Delhi Assembly Election Results 2020: BJP's Jagdish Pradhan loses to AAP's Mohd Yunus by 20,704 votes in Mustafabad

Mustafabad assembly constituency is one of the 70 seats in Delhi and is a part of the North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency, which has 2.23 lakh eligible voters, has a predominantly Muslim population.

This was one of the three assembly seats which were won by the BJP in 2015 polls despite having the presence of a huge Muslim population. Jagdish Pradhan won the seat by 6,000 votes as he polled 58,388 (35.33%) votes against Congress' Hasan Ahmed who received little more than 52,000 votes (31.68%). 

AAP's Mohd Yunus received 49,791 or 30.13% of total votes polled. 

In 2013 election, Hasan Ahmed had defeated Jagdish Pradhan by less than 2,000 votes while AAP's Kapil Kumar Dhama was placed third. Before that, in 2008 election, Hasan Ahmed won the seat by less than 1,000 votes against BJP's Yogender Kumar Sharma.

In 2020, the AAP had again fielded Mohd Yunus against sitting BJP MLA Jagdish Pradhan and Congress' Ali Mehndi. 

Mustafabad assembly election results: BJP's Jagdish Pradhan loses to AAP's Mohd Yunus by 20,704 votes

Jagdish Pradhan: 78146

Mohd Yunus: 98850

Delhi Assembly elections were held on February 8 while counting of votes were conducted on Tuesday, February 11. 

The ruling AAP emerged victorious in the triangular contest with the BJP and the Congress. The party won 63 of the 70 assembly seats that went to polls on February 8. The BJP won seven seats while the Congress again failed to open its account. 

The Kejriwal-led AAP had won 67 seats in the 70-member assembly in 2015 assembly elections, defying all expectations. The Congress failed to open its account in the assembly and the BJP was able to win three seats.