NEW DELHI: BJP candidate Raj Kumar Bhatia won with 52,510 votes in Adarsh Nagar constituency, defeating his nearest rival, AAP candidate Mukesh Kumar Goel.
The key contenders in this election include Mukesh Kumar Goel from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Raj Kumar Bhatia representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Shivank Singal from the Indian National Congress (INC).
CANDIDATES| NAME | PARTY | RESULT |
Mukesh Kumar Goel
| AAP
| LOST |
| Raj Kumar Bhatia | BJP | WON |
| Shivank Singal | INC | LOST |
In the previous Assembly elections, AAP’s Pawan Sharma secured victory with a narrow margin of 1,589 votes, while BJP’s Raj Kumar Bhatia was the runner-up, receiving 45,303 votes.
During the 2020 Assembly elections, Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 61.46% across its 70 constituencies.
The Congress party governed Delhi for three consecutive terms from 1998 to 2013, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured victory only once. In 2013, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ended Congress' rule by forming a short-lived minority government. Since then, AAP has successfully completed two consecutive terms, governing from 2015 to 2025.
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