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Delhi Election results: AAP wins Ambedkar Nagar constituency, here's all you need to know

The Ambedkar Nagar constituency in Delhi went to polls along with 69 others on February 8.

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The Aam Aadmi Party has won the Ambedkar Nagar seat. Party member Ajay Dutt defeated BJP's Khushiram Chunar by 28,327 votes.

The seat went to polls along with 69 others on February 8.

The constituency has approximately 30% of its electorate belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

While AAP renominated incumbent MLA Ajay Dutt, BJP's Khushi Ram and Congress' Yaduraj Chaudhary were also in the fray.

Here is a brief profile of the Ambedkar Nagar seat:

Constituency Name: Ambedkar Nagar

Constituency Number: 47

Total voters:  96,992

Previous elections: AAP member Ajay Dutt won the seat in 2015 elections with a  margin of over 42,000 votes after it emerged as an anti-corruption party.

In the Delhi Assembly Elections 2020, AAP contested from all 70 seats for the assembly polls while BJP contested on 67 seats, with its ally Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) contested on the remaining three seats.

On the other hand, Congress fought on 66 seats and its ally Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) fought on the remaining 4 seats.

Polling was held at 13,750 polling stations. According to the poll body chief, total electors in the final electoral roll of the NCT of Delhi as on January 6, 2020, were 1,46,92,136.

The polls for all the seats were held on February 8, 2020, and the results were declared on February 11, 2020.

It is to be noted that in 2015, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had a landmark victory after it secured 67 of the total 70 seats in the state legislature. The party is now eyeing a second consecutive term banking on freebies that it provided to Delhiites including free water, free electricity up to 200 units, free ride for women in DTC and cluster buses, among other measures.

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