Union Minister Kapil Sibal and Mahabal Mishra of Congress today pulled out a spectacular victory in Delhi where the party is all set to sweep the Lok Sabha polls.
Its candidates in all the other five seats are also leading by a comfortable margin of over 36,000 votes as per the trends available. Sibal defeated BJP's Vijender Gupta in Chandni Chowk with a hefty margin of 2,00,710 votes while party's Poorvanchali face in the capital Mishra pulled out a stunning victory in West Delhi seat, considered a BJP stronghold.
Mishra toppled Delhi's Leader of Opposition Jagdish Mukhi by a margin of 1,29,033 votes.
The party candidate also won the bypolls to Rohtas Nagar Assembly seat.
Vipin Kumar of Congress defeated the BJP candidate by over 23,000 votes in the by-elections to Rohtas Nagar Assembly seat, which fell vacant after his father and MLA Ram Babu Sharma passed away. Kumar overcame the challenge posed by BJP's Divya Jaiswal, former Delhi Deputy Mayor.
Sibal's ministerial colleague Ajay Maken is ahead of BJP's Vijay Goel in New Delhi by 44,956 seats. Sibal and Maken are the sitting MPs from Chandni Chowk and New Delhi.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's son Sandeep, who is contesting from East Delhi, has a comfortable lead over his nearest BJP rival ace cricketer Chetan Chouhan. Dikshit is leading by 89,419 votes.
DPCC chief J P Aggarwal, who replaced senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler from North-East Delhi seat after his candidature became a controversy, was leading over his BJP rival B L Sharma by 64,940 votes.
Interestingly, in North-East seat, Haji Dilshad Ali, the BSP candidate who withdrew from the race in favour of Congress two days ahead of the polling, has polled 25,981 votes.
In South Delhi, Ramesh Kumar, who replaced his brother and Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, is leading against his BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri by 36,500 votes.
Sitting Congress MP Krishna Tirath is also leading in North-West Delhi seat over her nearest BJP rival by 67,815 votes. In the last elections, Congress has won six seats.
An elated DPCC chief Aggarwal told PTI that the performance of Congress in Delhi and other metros clearly showed that "be it urban India or the rural, Congress is the peoples choice".
"The victory is a result of hardwork of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The BJP indulged in a negative campaigning. We were positive in our campaign from the word go," Aggarwal said.