Arvind Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi CM shortly, retain Cabinet

ECI on Tuesday declared the results for all the 70 seats. AAP won 62 while BJP got 8 seats and Congress drew a blank. Catch all Delhi Assembly election 2020 highlights

Arvind Kejriwal, whose party stormed to power in Delhi on Tuesday for the third term by winning 62 of 70 seats, is set to take oath as Chief Minister for a third term. The oath-taking ceremony is being held at the Ramlila Maidan, which is open to public. A

AAP held on to the nearly 54 per cent votes it had got in the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, while the BJP improved its tally with 38.51 per cent votes. The Congress party, which ruled Delhi for 15 years before being voted out in 2013, drew a blank.

"This is a win for Mother India," Kejriwal told his supporters after the verdict on February 11. he is likely to retain the Cabinet from 2015 with manish Sisodia his deputy and the Education Minister. 

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11:58 AM

Manish Sisodia likely to retain Deputy CM post

I am going to take oath for the third time as a minister in the government. Heartfelt gratitude to the people of Delhi for this love and respect. 

 

11:33 AM

In Pics: Massive crowd in Ramlila Maidan for swearing-in ceremony

Ramlila Maidan decked up for swearing in ceremony. (AAP)

Massive gathering at Ramlila for Kejriwal's swearing in.  (AAP)

11:27 AM

To continue work, Kejriwal to retain Cabinet from 2015

Taking to Twitter on Sunday morning, Kejriwal urged Delhiites to attend his oath-taking ceremony to bless "their son". Besides the AAP chief, his cabinet colleagues - Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai, Satyendar Jain, Kailash Gahlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Pal Gautam will also take oath.

 

11:25 AM

Kejriwal set to take oath as Delhi CM

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as the chief minister of Delhi for the third consecutive time on Sunday at the city's Ramlila Maidan where a multi-level security arrangement has been put in place. Read More

10:43 PM

Next target- MCD polls

After scripting a scintillating win in the just-concluded Delhi polls, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is now likely to focus on the next municipal elections, sources said on Wednesday.

 

"As the party has registered a landslide victory in the assembly elections, it will now focus on the next MCD polls," a source said.

 

10:40 PM

Man held for firing on AAP MLA's convoy; police deny political angle

Police have arrested Dharamvir alias Kalu in the case and said there was enmity between him and the deceased 45-year-old Ashok Mann ruling out any political angle behind the attack in which a party supporter was killed.

10:35 PM

Delhi BJP chief meets newly elected party MLAs

The BJP is prepared to work as an aware opposition and expects the new AAP regime to implement the Modi government's flagship schemes like the Ayushman Bharat and the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) in the national capital, the saffron party's Delhi unit chief Manoj Tiwari told reporters after meeting the MLAs on Wednesday.

10:34 PM

Highest NOTA votes in Matiala, lowest in Matia Mahal

The highest number of votes in the None of the Above (NOTA) category was polled in Matiala, with six of the nine candidates in the constituency getting lesser than it in the tally, according to data shared by the Election Commission on its website.

In Matiala, the NOTA votes stood at 1,602, the highest under that category across the total 70 constituencies, while the lowest number of NOTA votes were polled in Matia Mahal -- 216.

 

Over 43,000 votes in the just-concluded Delhi Assembly polls were cast in the NOTA category, constituting about 0.5 per cent of total votes polled.

9:15 PM

Only 3 Congress candidates saved deposits

Only three Congress candidates -- Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar, Devender Yadav from Badli and Abhishek Dutt from Kasturba Nagar -- could save their deposits.

The grand old party's performance in the just-concluded Delhi Assembly elections touched a record low with the party bagging less than five per cent votes and 63 of its candidates losing their deposits.
 

The party had ruled Delhi for 15 years on the trot under former chief minister Sheila Dikshit.

 

9:13 PM

Krishna Tirath, A K Walia, Haroon Yusuf and Parvez Hashmi lost deposits

Former Union minister Krishna Tirath, ex-Delhi ministers A K Walia, Haroon Yusuf and Parvez Hashmi, and Poonam Azad, wife of the party's campaign committee head and former cricketer Kirti Azad, were among the 63 Congress candidates who forfeited deposits after the party received a drubbing in the February 8 polls.

As per the constituency-wise data shared on the EC website, a total of 529 candidates lost deposits.

9:08 PM

Congress appoints Shakti Gohil as Delhi in-charge; Chacko, Chopra resign

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accepted the resignation of AICC Delhi in-charge P C Chacko and Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra, and appointed Shakti Sinh Gohil in Chacko's place.
 

Chacko and Chopra resigned from their post in the wake of the party's debacle in the Delhi assembly elections.

9:07 PM

Seventh Delhi Legislative Assembly constituted

The new Delhi Legislative Assembly was constituted on Wednesday, a day after the Aam Aadmi Party swept the elections winning 62 of the 70 seats.
 

The official Twitter handle of the Delhi Assembly said the Election Commission has notified the results of the February 8 polls.
 

"With this the Seventh Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi is deemed to have been constituted w.e.f (with effect from) 12.02.2020 (Section 73 of the Representation of the People Act,1951)," it said.

9:05 PM

Congress loses, AAP gains

The Congress' decline in the national capital indicated that the Muslim community has shifted to the Aam Aadmi Party.
 

Take for instance, Congress' Haroon Yusuf, a minister in the former Sheila Dikshit government, who bagged only 5,107 votes in Ballimaran against his AAP rival who garnered 65,612 votes.
 

In the neighbouring Matia Mahal seat, Congress' Mirza Javed Ali got merely 3,403 votes as against 67,250 votes bagged by AAP's Shoaib Iqbal.

9:03 PM

Congress shrinks in six Muslim-dominated seats, bags less than 45,000 votes polled together

In six Muslim-dominated assembly seats of Delhi, the Congress bagged less than 45,000 votes polled together, in contrast to the Lok Sabha polls when it did significantly well seven months ago.

In five of the six seats -- Ballimaran, Okhla, Matia Mahal, Babarpur, Mustafabad -- the Congress bagged a little more than 5,000 votes in each constituency.

The only saving grace for the party was Seelampur where it garnered more than 20,000 votes.

8:37 PM

Over 500 candidates lost deposits

Over 500 of the 672 candidates who fought the high-stakes Delhi Assembly polls lost their deposits, according to data shared by the Election Commission on its website.

Former Union minister Krishna Tirath, ex-Delhi ministers A K Walia, Haroon Yusuf and Parvez Hashmi, and Poonam Azad, wife of the party's campaign committee head and former cricketer Kirti Azad, were among the 63 Congress candidates who forfeited deposits after the party received a drubbing in the February 8 polls.