Delhi Election results: AAP wins Burari constituency, All you need to know

Aam Aadmi Party won the Burari constituency. Party member Sanjeev Jha won against Janata Dal's Shailendra Kumar.

He won by a margin of 88158 votes.

The constituency is located in North East Delhi which has 1,94,276 eligible voters. It came into existence after its delimitation in 2008.   

It is one of the backward areas of Delhi, home to migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, facing issues of unauthorised colonies, lack of portable drinking water, roads. 

The area is also dominated by Bhojpuri-speaking people from Purvanchal. It is to be noted that Bharatiya Janata Party's state president Manoj Tiwari is also from Purvanchal.

In the earlier assembly elections of 2015 and 2013, AAP has managed to win the seat for two consecutive times.

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.