Delhi Elections 2025: 15 Seats That May Decide The BJP-AAP Showdown – News18

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As Delhi proceeds to vote on February 5, these 15 seats will see the fiercest battle between the AAP and the BJP. Whereas AAP hunts for a 3rd straight time period, the BJP is gunning for a return to energy within the nationwide capital after 26…Learn Extra
5 of those seats witnessed landslide victories for the Aam Aadmi Celebration within the 2020 Delhi elections. (PTI)
The ruling Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) are engaged in a fierce contest within the Delhi Meeting elections. Of the 70 Meeting seats within the nationwide capital, 15 are receiving explicit consideration from each events.
These 15 seats signify constituencies the place both occasion secured victory by a considerable margin or emerged victorious by a slender margin. The efficiency of each events in these 15 key seats might be decisive in figuring out which occasion will govern Delhi.
Crucially, 5 of those seats noticed exceedingly slender victories within the earlier Meeting elections, whereas one other 5 witnessed landslide victories for AAP. These ten seats, subsequently, maintain the important thing to figuring out the steadiness of energy in Delhi.
Within the 2020 Delhi Meeting elections, AAP secured victory in 62 out of 70 seats, whereas the BJP gained eight seats. Quite a few constituencies witnessed an in depth contest between candidates from the BJP and the AAP.
The BJP expressed satisfaction with doubling its seat depend in comparison with the 2015 elections. Consequently, each the BJP and AAP are prioritising these intently contested seats.
5 Seats With Narrowest Victory Margins
Meeting Seat | Winners | Losers | Victory Margin |
Bijwasan | Bhupinder Singh (AAP) | Sat Prakash Rana(BJP) | 753 |
Laxmi Nagar | Abhay Verma (BJP) | Nitin Tyagi(AAP) | 880 |
Adarsh Nagar | Pawan Sharma (AAP) | Raj Kumar (BJP) | 1,589 |
Kasturba Nagar | Madan Lal (AAP) | Ravindra Choudhary (BJP) | 3,165 |
Patparganj | Manish Sisodia (AAP) | Ravindra Singh Negi (BJP) | 3,207 |
Seats The place BJP Received By Extensive Margins In 2020
Karawal Nagar: BJP’s Mohan Singh Bisht defeated AAP’s veteran chief, Durgesh Pathak, by a margin of over 26,000 votes. Notably, Kapil Mishra, now a BJP candidate, had beforehand represented the AAP on this constituency.
Ghonda: BJP’s Ajay Mahawar defeated AAP’s Shridutt Sharma by greater than 22,000 votes. This seat was beforehand held by AAP.
Rohtas Nagar: AAP secured victory right here in 2015. Nevertheless, within the 2020 election, BJP’s Jitender Mahajan defeated Sarita Singh of the AAP by a margin exceeding 16,000 votes.
Rohini: BJP’s Vijender Gupta retained his seat, defeating Rajesh Nama Bansiwala of the AAP by roughly 12,000 votes.
Vishwas Nagar: BJP’s Om Prakash Sharma defeated AAP’s Deepak Singla by 16,457 votes. In 2015, Sharma defeated Singla by 10,000 votes.
Seats The place AAP Registered Landslide Victory In 2020
Meeting Seat | Winner | Loser | Victory Margin |
Burari | Sanjeev Jha (AAP) | Shailendra Kumar (JDU) | 88,158 |
Okhla | Amanatullah Khan (AAP) | Brahm Singh (BJP) | 71,827 |
Seemapuri | Rajendra Pal Gautam (AAP) | Sant Lal (LJP) | 56,108 |
Matia Mahal | Shoaib Iqbal (AAP) | Ravindra Gupta (BJP) | 50,241 |
Sultanpur Majra | Mukesh Ahlawat (AAP) | Ram Chandra Chavariya (BJP) | 48,052 |
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi is ready to face a stiff problem in Kalkaji constituency from BJP’s Ramesh Singh Bidhuri, a seasoned politician and her most important opponent.
Bidhuri, a former MP from South Delhi and a three-time MLA from Tughlakabad, is understood for his robust political document, successful elections in 2003, 2008, and 2013.
Voting for Delhi’s 70 Meeting constituencies is scheduled to happen on February 5. The outcomes might be declared on February 8. The final date to file nominations is January 17 and the scrutiny of nominations might be performed by January 18. The Mannequin Code of Conduct (MCC) was applied on January 7, instantly after the announcement of the ballot schedule.