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Delhi elections: AAP's victory margins show that it wasn't a close contest

BJP leadership had exuded confidence after exit polls had come out; EC data shows that there was no reason to

Delhi election, arvind kejriwal
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Delhi CM and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, with family members and other party leaders at AAP office in New Delhi Photo: Dalip Kumar

Erick Massey
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a landslide victory once again in the recently concluded Delhi Assembly polls with the party winning 62 seats in the 70-member assembly while its rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) settling on 8 seats, and Congress drawing a blank yet again.

AAP had won 67 seats in the previous Assembly polls in 2015. This time AAP' s vote share stood at 53.58 per cent, marginally less compared to 54.3 per cent in 2015.

The campaign for Delhi assembly polls had taken a controversial turn as anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh became the focal point of

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