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ECI Delhi Election Results 2025 LIVE Updates: ‘Rejection of Trojan horse that attempted to damage liberal cause’, says Congress on AAP’s poll debacle

Election Commission of India, ECI Delhi Election Results 2025, Results.eci.gov.in Live Updates: Congress leader Pawan Khera said, "Majority of liberals are rightly cheering the fall of the facade so that the real champion of liberal values - the Indian National Congress - can emerge stronger to take the BJP on and defeat it.

Election Commission Delhi Results 2025 LIVE Updates: Arvind KejriwalElection Commission Delhi Results 2025 LIVE Updates: The BJP won 48 seats while the AAP won 22 in the Delhi Assembly polls. ( Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
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Election Commission of India (ECI) Delhi Election Results 2025 Live: After the AAP suffered a major setback in the Delhi Assembly Election, the Congress party hit out at the party saying the poll result is a “rejection of the Trojan horse that attempted to damage the liberal cause” across the country. In a post on X, Congress leader Pawan Khera said, “Majority of liberals are rightly cheering the fall of the facade so that the real champion of liberal values – the Indian National Congress – can emerge stronger to take the BJP on and defeat it.

NDA credits PM Modi’s leadership: Meanwhile, the BJP and its NDA partners hailed the victory as an endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. Union ministers, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states, and NDA partners lauded PM Modi’s leadership and Home Minister Amit Shah’s strategies for BJP’s victory in the polls. Referring to the saffron party’s victories in Haryana and Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the results “stand as a resounding endorsement of the progressive policies of the NDA government”.

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BJP sweeps polls: In a return back to power after a gap of 27 years, the BJP swept the Delhi Assembly elections Saturday winning 48 of the 70 seats. The ruling AAP won 22 seats while the Congress drew a blank for the third time in a row. The AAP suffered major setback with its top leaders including Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia losing their poll battles to the BJP. Incumbent CM Atishi, the only silver lining of the AAP, won from Kalkaji by defeating BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri.

 

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