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Although none of the pre-poll surveys hinted at AAP's win, the stupendous show of the party is indicative of a hung assembly in Delhi.
Updated : Dec 10, 2013, 05:02 AM IST
The 2013 assembly election has seen a new wave with just a year-old Aam Aadmi party led by beaureucrat-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal giving Congress a run for its money.
According to voting trends on Sunday, Congress' 15-year-rule appeared to come to an end with the AAP leader racing ahead of Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit. Kejriwal is ahead with 2,556 votes against 1,090 of Dikshit, a three-time chief minister.
Although none of the pre-poll surveys hinted at AAP's win, the stupendous show of the party is indicative of a hung assembly in Delhi.
Kejriwal shot to limelight when he joined hands with anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare in his movement for the Jan Lokpal Bill.
While the movement fizzled out after an initial craze, Arvind Kejriwal and some other members of Team Anna parted ways with Hazare and went on to float the Aam Aadmi Party.
With an agenda of a corruption-free government, the party for the first time focused on the common man instead of the cliched caste and religion planks used by most parties.
Ahead of the elections, Kejriwal even went on record appealing to the masses not to give anymore funds to them as they have already raised Rs20 crore to fight the assembly elections.
As the news of AAP's spectacular show broke, support for the party poured in on micr-blogging site Twitter:
@AamAadmiParty @ArvindKejriwal given a big hope for indian youth who always thought "India hai boss, yanha kuch nahi badalaga" #APP
— Loganathan (@logu_ceg) December 8, 2013
आम आदमी-‘आप’ आये बहार आये| कांग्रेस-‘आप’ आये,हम बाहर आये| @DrKumarVishwas @AamAadmiParty #assemblyelections
— Gaurav Kumar (@gaurav_k83) December 8, 2013
The #future is #AAP..You #deserve the #WIN.. @ArvindKejriwal @AamAadmiParty
— Rishika Kothari (@connect2rish) December 8, 2013
Woah! This Sunday is going to be epic! @AamAadmiParty has rubbed it in the face! @ArvindKejriwal
— Niharika (@Lawbertarian) December 8, 2013
@AamAadmiParty @ArvindKejriwal Congrats. Happy to see AAP in a winning edge. Expecting good reform in politics. Brrrroooom it!!
— Chennai Psychologist (@yozenbalki) December 8, 2013
@ArvindKejriwal its nt a morning-its "THE MORNING"-bikna mat bahut bharosa kiya hai sabne @AamAadmiParty
— PRASOON (@Kaushik_Prasoon) December 8, 2013
Ab koi NETA kisi ko ye nahi kahega-jao pahle chunav ladke aao fir bat karna#DelhiAssemblyPolls @AamAadmiParty @HaryanaTweets @ArvindKejriwal
— aditya chaudhary (@adityakuk) December 8, 2013
@AamAadmiParty @BJP4India @JiaSharmaRockz c'gress routed bjp scrping 4 mjrty stupendous debut 4 AAP.Sheila fnlly got wht she deserves-BOOT
— rahul s (@sarkrahul) December 8, 2013
Extremely happy with early leads @ArvindKejriwal @AamAadmiParty This will force other parties to come with issues other dan caste & religion
— Kunal R Mendhe (@kunalmendhe) December 8, 2013
Best part is @AamAadmiParty never entered politics to BECOME Chief Minister but to DEFEAT Congress. This has been ACHIEVED. @ArvindKejriwal
— Dushyant K. Mahant (@DKMahant) December 8, 2013
@ravishndtv : Aisa lagta hai jaise AAP ka nahi, congress ka delhi me pehla election hai.. @AamAadmiParty
— Nikesh Gupta (@nikeshgupta7) December 8, 2013
@BJP4India congrats #delhi well done @AamAadmiParty
— rekha sharma (@sharmarekha) December 8, 2013
AAP (aam aadmi party) achieves stupendous results in Delhi elections. Now politics can be a career option for non-family, non-goonda, non-f…
— Savitha Peri (@savithaperi) December 8, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party is the A grade party, BJP is the B grade Party & the Congress is the C grade Party !! #Polls2013
— Mohsin (@HathwalaThakoor) December 8, 2013
Want to see how @AamAadmiParty scales as an organization to a national level from here on. Will make a compelling case study, even a book.
— Nikhil Pahwa (@nixxin) December 8, 2013
Massive massive day in India. All wishes for Aam Aadmi Party. Ye aam aadmi ki jeet hai #AAP @ArvindKejriwal
— लाफ्टर वाले बाबा (@Nirmalogy) December 8, 2013
Remember all the media pundits who poked fun at Kejriwal and even the name of the Aam Aadmi Party? Kahan ho, bhaiyon? Bolti bandh?
— Nimish Dubey (@nimishdubey) December 8, 2013
Spectacular debut for @AamAadmiParty Congratulations @ArvindKejriwal for shaking political class out of stupor.
— Rahul Kanwal (@rahulkanwal) December 8, 2013
I suspect the Aam Aadmi Party will be the single largest party in Delhi. Just a few hours to go to see if my tukka is better than exit polls
— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) December 8, 2013
The @AamAadmiParty is without a doubt the story if this election. Doesn't matter whether they form a govt or not. #SemiFinal2013
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) December 8, 2013
Sr BJP leader says his daughter in law sheepishly told him she voted for @AamAadmiParty This is an election that's upset all calculations.
— Rahul Kanwal (@rahulkanwal) December 7, 2013
#StartUpOfTheDecade @AamAadmiParty !!!
— Suketu Talekar (@suketutalekar) December 8, 2013
@AamAadmiParty Bravo Mr.Kejriwal.......what an election.....u made Congress look like it is fighting the election for the first time....
— vijal patel (@divpatel29) December 8, 2013
"AAP" has done a blockbuster debut in Delhi. Phenomenal success of Aam Aadmi Party workers hard work...!!
— Anshul Srivastava (@anshul29041982) December 8, 2013
@AamAadmiParty @ArvindKejriwal @shaziailmi @msisodia Congratulations on a spectacular debut :)
— SourjyaBhowmick (@sourjyabhowmick) December 8, 2013
well done @AAP_Kerala @JoinAAP @AamAadmiParty
— Simon Alphonse (@kasimonka) December 8, 2013
@AamAadmiParty success in delhi is a slap on the face of its critics who thought they wld never breach the traditional parties @shaziailmi
— Pritish Mukherjee (@pritishm) December 8, 2013
@AamAadmiParty Congratulations to all the people of Central Delhi...............This z the wave of change..........AAP nailed it.
— SHANATIC SHWETA (@shwetalok) December 8, 2013