‘I really feel indebted to individuals’s rely on BJP’s assurances, will certainly settle it in kind of growth’: PM Modi–

Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed deep gratefulness to individuals of Delhi for their frustrating rely on the BJP and its assurances, adhering to the event’s overwehlming success in the Delhi political elections.

Addressing the celebration at event head office, PM Modi claimed, “I feel indebted to the people’s faith in BJP’s guarantees. We will repay this debt in the form of development.” He included, “I thank every Delhiite for believing in ‘Modi ki guarantee’ and for backing us wholeheartedly.”

The Prime Minister additionally guaranteed the residents of Delhi that the BJP would certainly return their love and assistance by increasing its initiatives to drive growth in the funding.

“The politics of protests, confrontation and administrative uncertainty in Delhi have caused great harm to the people of Delhi. Today, all of you Delhiites have removed a major obstacle in the development of Delhi.”

“Our Delhi is not just a city, it is a mini India. Delhi lives the idea of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’…Wherever I went in this election, I used to say with pride that I am an MP from Purvanchal. The people of Purvanchal gave love, trust, new energy, new strength. Therefore, as an MP from Purvanchal, I especially thank the people of Purvanchal,” he claimed.

#WATCH|On BJP’s success in #DelhiElections2025, PM Narendra Modi states, “Our Delhi is not just a city, it is a mini India. Delhi lives the idea of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’…Wherever I went in this election, I used to say with pride that I am an MP from Purvanchal. The… pic.twitter.com/nTqnInWiKz

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The BJP has won 47 seats and is leading on one while the AAP has retained 22 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections results of which were announced on Saturday.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which was routed in the Delhi Assembly elections saw an erosion of nearly 10 percentage points in its vote share while the winner BJP not only saw a resurgence but also a significant increase in its vote share.

The BJP was out of power in the national capital for over 26 years.

A win on any seat remained elusive for the Congress even as it saw a marginal improvement in its vote share.

AAP secured a vote share of 43.57 per cent, down from 53.57 per cent in the 2020 polls. In the 2015 Assembly elections, it had secured 54.5 per cent of the votes.

In 2020 and 2015, the party won a massive mandate by securing 67 and 62 seats respectively. However, this time it was restricted to only 22 seats.

The BJP, which is returning to power, secured a vote share of 45.56 per cent and won 48 seats. The saffron party’s vote share rose from 38.51 per cent in 2020 and 32.3 per cent in the 2015 elections.

The Congress, which was in power in Delhi for 15 years from 1998 to 2013, did not win any seat and secured a vote share of 6.34 per cent. The only consolation for the grand old party was the fact that it saw an improvement of 2.1 per cent in vote share over The party polled 6.34 per cent of the valid votes as against 4.3 per cent in the 2020 assembly polls, denting its INDIA bloc partner AAP across segments.

The BJP’s hyper-localised campaign targeting the AAP’s loyal base among the poor with its welfare promises and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s depiction of Delhi’s ruling party as AAP-da seemed to have connected big time with the city’s voters, ending the party’s drought of more than 26 years in the national capital.

The BJP’s decimation of a plucky and ambitious opposition satrap in Arvind Kejriwal, who has led the Aam Aadmi Party to the status of a national party, in his bastion is a hammer blow to the already disjointed INDIA bloc, which has suffered a string of reverses following its spirited performance in the Lok Sabha polls.

The BJP’s usual all-decks-on-hand approach strengthened the voice for change in Delhi on the ground, which had become fertile for it due to the declining stock of AAP convener Kejriwal amid charges of corruption and that he betrayed the ideals he once espoused, embodied by the alleged ‘Sheeshmahal’ scandal.

Several BJP leaders tasked with spearheading the party’s campaign in different parts of the national capital said their intensive campaign in the 2020 had come unstuck as voters associated the AAP’s first five years of government with its perceived successes in education and health sectors, and welfare policies like free bus ride for women and free electricity.

Then there were also no serious charges of corruption against the government, which was not the case now, they said, adding that the Delhi’s ruling party had little to showcase for its success in the second term.

AAP national convenor and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal faced a major setback, losing the high-profile New Delhi seat to BJP’s Parvesh Verma by a margin of 4,089 votes.

After getting majority in the Delhi Assembly, the BJP is set to form government in Delhi after more than 26 years.

Former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has conceded defeat by 675 votes to the BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah in Jangpura.

Parvesh Verma, the son of former chief minister Sahib Singh Verma, told reporters that the credit for his “victory” belonged to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people of Delhi.

Top AAP leaders, including Kejriwal and Sisodia — who served as chief minister and deputy chief minister for most of the last two terms — have lost the elections.

Saurabh Bharadwaj, another prominent leader and a minister, lost to BJP’s Shikha Roy by a margin of 3,188 votes in Greater Kailash.

However, three AAP ministers — Gopal Rai, Mukesh Ahlawat, and Imran Hussain — emerged as the saving grace for the party, securing victories amid a likely wave of losses for senior leaders.

Hussain won from Ballimaran with a margin of 29,823 votes, Rai secured Babarpur with 18,994 votes, and Ahlawat claimed Sultanpur Majra with a margin of 17,126 votes.

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Atishi also won the Kalkaji seat, defeating BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri.

BJP candidate Mohan Singh Bisht won the Mustafabad seat by 17,578 votes, while his colleague Kapil Mishra secured victory in Karawal Nagar with a margin of 23,355 votes.

AAP’s Virender Singh Kadian won the Delhi Cantt seat by 2,029 votes while Kuldeep Kumar defeated his closest rival by a margin of 6,293 in Kondli.

The Kejriwal-led party’s Sahi Ram won from Tughlakabad by 14,711 votes, Mukesh Ahlawat from Sultanpur Majra by 17,126 votes, Jarnail Singh from Tilak Nagar by 11,656 votes, and Imran Hussain from Ballimaran by 29,823 votes.

BJP’s Rekha Gupta won the Shalimar Bagh seat, defeating her AAP rival by 29,595 votes, while Manjinder Singh Sirsa emerged victorious from Rajouri Garden by 18,190 votes.

Tilak Ram Gupta won the Tri Nagar seat by 15,896 votes, Umang Bajaj from Rajinder Nagar by 1,231 votes, and Chandan Kumar Choudhary from Sangam Vihar by 344 votes.

The Congress is set to draw a blank for the third consecutive assembly polls.

BJP leaders said there was a wider acknowledgement among people this time that the last five years were marked by a overall decline in the city’s water supply, quality of roads, garbage collection and air pollution.

A big section of voters, especially the middle class, who are sensitive to the issues affecting their quality of lives, were firmly behind the BJP, while its welfare promises and assertion to continue with the existing such measures won over a sizeable chunk of poor voters, they added.

A BJP leader cited Modi’s coinage of the term AAP-da (disaster) in his first political rally for the polls on January 3 to slam the AAP as the moment when the party started gaining over its rival in the perception battle.

Modi followed this up with the assurance two days later in an another meeting that the party will not shut any existing welfare scheme if elected to power, he said, adding that, it gave them a big plank to convinced poor residents living slums and unauthorised colonies to give the BJP a chance.

These poor voters used to vote for the Congress and then shifted entirely to the AAP, but the BJP had this a concrete agenda to win them over, more so as the Congress is no longer a viable option to them.

BJP leaders noted that their party won four of the seven seats with strongest influence of jhuggi-jhopdi voters.

All these four seats – Timarpur, Badli, New Delhi and R K Puram – were won by the AAP in 2020, they said, pointing to the party’s success in winning over a big chunk of slum voters.

BJP leaders recalled that Home Minister Amit Shah, involved deeply with the nuts and bolts of the party’s campaign, spoke in details in one of the early strategy meeting about the mis-governance of the AAP government, and said all the BJP workers have to do is to connect with voters and persuade them to opt for a change.

That even Kejriwal and his close associate Manish Sisodia lost their seats is an indication of the voters’ overall disappointment with the party.

AAP’s voters are overwhelmingly made up of people having no ideological affinity for the party but who are beneficiaries of its welfare schemes, they added.

With the BJP’s manifesto going one up on the AAP’s welfare plank, the saffron party deployed its over 25 senior leaders, including Union ministers, making them each in charge of a couple of assembly constituencies.

Besides, the party organised thousands of small meetings with different sections of society – traders, auto-rickshaw drivers, youth and women across the national capital with focus on the poor – to reach out to them.

Unlike the 2020 polls, Hindutva did not figure much in the party’s campaign as the party focussed on stoking the discontent against the Kejriwal-led party while presenting itself as the vehicle for the development of the national capital, more so as it is also in power at the Centre.

In the last three days of the campaign, the BJP marshalled over 300 MPs belong to the ruling alliance to focus on specific wards and booths.

With inputs from agencies