Delhi election result: Winners with highest and lowest victory margins
In the Delhi election results, several candidates won with wafer-thin margins. Here's the full list of the highest and lowest victory margins.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a historic mandate in Delhi, election results released on Saturday showed. The BJP returned to power in the national capital after 27 years by ousting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
According to the Election Commission, the BJP won 48 out of 70 seats in Delhi, while the AAP bagged 22 seats. The Congress failed to win any seat for the third election in a row in the capital.
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Several key leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party lost in their respective constituencies, including AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, former ministers Somnath Bharti and Satyendra Jain and party leaders Awadh Ojha and Durgesh Pathak. Incumbent Delhi chief minister Atishi won from Kalkaji.
BJP's Parvesh Verma defeated Kejriwal by 4,089 votes, securing 30,088 votes against the AAP leader's 25,999. In Jangpura, Sisodia lost to BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah by just 675 votes, while minister Saurabh Bharadwaj was defeated by BJP's Shikha Roy in Greater Kailash by 3,188 votes.
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While their losing margins were relatively narrow, these were not the lowest victory margins. Nor were all BJP victories the ones with the highest margins.
Highest winning margins
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Aaley Mohammed Iqbal from Matia Mahal recorded the highest winning margin in the Delhi election. He won his seat by a margin of 42,724 votes, defeating BJP's Deepti Indora.
In Seelampur, AAP candidate Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad defeated BJP's Anil Kumar Sharma by a margin of 42,477 votess, the second–highest in the election.
Vijender Gupta of the BJP won the Rohini seat by a big margin. He defeated AAP's Pardeep Mittal by a margin of 37,816 votes.
| Winner | Seat | Winning margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aaley Mohammed Iqbal (AAP) | Matia Mahal | 42,724 votes |
| Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad (AAP) | Seelampur | 42,477 votes |
| Vijender Gupta (BJP) | Rohini | 37,816 votes |
| Prem Chauhan (AAP) | Deoli | 36,680 votes |
| Ravinder Indraj Singh (BJP) | Bawana | 31,475 votes |
In Deoli, AAP's Prem Chauhan emerged victorious by a margin of 36,680 votes. He defeated Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) candidate Deepak Tanwar.
Ravinder Indraj Singh of the BJP won the Bawana seat by 31,475 votes, defeating AAP's Jai Bhagwan Upkar.
Lowest winning margin
The lowest winning margin was recorded by BJP's Chandan Kumar Choudhary from Sangam Vihar seat – only 344 votes. He defeated Dinesh Mohaniya of AAP, who got 53705 votes.
The second lowest victory margin was 392 votes. BJP's Ravi Kant from Trilokpuri, who got 58217 votes, defeated AAP's Anjana Parcha in this constituency.
| Winner | Seat | Winning margin |
|---|---|---|
| Chandan Kumar Choudhary (BJP) | Sangam Vihar | 344 votes |
| Ravi Kant (BJP) | Trilokpuri | 392 votes |
| Tarvinder Singh Marwah (BJP) | Jangpura | 675 votes |
| Surya Prakash Khatri (BJP) | Timarpur | 1,168 votes |
| Umang Bajaj (BJP) | Rajinder Nagar | 1,231 votes |
In Jangpura, Tarvinder Singh Marwah of the BJP won the election by 675 votes. He defeated former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.
In Timarpur, BJP's Surya Prakash Khatri defeated AAP's Surinder Pal Singh by 1,168 votes.
BJP's Umang Bajaj also won the Rajinder Nagar seat by a margin of 1,231 votes. He defeated AAP candidate Durgesh Pathak.
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