Delhi election result: CM Atishi trails BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri in Kalkaji

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi was on Saturday trailing Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ramesh Bidhuri in the Assembly election.

After five rounds of counting as of 11.30 am, the Aam Aadmi Party leader was behind her BJP rival by 2,800 votes in the Kalkaji constituency, data from the Election Commission showed.

While Atishi had secured 18,719 votes, Bidhuri had bagged 21,519 votes. Congress candidate Alka Lamba was in third place with 1,864 votes.

Atishi had won the seat in 2020.

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Overall, the Aam Aadmi Party was trailing the BJP in Delhi. The BJP was ahead in 44 seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party was leading in 26 constituencies at 11.45 am.

The halfway mark for the 70-member Delhi Assembly in 36 seats.

Atishi had taken over as the chief minister after Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal resigned from the post on September 17, a week after he was released on bail in the Delhi liquor policy case. He had been arrested in March ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

The Aam Aadmi Party chief had said that he will return to the post only after voters have expressed their support for him in the Assembly election.

In the run-up to the election, Bidhuri sparked a row on January 5 with his remarks about Atishi…

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