The Congress was reduced to zero seats in Delhi today as Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party swept the election, leaving just three seats for its main rival BJP and none for the rest.
All 70 Congress candidates lost, but as many as 62 of them lost their deposit, which means they did not win even a sixth of the votes cast.
Ajay Maken, who led the party's disastrous campaign, resigned as its general secretary, owing responsibility for the rout.
In 2013, the Congress won eight seats, placing a distant third after the BJP and AAP after 15 straight years in power. It was a massive jolt to the party as well as its chief campaigner Sheila Dikshit, a three-time chief minister.
The scale of defeat is especially humiliating for Mr Maken, who does not share the best of ties with Sheila Dikshit.
Some party leaders called for a relook into the party's "ideological construct."
Promising introspection, the party said in a statement, "This loss has registered strongly with us and we will take all steps to establish our connect with the people."
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