NEW DELHI: The competition for key seats within the Delhi elections confirmed that the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) have managed to keep up robust leads of their respective strongholds, in accordance with Election Fee of India (ECI) knowledge as of 11am.
New Delhi: Safety personnel at a counting centre for Delhi Meeting elections (PTI)
The BJP, in the meantime, had established commanding leads in northeast and east Delhi seats equivalent to Mustafabad, Karawal Nagar, Vishwas Nagar, and Patparganj, whereas the AAP is faring effectively in Muslim-majority constituencies like Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Okhla, and Seelampur, early developments present.
In essentially the most decisive lead as of 11 am, BJP’s Mohan Singh Bisht was forward of AAP’s Adeel Ahmad Khan by over 36,000 votes in Mustafabad, a constituency that witnessed riots in 2020. In Karawal Nagar, BJP’s Kapil Mishra led Manoj Kumar Tyagi by greater than 20,000 votes, whereas in Vishwas Nagar — one other BJP stronghold — Om Prakash Sharma was forward of AAP’s Deepak Singhal by over 12,000 votes.
In Patparganj, BJP’s Ravinder Negi was main AAP’s Avadh Ojha by greater than 10,000 votes at 11am, in accordance with ECI knowledge, whereas in Bijwasan, BJP’s Kailash Gahlot had a 3,000-vote benefit over AAP’s Surender Bhardwaj.
The AAP, in the meantime, held snug leads in a handful of key constituencies.
In Ballimaran, AAP’s Imran Hussain led BJP’s Kamal Bagri by 13,000 votes. In Chandni Chowk, AAP’s Punardeep Singh Sawhney was forward by 11,000 votes, although notably, the second place was held by Congress candidate Mudit Agarwal.
In Okhla, one other AAP bastion, Amanatullah Khan led BJP’s Manish Chaudhary by 4,500 votes. In Burari, AAP’s Sanjeev Jha held a 2,800-vote lead over Shailendra Kumar of the Janata Dal (United). Moreover, AAP’s Durgesh Pathan was forward of BJP’s Umang Bajaj by 2,500 votes, in accordance with ECI knowledge at 11am.