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

Kalkaji went to polls along with 69 other seats on February 8 and saw a tough fight between the ruling AAP and BJP.

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The Aam Aadmi Party has won the Kalkaji seat. Party member Atishi defeated BJP's Dharambir Singh by 11,393 votes.

Kalkaji went to polls along with 69 other seats on February 8 and will see a tough fight between the ruling AAP and BJP.

AAP fielded Atishi as its candidate from the seat. She has served as Advisor to the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia. She is also a member of AAP's Political Affairs Committee.

For the demographics, the constituency houses a mixed population of Punjabi refugees, Purvanchalis, and slum dwellers.

Here is a brief profile of the Kalkaji constituency: 

Constituency Name: Kalkaji

Constituency Number: 51

Total voters: 1,06,255

Previous elections: Avtar Singh Kalkaji from AAP won the seat in 2015 while in 2013 elections, BJP's Harmeet Singh 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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