New Delhi: In one of the most stunning comebacks in Indian political history, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday scored a landslide win in Delhi, delivering to the BJP its first electoral defeat since its historic Lok Sabha triumph and reducing the Congress, that had ruled the capital for 15 years till 2013, to a virtual nonentity.
AAP won 67 out of 70 Assembly seats while BJP won the remaining three. Congress could not even open its account in these elections.
04:19 pm: AAP secures historic majority, wins 67 seats out of 70 seats; BJP wins 3 seats & Congress scores a blank
04:15 pm: Seats won: AAP - 60; BJP - 3; Congress - 0
03:30 pm: Congratulated Arvind ji over the phone, told him not to think of quitting now: Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena
02:40 pm: We hope Kejriwal ji won't disappoint ppl of Delhi like Modi ji disappointed the people of India: Anand Sharma, Congress
02:18 pm: Telangana CM hails AAP's victory
02:04 pm: It is ‘victory of truth', says Arvind Kejriwal
01:57 pm: Saddened by Krishna Nagar verdict, but my association with my old constituency will continue.Warmest to Mrs Bedi for putting up stiff fight: Harsh Vardhan (BJP)
01:55 pm: Congratulations @ArvindKejriwal ji.You have won a decisive mandate. I hope your Government will concentrate on development of Delhi: Devendra Fadnavis
01:45 pm: AAP leader Manish Sisodia wins from Patparganj constituency defeating BJP's Vinod Kumar Binny by over 24,000 votes.
01:30 pm: AAP's Praveen Kumar wins from Jangpura
1:23 pm: Kiran Bedi: Narendra Modi ji wasn't the CM candidate, I've taken responsibility.
01:16 pm: Congress' Ajay Maken loses from Sadar Bazar
01:15 pm: AAP's Mohd. Ishraque wins from Seelampur
01:12 pm: Fateh Singh of AAP wins from Gokalpur with 71240 votes
01:11 pm: Kejriwal wins by over 31,000 votes
01:10 pm: AAP's Kapil Mishra wins from Karawal Nagar with 101865 votes
01:08 pm: Avtar Singh Kalkaji of AAP wins Kalkaji seat
01:06 pm: Jagdeep Singh of AAP wins Hari Nagar seat
01:06 pm: I want to begin by thanking BJP leadership which inspired me to join and take up CM candidature: Kiran Bedi
01:05 pm: Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as Delhi Chief Minister on February 14 at Ramlila Maidan: AAP leader Ashutosh
01:04 pm: Surender Singh of AAP wins Delhi Cantt seat
01:03 pm: Kiran ji was an outsider, I'm a local resident of this constituency, I was brought up here: SK Bagga on his win from Krishna Nagar seat
01:02 pm: AAP's Mohinder Goyal wins from Rithala with 93470 votes
01:00 pm: Gopal Rai of AAP wins Babarpur seat
12:51 pm: Kiran Bedi loses from Krishna Nagar constituency by 2400 votes to AAP candidate S K Bagga
12:50 pm: AAP's Sahi Ram wins from Tughlakabad with 62143 votes
12:49 pm: It's a victory of BJP, our hard working party workers & supporters: Vijender Gupta, BJP on his win from Rohini
12:49 pm: AAP's Jarnail Singh wins from Rajouri Garden with 54916 votes followed by SAD's Manjinder Singh Sirsa with 44880 votes
12:47 pm: Seats won: AAP -10, BJP - 1, Cong - 0
12:45 pm: Delhi poll verdict a setback for BJP, but not a referendum on Centre: Venkaiah Naidu
12:42 pm: AAP's Ved Prakash wins from Bawana with 109259 votes
12:39 pm: AAP's Col Devinder Sherawat wins from Bijwasan with 65006 votes
12:39 pm: Delhi Congress In-Charge P C Chacko resigns from the party
12:37 pm: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal wins from the prestigious New Delhi constituency.
12:35 pm: Seats won: AAP - 7, BJP - 1, Cong - 0
12:33 pm: Seats won: AAP - 5; BJP - 1
12:33 pm: Current trends: AAP - 65; BJP - 4; Congress - 0; Others - 1
12:31 pm: BJP's Vijender Kumar wins from Rohini with 59866 votes
