Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ravinder Singh Negi won the Patparganj assembly constituency with a margin of more than 28,000 votes, as per data posted on the Election Commission website on Saturday.
Negi had contested against Aam Aadmi Party’s Awadh Ojha and Congress’ Anil Kumar from the Patparganj constituency. According to the Election Commission of India data, Negi led by a margin of 28,072 by winning a total of 74,060 votes. In comparison, AAP’s Awadh Ojha managed to notch 45,988 votes, and Congress’ Anil Kumar got 16,549 votes.
Negi said that this was a victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thanked the party leadership for giving him the opportunity. “This is PM Modi’s victory as his blessings were with all the candidates. This victory is because of the way the PM explained to the people of Delhi why it was important to remove ‘aapda’. I thank the party leadership,” Negi told reporters.
Patparganj witnessed a triangular contest between BJP, AAP and Congress. Patparganj was the assembly constituency of Delhi’s former Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia. Still, this time, AAP had fielded Awadh Ojha, an educator who recently joined AAP. Congress had fielded Anil Kumar who gave stiff competition to both these leaders. This constituency also witnessed intense campaigning from all three parties, with leaders like Arvind Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi campaigning for their candidates. However, both parties lost the elections.
Aam Aadmi Party candidate Manish Sisodia conceded his defeat in the Delhi elections to BJP candidate Tarvinder Singh Marwah on Saturday. Speaking to media persons, Sisodia asserted that the people had supported him really well. “Party workers fought well; we all did hard work. People have supported us as well. But, I lose by 600 votes. I congratulate the candidate who won. I hope he will work for the constituency,” he said.
