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Delhi Elections: AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj wins from Greater Kailash constituency, here's all you need to know

South Delhi's Greater is a high profile constituency and will witness a tough fight between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress.

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The Aam Aadmi Party has won the Greater Kailash seat. Party member Saurabh Bhardwaj defeated BJP's Shikha Roy by 16,809 votes.

South Delhi's Greater is a high profile constituency and witnessed a fight between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Bhardwaj was seeking a third term after his two consecutive wins, BJP had fielded Shikha Rai in an attempt to wrest the former out.

The constituency comprises the areas Greater Kailash Enclaves, Chittaranjan Park, Sainik Farms, and Alakananda DDA apartments.

Here is a brief profile of the Greater Kailash: 

Constituency Name: Greater Kailash

Constituency Number: 50

Total voters: 1,07,735

Previous elections: AAP member Saurabh Bhardwaj won the seat in 2015 and 2013 elections 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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