Delhi election results 2015: AAP makes inroads into BJP’s upper class vote

Belying the perception that its support base was limited to the lower class, Aam Aadmi Party today registered a hefty victory, winning 67 seats in the Delhi Assembly and making inroads into the upper class vote, which has traditionally gone with BJP. While BJP, which had won 31 seats in the last Assembly elections, managed only three seats — Mustafabad, Vishwas Nagar and Rohini — Congress returned a zero in Delhi. New Delhi, RK Puram, Greater Kailash, Malviya Nagar — considered to be among the posh localities of Delhi, are among the constituencies where AAP registered a thumping victory. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who bagged 57,213 votes, won the prestigious New Delhi seat by trouncing his BJP rival Nupur Sharma by 31,583 votes. Manish Sisodia, Somnath Bharti, Gopal Rai, Rakhi Birla, Saurabh Bhardwaj and all other prominent AAP leaders emerged victorious.

Sisodia handed a defeat to former AAP member Vinod Kumar Binny, who was this time fighting on a BJP ticket, by 28,761 votes in the Patparganj seat in east Delhi while Bharti won the Malviya Nagar seat by 15,897 votes, defeating BJP candidate Nandini Sharma.Rai and Birla also tasted victory, getting 75,928 and 60,534 votes, respectively, while Bhardwaj defeated BJP's Rakesh Kumar Gullayiya by 14,583 votes in Greater Kailash. Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken, who contested from Sadar Bazar seat, was also defeated. BJP's chief ministerial nominee, Kiran Bedi, got 65,919 seats as she lost the battle for the Krishna Nagar constituency to AAP candidate SK Bagga Advocate by 2,277 votes.The only saving grace for BJP was the win managed by its former state unit president Vijender Gupta in Rohini. BJP leader Om Prakash Sharma bagged 58,124 votes to edge past AAP candidate Dr Atul Gupta by 10,158 votes in Vishwas Nagar. The third BJP member elected to the Assembly is Jagdish Pradhan, who won the Mustafabad seat by 6,031 votes. Rahul Gandhi actually voted for AAP

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has avenged Delhi with a thumping majority, rounding up the major political players - Congress and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) from the city. The dismal performance of the other parties in the Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections is quite apparent - especially Congress that hasn't managed to get even a single seat in any of the constituencies in Delhi. While AAP is in the midst of the mass celebrations, our sources have found out that not everybody is down in the dumps in the Congress. According to insiders in the Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi was seen dancing on Pharrell Williams' popular song 'Happy' when the election mandate was out. When people asked around about his sudden burst of happiness, especially at this dark day in the history of the Party, he was heard whispering to his close confidant, Sanjay Jha that in fact he did vote for AAP, after all.

Rahul Gandhi's reaction evoked the gleeful smile that he had while addressing the press after losing the General Elections, back in May 2014. But this time he went one step ahead with doing the jig on the popular number. When Arvind Kejriwal, the new chief minister of Delhi and AAP supremo, heard of this, he invited Rahul Gandhi to come over to AAP headquarters and join the party. But his one condition was, that the dance number would be '5 saal Kejriwal' only. That's when Sonia Gandhi stepped in for an intervention. Apparently, Rahul Gandhi has been grounded for an unspecified term, with no access to TV or music, and has been asked to work on a project on 'How to salvage the Congress Party.' Feeling quite gloomy, Rahul Gandhi sent a Whatsapp message to Kejriwal offering to join his party. Delhi Police gear up to tackle face-off with AAP govt

At a time when exit polls indicate that AAP may make a comeback in Delhi, police are gearing up to tackle a face-off — one of the top highlights in the 49-day tenure of the party last year. Sources say the police brass is trying to chalk out a possible way to avoid confrontation if AAP comes to power.