New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to make its comeback in Delhi after over 26 years. As per the Election Commission of India, the Narendra Modi-led party is is leading in 48 out of the 70 assembly seats. Former AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, who was contesting from the New Delhi constituency, lost the seat against BJP's Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma by 4,089 votes.
The counting of votes for the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 has begun at 8 am on Saturday. The results will be declared by the evening. New Delhi, Kalkaji, Jangpura, Patparganj and Seelampur are among the key constituencies in Delhi.
There are 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi. The national capital territory (NCT) witnessed a fierce electoral battle between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.
The AAP will be hoping to retain power for the third consecutive time, while the BJP is trying its best to dethrone the Arvind Kejriwal-led party. Meanwhile, the Congress, which failed to even win a single seat in the previous two polls, will be eying to increase its seat share. New Delhi, Kalka Ji and Jangpura are among the key constituencies.
Live Updates Of Key Constituencies:
1:25 PM: BJP's Manjinder Singh Sirsa won the Rajouri Garden seat.
1:00 PM: Arvind Kejriwal lost the New Delhi Assembly seat.
12:40 PM: Former Delhi CM Manish Sisodia conceded defeat from the Jangpura seat.
12:25 PM: Manish Sisodia is now trailing from the Jangpura seat. Marwah is ahead with over 600 votes.
12:20 PM: BJP candidate Ravinder Singh Negi (Ravi Negi) is leading from the Patparganj seat over his nearest rival Avadh Ojha.
11:57 AM: Verma extends his lead over Kejriwal. The BJP candidate is leading with a margin of 1,100 votes.
11:50 AM: AAP's Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad is consolidating his lead over its nearest rival AIMIM's Shifa Ur Rehman Khan by a margin of more than 10,000 votes.
11:15 AM: Congress candidate from New Delhi Sandeep Dikshit on BJP's victory in Delhi polls.
#WATCH | On #DelhiElectionResults, Congress candidate from the New Delhi seat, Sandeep Dikshit says, "As of now it seems that they (BJP) will form the govt... We raised the issues but I think people thought that we are not going to form the govt - we accept the decision of the… pic.twitter.com/EKv4tk70Ot
— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2025
11:10 AM: Manish Sisodia consolidates his lead from Jangpura with over 2,600 votes.
11:00 AM: BJP's Parvesh Verma is again in lead from the New Delhi seat over his nearest rival Arvind Kejriwal by a narrow margin of over 200 votes.
10:53 AM: Kejriwal is leading with 386 votes.
10:50 AM: Sisodia has taken a lead against his nearest rival BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah is leading by a margin of over 2,300 votes.
10:23 AM: Sisodia is trailing from the Jangpura seat. BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah is leading by a margin of over 1,300 votes.
Latest Trends As per Election Commission Of India (ECI):
10:00 AM: Kejriwal extends lead to 343 votes over his nearest rival BJP's Parvesh Verma from the New Delhi Assembly seat
9:51 AM: Kejriwal has taken lead from the New Delhi seat. As per the latest trends, the former Delhi CM is ahead of Verma by a margin of 254 votes.
9:50 AM: BJP's Ramesh Bhiduri is leading against Delhi CM Atishi with a margin of over 11,100 votes.
9:35 AM: Kejriwal has narrowed down the margin of Verma's lead. he is now trailing with a margin of just under 50 votes.
9:20 AM: AAP's Durgesh Pathak is leading from the Rajendra Nagar seat.
9:05 AM: Kejriwal is behind BJP's Parvesh Verma with a margin of around 1,400 votes.
9:00 AM: Delhi Minister and AAP's candidate Saurabh Bhardwaj is leading against his nearest rival BJP's Shikha Rai from the Grater Kailash seat.
8:53 AM: Manjinder Singh Sirsa of the BJP is leading from the Rajouri Garden seat.
8:50 AM: AAP's Somnath Bharti is trailing from the Malviya Nagar seat.
8:45 AM: Former Delhi minister and AAP candidate Satyender Jain is trailing from Shakur Basti.
8:43 AM: AAP candidate Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad is leading from Seelampur seat.
8:35 AM: BJP's Kapil Mishra is leading from Karawal Nagar.
8:25 AM: BJP is leading in Patparganj seat. Notably, this seat is considered as an AAP stronghold. Sisodia contested the assembly polls thrice from this seat and won all of them. This time, the AAP fielded teacher-turned-political Avadh Ojha from Patparganj.
8:20 AM: Former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia is trailing from Jangpura.
8:15 AM: Delhi CM Atishi is trailing from the Kalkaji Seat, as per early trends.
8:05 AM: As per early trends, BJP's Parvesh Verma is leading from the New Delhi seat against former CM Arvind Kejriwal.