New Delhi:
Counting of votes for Delhi’s 70 assembly constituencies is underway with the newest tendencies displaying that Congress might draw the third consecutive zero. Based on the accessible tendencies, the celebration, which was main within the early rounds of counting from the Badli seat, is trailing in all constituencies.
The Congress, which dominated the nationwide capital for 15 years till 2013, had made an all-out effort to regain its foothold in metropolis politics with senior leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holding a number of rallies earlier than the polls.
A number of exit polls had predicted a hat-trick of zeroes for Congress.
The final time Congress opened its account in Delhi was within the 2013 assembly elections when it gained eight seats. The celebration had secured a vote share of 24.55 per cent, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) received a 33.07 per cent vote share and the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) 29.49 per cent.
The BJP, which emerged because the single-largest celebration in 2013, obtained 31 seats, 5 seats lower than the required majority within the 70-member home.
Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP bagged 28 seats and joined arms with the Congress to kind a authorities. Their alliance, nonetheless, solely lasted 49 days.
AAP vs BJP In Delhi Meeting Polls
The ruling AAP is eyeing a fourth straight win, whereas the BJP is in search of a comeback after 1998.
Preliminary counting tendencies on the Election Fee web site confirmed that the BJP was main in 41 meeting seats whereas AAP was forward in 29.
Whereas AAP’s high leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are main from their respective seats, their celebration colleague and Chief Minister Atishi is trailing.
The AAP, if voted to energy, will kind the federal government for the fourth consecutive time and can break the Congress’ document of a 15-year run within the nationwide capital.
Exit polls, nonetheless, gave the BJP an edge over the AAP, which has been in energy in Delhi since 2015.