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

RK Puram in Delhi is an affluent area that primarily houses government employees. It gets the name from Ramakrishna Paramhansa and was a Congress stronghold before the AAP party decimated it in 2015 elections.

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The Aam Aadmi Party has won the RK Nagar seat. Party member Pramila Tokas defeated BJP's Anil Kumar Sharma by 10,369 votes.

RK Puram in Delhi is an affluent area that primarily houses government employees. It gets the name from Ramakrishna Paramhansa and was a Congress stronghold before the AAP party decimated it in 2015 elections.

The region has a significant population of Rajputs and Vaishyas and it is also a residence of a sizeable number of voters from Purvanchal region and Uttarakhand.

The main competition in the seat is between AAP MLA Pramila Tokas and BJP’s Anil Kumar Sharma.

Here is a brief profile of the RK Puram seat:

Constituency Name: RK Puram

Constituency Number: 44

Total voters: 95,496

Previous elections: AAP member Pramila Tokas won the seat in 2015 elections by over 19,000 votes after AAP 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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