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

The Jangpura area is residence to both upper-middle-class and lower class localities. It went to polls along with 69 other seats on February 8.

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The Aam Aadmi Party has won the Jangpura seat. Party member Praveen Kumar defeated BJP's Impreet Singh Bakshi by 16,063 votes

The area is residence to both upper-middle-class and lower class localities. It went to polls along with 69 other seats on February 8.

A Congress stronghold till 2013, the constituency saw a two-way fight between AAP and BJP.

Here is a brief profile of the Jangpura seat:

Constituency Name: Jangpura

Constituency Number: 41

Total voters: 91,067

Previous elections: AAP member Praveen Kumar won the seat in 2015 elections 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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