The Okhla constituency is a Muslim community dominated area and it went to polls on February 8, along with 69 other seats of the Delhi Assembly.
The Aam Aadmi Party has won the Okhla seat. Party member Amanatullah Khan defeated BJP's Brahm Singh by 71,827 votes.
The Okhla constituency is a Muslim community dominated area and it went to polls on February 8, along with 69 other seats of the Delhi Assembly.
Campaigning for the elections in the constituency took a different turn following the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens(NRC).
It may be noted that the voters in the area have expressed their displeasure over the CAA and NRC.
Along with CAA and NRC, other key issues that shaped the outcome of the polls are poor condition of roads, clean drinking water, and waterlogging among others.
For the demographics, the Muslim community forms over 40% of the total electorate in the constituency.
Here is a brief profile of the Okhla:
Constituency Name: Okhla
Constituency Number: 54
Total voters: 2,73,464
Previous elections: AAP's Amanatullah Khan from AAP won the seat in 2015 while in 2013 elections, Congress' Asif Mohd Khan emerged as the winner.
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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