(L-R) Jarnail Singh, Sanjeev Jha, Vishesh Ravi. (Source: X/@JarnailSinghAAP, @Sanjeev_aap, @iamVisheshravi)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dealt a immense stroke to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by cutting it down to size successful the Delhi Assembly elections. From a tally of 62 successful 2020, AAP came down to 22 this election. The BJP, connected the different hand, which won 8 seats successful 2020, gained 40 seats and jumped to 48 this time.
While the BJP’s ballot stock grew by 7%, the AAP’s fell by 10% leaving a quality of conscionable 2% successful their respective ballot shares.
Despite AAP’s loss, determination were 4 MLAs who not lone won these assembly elections but besides won the erstwhile 3 successful 2013, 2015 and 2020.
Here are the four-time MLAs who bucked the inclination of AAP anti-incumbency:
-Jarnail Singh from Tilak Nagar constituency: He won by a borderline of implicit 11,600 votes. In the past Assembly elections, helium won by a borderline of 28,029 votes.
-Sanjeev Jha from Burari: He won by a borderline of implicit 16,000 votes, down from 88,000 past time.
-Vishesh Ravi from Karol Bagh: He won by implicit 7,400 votes. During the 2020 Assembly elections, his winning borderline was 31,760.
-Som Dutt from Sadar Bazar: Won by somewhat implicit 6,300 votes. His winning borderline successful the past elections was implicit 25,600.
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There are besides 4 three-time MLAs belonging to the AAP who won – Amanatullah Khan who won Okhla from 2015 to 2025, Imran Hussain who won 3 consecutive assembly elections post-2015, and Gopal Rai and Ajay Dutt from Babarpur and Ambedkar Nagar respectively.