- India,
- 08-Feb-2025 10:53 PM IST
Delhi Election 2025: The results of the Delhi Assembly elections have been declared and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered a historic victory by returning to power after 27 years. The BJP has won an absolute majority by winning 48 out of 70 seats in the state. With this, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has been in power in Delhi for the past years, has suffered a crushing defeat.What percentage of votes did the BJP get?In this assembly election, the BJP has got 45.56% votes. BJP's ally Janata Dal United (JDU) got 1.06% and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) got 0.53% votes. In the 2020 assembly elections, the BJP got 38.51% and in 2015 it got 32.3%, which makes it clear that the vote percentage of the BJP is increasing continuously. However, the allies of the BJP could not win their respective seats.What percentage of votes did AAP get?The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has won 22 out of 70 seats in this election. The party's vote percentage fell to 43.57%, which is 10% less than 53.57% in 2020 and 54.5% in 2015. This defeat is a big setback for AAP, as this party was in power in Delhi for the last ten years.What was the situation of Congress?The Congress party failed to win a single seat in the Delhi Assembly elections this time too. However, there was a slight improvement in the vote percentage of the party. Congress got 6.34% votes in this election, while it got 4.3% votes in 2020. This indicates that the Congress is slowly but surely trying to regain its lost ground.Change in political scenarioWith this historic victory of BJP, a big change is being seen in the politics of Delhi. AAP, which was in power for a decade, is now forced to play the role of opposition. This victory of BJP is being considered as the result of the strategies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.It remains to be seen what kind of policies BJP adopts for the development of Delhi and what lessons AAP and Congress learn from this electoral defeat and make future strategies.