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Congress sweeps Delhi
New Delhi, Dec 04: In a landslide mandate, Congress, under the leadership of incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, has secured absolute majority in Delhi Assembly elections. It has reigned on 47 seats in the 70-member House. Bharatiya Janata Party comes a tottering second with merely 20 seats in its kitty.
New Delhi, Dec 04: In a landslide mandate, Congress, under the leadership of incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, has secured absolute majority in Delhi Assembly elections. It has reigned on 47 seats in the 70-member House. Bharatiya Janata Party comes a tottering second with merely 20 seats in its kitty.Results
Following the results, Sheila would don the chief ministerial garb for the second time consecutively. In the history of Delhi Assembly, it is for the first time that incumbent party will form government for the second time running.
In the final tally, Congress has won two-third majority with 47 seats with a loss of 5 seats since last assembly elections(In 1998, Congress bagged 52 seats). The vote share for Congress stands at 42% with a swing of –5.75%.
The loser BJP stands at 20 seats with a gain of 5 seats since last time(In 1998, BJP bagged 15 seats). The vote share for BJP stands at 30% with a swing of –4%. Although BJP seems to have improved in number of seats, the vote share has diminished.
On the remaining 3 seats, one each has been bagged by JD(S), NCP and Independent candidate.
Going by the verdict of the public in Delhi, it is very clear that the winning factor has been Sheila’s charisma and the developmental work done by her government. She has won from her Gole Market stronghold, battering her nearest rival Poonam Azad by a margin of 13000 votes.
Metro, fly-overs, switch over to CNG, cleaning of Yamuna and numerous other factors have backed her. She has always been seen as a sophisticated yet accessible people’s leader. Seen with brooms and mops in her hand, she struck a cord with the down-trodden of Delhi. And her class, culture and refinement endeared her to the elite of the Capital.
Dissecting BJP’s debacle, one biting fact that stands naked is that Madan Lal Khurana has sounded the death knell for his party. Had BJP projected some other leader as chief ministerial candidate(Sushma Swaraj may be), the party could have fared better. This is not to undermine Sheila’s popularity. Still, BJP could have had some saving grace. His garrulity and volubility wrote him off. His rath yatras could not overpower the effect of Sheila’s good work.
Sitting Congress MLA Tajdar Babbar has retained her position and so has education minister Raj Kumar Chauhan (Congress) who was declared winner from Mangolpuri. The other big profile wins for the Congress include, DPCC President Choudhury Prem Singh and Ajay Maken.
BJP also had its share of wins today with heavyweight Madan Lal Khurana and former ministers Jagdish Mukhi and Harsharan Singh Balli defeating their nearest Congress rivals.
The party, however, had to face a shock defeat of some of its veterans, including Ram Bhaj. Another prominent leader Nand Kishore Garg had to face defeat in Tri Nagar.
Sheila Dikshit (Cong)- Gole Market (Won)
Madan Lal Khurana (BJP)- Moti Nagar (Won)
Tarvinder Singh Marwah (Cong)- Jangpura (Won)
Ajay Makan (Cong)- Rajouri Garden (Won)
Parvez Hashmi (Cong)- Okhla- (Won)
Jagdish Mukhi (BJP)- Janak Puri- (Won)
Tajdar Babbar (Cong)- Minto Road- (Won)
Ashok Ahuja (Cong)- Sarojini Nagar- (Won)
Mukesh Sharma (Cong)- Hastsal- (Won)
Ramakant Goswami (Cong)- Patel Nagar- (Won)
Barkha Singh (Cong)- R K Puram (Won)
Krishna Tirath (Cong)- Baljeet Nagar- (Won)
Shadiram (Cong)- Kamla Nagar- (Won)
Subhash Chopra (Cong)- Kalkaji- (Won)
Malaram Ganwal (Cong)- Madipur- (Won)
O P Babbar (BJP)- Tilak Nagar- (Won)
Chaudhary Prem Singh (Cong)- Ambedkar Nagar (SC)- (Won)
Yoganand Shastri (Cong)- Malviya Nagar- (Won)
H S Balli (BJP)- Harinagar- (Won)
Ravindra Bansal (BJP)- Shalimar Bagh- (Won)
Kiran Chaudhary (Cong)- Delhi Cantt- (Lost)
Kiran Walia (Cong)- Hauz Khas- (Won)
Kunwar Karan Singh (Cong)- Model Town- (Won)
Mahendra Singh Saathi (Cong)- Vishnu Garden- (Lost )
Dr Ashok Walia (Cong)- Geeta Colony- (Won)
Ramesh Vidhuri (BJP)- Tughlaqabad- (Won)
Talwinder Marwaha (Cong)- Jangpura- (Won)
Dharamdev Solanki (BJP)- Palam- (Won)
Bureau Report
Going by the verdict of the public in Delhi, it is very clear that the winning factor has been Sheila’s charisma and the developmental work done by her government. She has won from her Gole Market stronghold, battering her nearest rival Poonam Azad by a margin of 13000 votes.
Metro, fly-overs, switch over to CNG, cleaning of Yamuna and numerous other factors have backed her. She has always been seen as a sophisticated yet accessible people’s leader. Seen with brooms and mops in her hand, she struck a cord with the down-trodden of Delhi. And her class, culture and refinement endeared her to the elite of the Capital.
Dissecting BJP’s debacle, one biting fact that stands naked is that Madan Lal Khurana has sounded the death knell for his party. Had BJP projected some other leader as chief ministerial candidate(Sushma Swaraj may be), the party could have fared better. This is not to undermine Sheila’s popularity. Still, BJP could have had some saving grace. His garrulity and volubility wrote him off. His rath yatras could not overpower the effect of Sheila’s good work.
Sitting Congress MLA Tajdar Babbar has retained her position and so has education minister Raj Kumar Chauhan (Congress) who was declared winner from Mangolpuri. The other big profile wins for the Congress include, DPCC President Choudhury Prem Singh and Ajay Maken.
BJP also had its share of wins today with heavyweight Madan Lal Khurana and former ministers Jagdish Mukhi and Harsharan Singh Balli defeating their nearest Congress rivals.
The party, however, had to face a shock defeat of some of its veterans, including Ram Bhaj. Another prominent leader Nand Kishore Garg had to face defeat in Tri Nagar.