/70, BJP 31, AAP 24, Cong 9, BSP 2
9:50 am: AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi trailing in Delhi's RK Puram says: If by experience it means buying votes and distributing liquor, then thank God, we are not experienced. We believe both Congress and BJP are the same
09:40 am: BJP leading in Adarsh Nagar, Ballimaran, Chhatarpur, Karawal Nagar, Karol Bagh, Kondli, Krishna Nagar, Matiala, Moti Nagar, Mundka, Najafgarh, RK Puram, Rohtas Nagar, Seelampur, Shahdara, Tri Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Tughlakabad
09:40 am: AAP leading in Ambedkar Nagar, Bijawasan, Deoli, Gokalpur, Greater Kailash, Kasturba Nagar, Madipur, Mehrauli, Narela, Patel Nagar, Patparganj, Rohini, Sangam Vihar, Seemapuri, Sultanpur Majra, Trilokpuri, Wazirpur
09:40 am: Congress leading in Babarpur, Badarpur, Chandni Chowk, Gandhi Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Nangloi Jat, New Delhi, Sadar Bazar,
09:40 am: BSP leading in Rithala, Bawana, Burari
9:40 am: Trends: Ram Kishan Singhal (BJP) leads in Adarsh Nagar; Ashok Kumar (AAP) leads in Ambedkar Nagar; Zakir Khan (Cong) leads in Babarpur; Ram Singh Netaji (Cong) leads in Badarpur; Moti Lal Sodhi (BJP) leads in Ballimaran; Manak Chand (BSP) leads in Bawana; Colonel Devinder Sehrawat (AAP) leads in Bijwasan; Kamal Sharma (BSP) leads in Burari; Parlad Singh Sawhney (Cong) leads in Chandni Chowk; Brahm Singh Tanwar (BJP) leads in Chhatarpur; Prakash (AAP) leads in Deoli; Parduymn Rajput (BJP) leads in Dwarka; Arvinder Singh Lovely (Cong) leads in Gandhi Nagar; Devi Dayal (AAP) leads in Gokalpur; Saurabh Bharadwaj (AAP) leads in Greater Kailash; Harmeet Singh (BJP) leads in Kalkaji; Mohan Singh Bisht (BJP) leads in Karawal Nagar; Surender Pal Ratawal (BJP) leads in Karol Bagh; Madan Lal (AAP) leads in Kasturba Nagar; Dushyant Kumar Gautam (BJP) leads in Kondli; Harsh Vardhan (BJP) leads in Krishna Nagar; Ashok Kumar Walia (Cong) leads in Laxmi Nagar; Girish Soni (AAP) leads in Madipur; Rajesh Gahlot (BJP) leads in Matiala; Narinder Singh Sejwal (AAP) leads in Mehrauli; Subhash Sachdeva (BJP) leads in Moti Nagar; Azad Singh (BJP) leads in Mundka; Ajeet Singh Kharkhari (BJP) leads in Najafgarh; Dr Bijender Singh (Cong) leads in Nangloi Jat; Baljit Singh Mann (AAP) leads in Nerela; Sheila Dikshit (Cong) leads in New Delhi; Veena Anand (AAP) leads in Patel Nagar; Manish Sisodia (AAP) leads in Patparganj; Anil Kumar Sharma (BJP) leads in R.K. Puram; Musaddi Lal Saini (BSP) leads in Rithala; Rajesh Garg (AAP) leads in Rohini; Jitender Kumar (BJP) leads in Rohtas Nagar; Rajesh Jain (Cong) leads in Sadar Bazar; Dinesh Mohaniya (AAP) leads in Sangam Vihar; Kaushal Kumar Mishra (BJP) leads in Seelam Pur; Dharmender Singh (AAP) leads in Seemapuri; Jitender Shigh Shunty (BJP) leads in Shahdara; Sandeep Kumar (AAP) leads in Sultan Pur Majra; Rajni Abbi (BJP) leads in Timarpur; Nand Kishore Garg (BJP) leads in Tri Nagar; Raju (AAP) leads in Trilokpuri; Ramesh Bidhuri (BJP) leads in Tughlakabad; Pawan Sharma (BJP) leads in Uttam Nagar; Praveen Kumar (AAP) leads in Wazirpur
9:30 am: Delhi seems to be headed for a hung assembly with the AAP giving a close fight to BJP. But BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh says they would rather go for President's rule in Delhi for 6 months in that case and have elections again.
9:25 am: Latest Trend: AAP's Arvind Kejriwal and Shazia Ilmi trailing; Manish Sisodia leading in Patparganj
9:10 am: Trends so far: BJP 15, AAP 10, Congress 5, BSP 3
9:08 am: AAP candidate leading in GK over V K Malhotra's son, Congress minister Arvinder Singh Lovely leading in Gandhinagar, Ramesh Vidhuri leading in tughlakabad, Farsh Vardhan leading in Krishna Nagar, Sheila Dikshit leading in New Delhi
8:51 am: Sheila Dikshit leading in New Delhi, BJP leading in R K Puram and Moti Nagar, AAP leading in Seemapuri, Shalimar Bagh and Wazirpur, Congress leading in Nangloi, Sultanpur Majra, Akali Dal's Harneet Singh leading in Kalkaji
8:41 am: Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit leading in New Delhi
8:40 am: AAP candidate Baljit Singh Mann leading in Narela, Delhi Trends: BJP 5, AAP 4, Cong 1leading
8:30 am: BJP leading in Narela, initital trends: BJP 2, AAP 2, Congress 1 leading
8.06 am: Congress workers perform havan outside chief minister Sheila Dikshit's house praying for fourth consecutive victory. One activist says: We are praying for Sheilaji's victory. We hope Delhi victory will be a gift on Soniaji's birthday.
8:04 am: BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Dr Harsh Vardhan says he is confident of a clear victory for his party. "We will get a good win in Delhi. I have always said that BJP will get clear majority to form the government in Delhi," he said.
8:00 am: The counting of votes for the crucial Delhi Assembly elections has begun. Delhi is seeing a three-way battle with the Aam Aadmi Party entering the fray. In fact, many exit polls say that Arvind Kejriwal's AAP may spring a surprise with a spectacular debut.
7:50 am: BJP leader Vijender Gupta, contesting against Sheila Dikshit and Arvind Kejriwal says, Oonchi dukaan, feeka pakwan (all light and sound, no substance) about Aam Aadmi Party. Says, the contest is between BJP and Congress.
7;49 am: BJP chief ministerial candidate Dr Harsh Vardhan says, he will go to the counting centre only to take the certificate. "Our target is above 40 in Delhi"
7:30 am: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal says, BJP trying to contact our candidates.
9 pm: We will form govt if we get support in natural process. Otherwise would like to sit in Opposition: Gadkari on Delhi poll result.
4:15 pm: Results declared so far:
•Delhi Power Minister Haroon Yusuf defeats Moti Lal Sodhi of BJP in Ballimaran.
•AAP's Vinod Kumar Binny defeats Congress' AK Walia in Laxmi Nagar.
•BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan wins from Krishna Nagar constituency by over 30,000 votes.
•Bandana Kumari of AAP defeats three-time BJP MLA Ravindra Nath by 10,712 votes in Shalimar Bagh.
•Girish Soni of AAP wins from Madipur with 36,393 votes.
•AAP's Shazia Ilmi loses to BJP's Anil Sharma by 340 votes in RK Puram.
•In Bawana constituency, BJP's Gugan Singh defeated AAP's Manoj by 25,639 votes.
•Congress' Devender Yadav defeats Vijay Kumar Bhagat of the BJP in Badli by 23,109 votes.
•BJP's Subhash Sachdeva has won the Moti Nagar seat, defeating AAP's Kuldeep Singh Channa by 16,021 votes.
•Congress' Prahlad Singh Sawhney beats Suman Kumar Gupta, the BJP candidate, in Chandni Chowk.
•AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj beats VK Malhotra's son Ajay Malhotra in Greater Kailash. Meanwhile, AAP's Manish Sisodia wins in Patparganj.
•BJP CM candidate Harsh Vardhan now heads towards the counting centre.
•AAP candidate Akhilesh Pati Tripathi wins from Model Town.
•BJP's Ram Singal wins in Adarsh Nagar by 9,000 votes.
•Delhi Urban Development Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely defeats BJP's Ramesh Chand Jain by nearly 16,000 votes in the Gandhi Nagar constituency.
•AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi leading by 40 votes after round 12, says a report.
•Vijender Singh from Nangloi, Congress, loses.
•BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri retains Tughlaqabad seat in Delhi beating BSP's Sahi Ram by over 2,000 votes.
•Tarvinder Singh Marwah of Congress leading by over 11,000 votes in Jangupra.
3:40 pm: BJP wins 24 seats, AAp 18 and Congress 4
3:25 pm: No question of supporting Aam Admi Party, says Congress General Secretary incharge for Delhi, Shakeel Ahmed
3:15 pm: Arvind Kejriwal defeats Sheila Dikshit in New Delhi constituency by 15,000 votes
2:35 pm: Delhi minister A K Walia defeated by AAP candidate in Laxmi Nagar
2:30 pm: Manish Sisodia says that his party has no objection if the Lieutenant Governor allows a minority government
2:20 pm: BJP leader V K Malhotra's son loses to AAP candidate Saurabh Bharadwaj by 13,000 votes in Greater Kailash, Delhi
2:15 pm: AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi loses to BJP's Anil Sharma by 400 votes in Delhi R K Puram constituency
1:30 pm: AAP's Veena Anand wins Patel Nagar constituency by over 6,000 votes defeating BSP's Poornima Vidyarthi
12: 42 pm: AAP wins Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar, Deoli assembly seats, senior Congress leader Chaudhary Prem Singh loses, BJP wins Chhatarpur and Kalkaji
12:40 pm: Delhi Assembly speaker Yoganand Shastri loses from Mehrauli, Sahib Singh Verma's son Pravesh Verma wins
11:55 am: Sheila Dikshit resigns as the Delhi Chief Minister, sends her resignation to the Lieutenant Governor
11:30 am: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is trailing behind AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal by over 15,000 votes in New Delhi constituency
11:00 am: BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan is leading in the Krishna Nagar constituency by 14,000 votes
10:50 am: Sheila Dikshit trailing by 3,500 votes behind Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi
10:00 am: AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi leading by 1300 votes in Delhi's RK Puram, after trailing behind BJP
Trends 10 am: 66/70, BJP 31, AAP 24, Cong 9, BSP 2
9:50 am: AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi trailing in Delhi's RK Puram says: If by experience it means buying votes and distributing liquor, then thank God, we are not experienced. We believe both Congress and BJP are the same
09:40 am: BJP leading in Adarsh Nagar, Ballimaran, Chhatarpur, Karawal Nagar, Karol Bagh, Kondli, Krishna Nagar, Matiala, Moti Nagar, Mundka, Najafgarh, RK Puram, Rohtas Nagar, Seelampur, Shahdara, Tri Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Tughlakabad
09:40 am: AAP leading in Ambedkar Nagar, Bijawasan, Deoli, Gokalpur, Greater Kailash, Kasturba Nagar, Madipur, Mehrauli, Narela, Patel Nagar, Patparganj, Rohini, Sangam Vihar, Seemapuri, Sultanpur Majra, Trilokpuri, Wazirpur
09:40 am: Congress leading in Babarpur, Badarpur, Chandni Chowk, Gandhi Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Nangloi Jat, New Delhi, Sadar Bazar,
09:40 am: BSP leading in Rithala, Bawana, Burari
9:40 am: Trends: Ram Kishan Singhal (BJP) leads in Adarsh Nagar; Ashok Kumar (AAP) leads in Ambedkar Nagar; Zakir Khan (Cong) leads in Babarpur; Ram Singh Netaji (Cong) leads in Badarpur; Moti Lal Sodhi (BJP) leads in Ballimaran; Manak Chand (BSP) leads in Bawana; Colonel Devinder Sehrawat (AAP) leads in Bijwasan; Kamal Sharma (BSP) leads in Burari; Parlad Singh Sawhney (Cong) leads in Chandni Chowk; Brahm Singh Tanwar (BJP) leads in Chhatarpur; Prakash (AAP) leads in Deoli; Parduymn Rajput (BJP) leads in Dwarka; Arvinder Singh Lovely (Cong) leads in Gandhi Nagar; Devi Dayal (AAP) leads in Gokalpur; Saurabh Bharadwaj (AAP) leads in Greater Kailash; Harmeet Singh (BJP) leads in Kalkaji; Mohan Singh Bisht (BJP) leads in Karawal Nagar; Surender Pal Ratawal (BJP) leads in Karol Bagh; Madan Lal (AAP) leads in Kasturba Nagar; Dushyant Kumar Gautam (BJP) leads in Kondli; Harsh Vardhan (BJP) leads in Krishna Nagar; Ashok Kumar Walia (Cong) leads in Laxmi Nagar; Girish Soni (AAP) leads in Madipur; Rajesh Gahlot (BJP) leads in Matiala; Narinder Singh Sejwal (AAP) leads in Mehrauli; Subhash Sachdeva (BJP) leads in Moti Nagar; Azad Singh (BJP) leads in Mundka; Ajeet Singh Kharkhari (BJP) leads in Najafgarh; Dr Bijender Singh (Cong) leads in Nangloi Jat; Baljit Singh Mann (AAP) leads in Nerela; Sheila Dikshit (Cong) leads in New Delhi; Veena Anand (AAP) leads in Patel Nagar; Manish Sisodia (AAP) leads in Patparganj; Anil Kumar Sharma (BJP) leads in R.K. Puram; Musaddi Lal Saini (BSP) leads in Rithala; Rajesh Garg (AAP) leads in Rohini; Jitender Kumar (BJP) leads in Rohtas Nagar; Rajesh Jain (Cong) leads in Sadar Bazar; Dinesh Mohaniya (AAP) leads in Sangam Vihar; Kaushal Kumar Mishra (BJP) leads in Seelam Pur; Dharmender Singh (AAP) leads in Seemapuri; Jitender Shigh Shunty (BJP) leads in Shahdara; Sandeep Kumar (AAP) leads in Sultan Pur Majra; Rajni Abbi (BJP) leads in Timarpur; Nand Kishore Garg (BJP) leads in Tri Nagar; Raju (AAP) leads in Trilokpuri; Ramesh Bidhuri (BJP) leads in Tughlakabad; Pawan Sharma (BJP) leads in Uttam Nagar; Praveen Kumar (AAP) leads in Wazirpur
9:30 am: Delhi seems to be headed for a hung assembly with the AAP giving a close fight to BJP. But BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh says they would rather go for President's rule in Delhi for 6 months in that case and have elections again.
9:25 am: Latest Trend: AAP's Arvind Kejriwal and Shazia Ilmi trailing; Manish Sisodia leading in Patparganj
9:10 am: Trends so far: BJP 15, AAP 10, Congress 5, BSP 3
9:08 am: AAP candidate leading in GK over V K Malhotra's son, Congress minister Arvinder Singh Lovely leading in Gandhinagar, Ramesh Vidhuri leading in tughlakabad, Farsh Vardhan leading in Krishna Nagar, Sheila Dikshit leading in New Delhi
8:51 am: Sheila Dikshit leading in New Delhi, BJP leading in R K Puram and Moti Nagar, AAP leading in Seemapuri, Shalimar Bagh and Wazirpur, Congress leading in Nangloi, Sultanpur Majra, Akali Dal's Harneet Singh leading in Kalkaji
8:41 am: Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit leading in New Delhi
8:40 am: AAP candidate Baljit Singh Mann leading in Narela, Delhi Trends: BJP 5, AAP 4, Cong 1leading
8:30 am: BJP leading in Narela, initital trends: BJP 2, AAP 2, Congress 1 leading
8.06 am: Congress workers perform havan outside chief minister Sheila Dikshit's house praying for fourth consecutive victory. One activist says: We are praying for Sheilaji's victory. We hope Delhi victory will be a gift on Soniaji's birthday.
8:04 am: BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Dr Harsh Vardhan says he is confident of a clear victory for his party. "We will get a good win in Delhi. I have always said that BJP will get clear majority to form the government in Delhi," he said.
8:00 am: The counting of votes for the crucial Delhi Assembly elections has begun. Delhi is seeing a three-way battle with the Aam Aadmi Party entering the fray. In fact, many exit polls say that Arvind Kejriwal's AAP may spring a surprise with a spectacular debut.
7:50 am: BJP leader Vijender Gupta, contesting against Sheila Dikshit and Arvind Kejriwal says, Oonchi dukaan, feeka pakwan (all light and sound, no substance) about Aam Aadmi Party. Says, the contest is between BJP and Congress.
7;49 am: BJP chief ministerial candidate Dr Harsh Vardhan says, he will go to the counting centre only to take the certificate. "Our target is above 40 in Delhi"
7:30 am: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal says, BJP trying to contact our candidates.