Delhi election result: BJP wins majority, AAP concedes defeat

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday defeated the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi Assembly election, winning a majority of the seats.

As of 4 pm, the BJP had won 37 seats and was leading in 11 constituencies, data from the Election Commission showed. The Aam Aadmi Party had won 17 seats and was ahead in 5 places.

The halfway mark to gain a majority in the 70-member Assembly is 36 seats.

The BJP will return to power in Delhi after 26 years.

While Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia lost their seats, Chief Minister Atishi won.

Conceding defeat in a video posted on social media, Kejriwal said that the Aam Aadmi Party has accepted the result “with great humility”. The Aam Aadmi Party will not only play the role of a constructive Opposition, but also participate in community service, he said.

Kejriwal added that over the past 10 years, the AAP government in the national capital had carried out a lot of work for the people in areas of education, healthcare, electricity, water, and had tried to improve Delhi’s infrastructure.

The Aam Aadmi Party chief congratulated the BJP and said that he hopes that the Hindutva party will deliver on the promises it had made to the voters.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the...

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