New Delhi (AP) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu party has won the most seats in the High Stakes Parliamentary elections According to official data on Saturday, the federal region of India, including New Delhi, will include New Delhi for the first time in more than a quarter century.
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has won 47 seats in a parliament of 70, including 20 million people in India’s capital. aam aadmi partyor AAP, dominated New Delhi since 2015. AAP won 22 seats. According to India’s Election Commission, the results of the race with the remaining one seat have not yet been declared.
AAM AADMI Party (AAP) Journalists and Supporters (AAP) are waiting outside the AAP office for the final results of the Delhi election in New Delhi, India on Saturday, February 8, 2025.
India’s major opposition parliamentary party has lost all seats for the third year in a row.
In massive upsets, AAP founder and leader Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy, Manish Sisodia, lost their seats despite building widespread support in welfare policies and anti-corruption movements.
“We accept the mission of humble people,” Kejwal said in a video statement that he congratulated the BJP on his victory. He said he hopes the BJP will fulfill its election promise.
“We have done a lot of work in the areas of health, education and infrastructure over the past decade,” Kejwal said. “We will not only play a constructive opposition, but we will remain among the people and continue to serve them.”
Waving Modi flags and posters, BJP supporters chanted slogans and danced outside the capital’s headquarters.
The parties have pledged to schools and health services.
Volunteers of AAM AADMI Party (AAP) will check the results on mobile outside the party’s office as votes are counted in Delhi elections in New Delhi, India on Saturday, February 8, 2025.
BJP Amit Shah, India’s powerful home minister, said his party’s victory “people cannot be fooled by lies every time.” He said under Modi’s leadership, the BJP will “make New Delhi the number one capital of the world by fulfilling all its promises.”
“Our victory is a sign of people’s faith in Prime Minister Modi’s vision of progress,” he said in a statement.
Saturday’s victory is considered a major boost after the BJP Last year’s national elections, it failed to secure a majority on its own. However, they formed a government with a partner in the coalition. He won several lost positions last year by winning two state elections in northern Haryana and western Maharashtra.
Modi’s party ahead of the election Reduced income tax for middle class wagesone of its important voting blocks in the federal budget.
During the election, both Modi and Kejwal offered to revamp the government schools and provide free medical services and electricity, along with monthly scholarships of over 2,000 Rs ($25).
Misuse by federal investigators
Kejiwal has been arrested last year With two major party leaders on accusations that they received bribes from liquor distributors. They denied the charges, saying they were part of a political plot.
The Supreme Court has been granted Release of Kejiwal Other ministers on bail. Kejwal later abandoned the post of Prime Minister to his most senior leader, Atish, who won her seat on Saturday.
Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party will celebrate the party’s early lead in counting the number of votes in Delhi elections in New Delhi, India on Saturday, February 8, 2025.
Opposition parties have widely condemned Kejwal’s arrest and accused Modi government of misusing federal investigative agencies of harassing and undermining political adversaries. They pointed to several attacks, arrests and corruption investigations prior to the national election.
Kejriwal formed the AAP in 2012 after tapping on public outrage over the corruption scandal. His poor policies focus on amending state-run schools and providing cheap electricity, free medical care and bus transport for women.
In 2020, AAP won 62 of 70 seats in a landslide victory The final state assembly election, The BJP will not entrust the eight members and the Congress party.
The BJP was powered in Delhi by the Congress party in 1998 and ran the government for 15 years.
