DELHI ELECTION RESULTS 2015 : AAP WINS BIG TIME, MODI ACCEPTS DEFEAT

Live Delhi election results 2015: AAP Convener Arvind Kejriwal in a cheerful mood with party volunteers at a meeting in New Delhi before counting of votes for Delhi polls. (PTI)

On counting day of the Delhi Assembly elections 2015, celebrations have broken out very early in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office as the party surges ahead in the polls, virtually destroying the Kiran Bedi-helmed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) even in its fortresses.

After AAP’s landslide lead over BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Arvind Kejriwal to congratulate his party’s win in Delhi elections and invited him for tea.

The Aam Aadmi Party is all set to recapture power in the national capital after surging to a mammoth lead in more than 60 constituencies. BJP has fallen far behind, leading in just 8 seats while and Congress candidates are losing in all seats.  AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal was leading in the prestigious New Delhi constituency while his challenger BJP’s Chief Ministerial nominee Kiran Bedi was trailing in Krishna Nagar seat, considered a traditional stronghold of the party.

Congress’ Ajay Maken was trailing in Sadar Bazar seat – the party leads are fluctuating in 3 seats only.

As trends cemented what exit polls had foreseen, and as announcement of AAP’s victory neared, Kiran Bedi sought to shield PM Narendra Modi from facing the flak for the disastrous party campaign and said said she will take responsibility for BJP’s defeat. “We (me and Arvind Kejriwal) both are competing. We both are playing a match. When we play, only person can win. If the party wins, it will be a collective victory and if the party loses, I will take the responsibility,” Bedi reiterated as reporters at her residence asked ‘what went wrong’.

Live Delhi election results 2015 highlights:

10.25 am: Arvind Kejriwal wishes to meet PM Narendra Modi

PM Modi to Arvind Kejriwal: Yes, we will meet for tea

10.2o am: Lead in for 70 seats –  AAP takes mammoth lead in 62 seats, BJP in 8, Congress 0.

10.15 am: As BJP heads for humiliating loss in Delhi elections 2015, PM Narendra Modi calls AAP chief Narendra Modi to congratulate him.

10.15 am: Delhi Congress President Arvinder Singh Lovely sends his resignation to Congress President Sonia Gandhi after poll debacle

10.12 am: Even though we lost Delhi elections so badly, we want to salute Delhi people… we take responsibility of the defeat: says Congress leader PC Chacko

I’d like to congratulate Arvind Kejriwal ji & AAP, wish he will be able to fulfill promises, says Chacko.

10.10 am: BJP says said the Delhi Election results 2015 were a referendum on Arvind Kejriwal and could not be seen as reflection of the Narendra Modi government’s performance.

10.08 am: Change from 2013 polls  – (+) 28 for AAP, (-13) for BJP, (-8) for Congress

10.05 am: Dwarka round 3, AAP’s Adarsh Shastri leads 17000 votes while BJP trails at 9000 votes. INC 3205

Round 3 – AAP leads in Krishna Nagar, Patparganj and Trilokpuri in East Delhi. Kiran Bedi trails in Krishna Nagar

9.55 am: Leads are in for 70/70 seats: AAP leading in 59 seats; BJP 10, Congress 1

9.48 am: Arvind Kejriwal leading by more than 3,000 votes in New Delhi seat. BJP’s Nupur Sharma is second and Congress’s Kiran Walia is third.

9.45 am: Leads are in for 69/70 seats: AAP leading in 55 seats; BJP 12, Congress 1

9.40 am: Sadar Bazar, which to Congress is like Krishna Nagar is to BJP, seems to be going the AAP way. Ajay Maken, head of the Congress election campaign, is trailing by over 13,000 votes.

9.38 am: Kiran Bedi is trailing in Krishna Nagar, a seat which the BJP has never lost

9.35 am: Lead are in for 68 seats; AAP leads in 54 seats, BJP in 12, Congress 1

9.30 am: AAP’s Manish Sisodia leads with votes 3660 inPatpargaj; BJP’s Vinodkumar Binny trails at 2703 after round one.

9.25: Trends show landslide victory for AAP (+19 change from 2013 polls)

9.25 am: Lead are in for 64 seats – AAP lead in 46 seats, BJP 15, Congress 3

9.20 am: Aam Aadmi Party’s Rakhi Birla starts with huge lead from Mongolpuri, Congress stands 2nd

9.15 am: 56 out of 70 seats in – AAP leads in 42 seats; BJP in 11, Congress in 3

9.10 am: BJP CM candidate Kiran Bedi trailing in Krishna Nagar

9.05 am: Leads in for 50 seats – AAP leads in 36 seats, BJP in 11, Congress in 4

Talks of a landslide victory for the Aam Aadmi Party have already hit television stations.

9 am: Congress leader Ajay Maken trailing in Sadar Bazar

8.58 am: AAP’s Naresh Yadav leading in Mehrauli 8.56 am: AAP leading in initial count at Seelampur, Babarpur, Ghonda, Karawal Nagar

8.55 am: Lead for 47 seats in: AAP leading in 30 seats, BJP in 12, Congress in 5; Awaited: 23 seats

8.55 am: Celebration breaks out in Aam Aadmi Party office

8.55 am:  Defeat is mine, it’s not a reflection on PM Narendra Modi, say BJP’ CM candidate Kiran Bedi (Read story)

8.52: Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi party doubles lead over BJP; +7 from 3013 polls

8.50 am: Leads for 39 seats in; AAP leads in 23 seats; BJP in 11; Congress in 5

8.45 am: President Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmishtha trails AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj in Greater Kailash

8.45 am: Leads for 33 seats in: AAP leads in 19 seats, BJP 9, Congress4

8.42 am: Delhi wants an honest government: AAP’s Patparganj candidate Manish Sisodia says as counting of votes begins in East Delhi

8.40 am: Lead for 26 seat in: AAP leading in 14 seats; BJP 8, Congress 3, others 1

8.35 am: Let’s wait for the full results to come in, says Congress’s Ajay Maken.

8.35 am: Kejriwal leading in NewDelhi

8.34 am: AAP candidate and former Minister Rakhi Birla was leading in Mangolpuri constituency

8.32 am:  In Patparganj, AAP’s Manish Sisodia leads as BJP’s Vinod Binny (formerly of AAP) trails

8.30 am: AAP leader Somnath Bharti leads in Malavia Nagar

8.30 am: Lead for 22 seats in: AAP leading in 11, BJP in 8, Congress 2, Others 1

8.20 am: Lead in 16 seats are in: AAP, BJP leading in 7 (-3) and 6 seats respectively

8.16: Here’e what AAP tweeted:

8.15: BJP and AAP both leading in 2 seats each 8.10 am: Kiran Bedi is leading in Krishna Nagar

8.10: AAP’s Yogender Yadav says David likely to overcome the Goliath 8.08: CEC says its has assured EVMs can’t be tampered with

8.07: BJP says Narendra Modi factor will world in Delhi Elections 8.05 am: BJP takes first lead in Rohini. The seat belonged to AAP in last elections.

8 am:  Counting votes for Delhi Elections 2015 starts 7.50 am: Here’s what BJP CM candidate tweeted before counting of votes:

7.50 am: Here’s what Arvind Kejriwal tweeted ahead of elections results:

Counting of ballots for the bitterly-fought Delhi Assembly elections, seen as havng significance beyond borders of the capital, began this morning amid tight security. Counting of votes is taking place simultaneously at 14 Centres across the city. While Congress is in the fray, but only as a virtual bystander as Aam Aadmi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party slug it out.

Delhi Assembly election result is being seen as an indicator of the popularity of the BJP government at the Centre though the party has rejected this view. The Election Commission has made elaborate security arrangements for the counting. Delhi Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for counting of the ballots which will take place in 14 Centres across the city under tight security.

All the exit polls had given AAP a decisive edge over BJP with one of them giving it as high as 53 seats in the 70-member House. The BJP had rejected the exit polls and exuded confidence of wresting power in Delhi after a gap of 16 years. The party yesterday said it would get 34-38 seats. A record 67.14 per cent turnout was recorded in the polls on Saturday.