Of Six Seats In 2020 Riot-Hit Northeast Delhi, BJP, AAP Win Three Each

Six constituencies of northeast Delhi affected by the 2020 riots witnessed a detailed contest between the BJP and AAP, with each events profitable three seats every.

In Seelampur, AAP’s Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad defeated the BJP’s Anil Kumar Sharma by a margin of 42,477 votes. Ahmad acquired 59.21 per cent of the votes polls whereas Sharma acquired 27.38 per cent of the vote share.

Whereas the Congress’ Abdul Rehman, who was the sitting MLA from the seat however had switched sides after being denied ticket by AAP, acquired solely 12.4 per cent votes.

In addition to Seelampur, AAP was victorious in Babarpur and Gokalpur whereas the BJP gained Mustafabad, Karawal Nagar and Ghonda.

AAP’s Delhi convenor and minister in Delhi authorities Gopal Rai retained his Babarpur seat by a margin of 18,994 votes. He acquired 53.19 per cent vote share whereas his opponent, the BJP’s Anil Kumar Vashisht acquired 39.33 per cent of the votes polled within the seat.

The Congress’ Mohammad Ishraq Khan got here third with solely 8,797 votes.

AAP additionally gained the Gokalpur seat the place occasion candidate Surendra Kumar beat the BJP’s Praveen Nimesh by a margin 8,207 votes.

The BJP’s Ajay Mahawar gained the Ghonda seat by a margin of 26,058 votes. His vote share was 56.96 per cent. His opponent AAP’s Gaurav Sharma bagged 38.41 per cent vote share.

The Karawal Nagar was gained by the BJP’s Kapil Mishra. He defeated AAP’s Manoj Kumar Tyagi’s by 23,355 votes. The BJP’s and AAP’s vote share within the constituency was 53.39 per cent and 41.78 per cent respectively.

The Congress acquired just one.95 per cent votes on this seat.

BJP candidate from Mustafabad Mohan Singh Bisht gained by a margin of 17,578 votes. AAP’s Adeel Ahmad Khan was in second place with 67,637 votes, whereas AIMIM’s Mohammad Tahir Hussain was within the third spot with 33,474 votes. 

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