Delhi Election Results 2019: Arvind Kejriwal's AAP is taking on the BJP and Congress in Delhi (File)
As the Lok Sabha election results are being counted, the BJP has gained a lead in all the seven seats in Delhi, leaving behind Arvind Kejriwal's AAP and the Congress party. In seats ranging from East Delhi, North East Delhi to South Delhi and New Delhi, all of BJP's candidates are leading in the race.
From North East Delhi, which is a contest between political heavyweights, Manoj Tiwari, who is BJP's state unit chief is leading with Congress's Delhi chief and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit, trailing behind. In East Delhi, which saw a controversial campaign between AAP's Atishi and BJP's Gautam Gambhir, Mr Gambhir is leading as well. Punjabi folk singer and BJP candidate from North West Delhi, Hans Raj Hans is leading against AAP's Gugan Singh and Congress's Rajesh Lilothia.
From New Delhi constituency, BJP's sitting lawmaker is leading against Congress's Ajay Maken and AAP's Brijesh Goyal. From South Delhi, BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri is leading against AAP's Raghav Chadha and boxer and Congress candidate Vijender Singh.
BJP's Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari has expressed confidence of the BJP winning more than 350 seats.
Here are the Highlights for Delhi election results:
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Delhi Election Results 2019: Arvind Kejriwal congratulates BJP for "historic win"
Delhi Results 2019: "I congratulate Sh Narendra Modi for this historic win and look forward to working together for the betterment of the people of Delhi," tweeted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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Nitin Gadkari addresses the media. In his address, he thanked everyone for a BJP victory.
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Delhi Election Result 2019: BJP leads in all seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi
The Bhartiya Janta Party is leading in all the seven parliamentary constituencies of Delhi, pushing Congress heavyweights like Sheila Dikshit and Ajay Maken towards defeat.
As per the Election Commission website, all BJP candidates have comfortable leads in all the seven seats ensuring victory for the party.
In North East Delhi, the sitting MP and chief of Delhi BJP unit, Manoj Tiwari, is leading by over 2.5 lakh votes against the three-time former chief minister Sheila Dikshit, reported news agency ANI.
Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir of BJP is leading by over 2 lakh votes in East Delhi, leaving behind Arvinder Singh Lovely of Congress and Atishi of AAP, reported ANI.
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Election Results: BJP leading in 300 seats: Election Commission
BJP leading in 300 seats, the Election Commission was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.
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Election Result: Congress's Delhi chief, former chief minister and candidate for North East Delhi, Sheila Dikshit is spotted her residence.
Ms Dikshit is currently trailing behind Manoj Tiwari from the Delhi constituency.
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Election Result: Union Minister Mahesh Sharma leading by a margin of over 45,000 votes from Gautam Buddh Nagar
Union minister and BJP leader Mahesh Sharma is leading by a margin of over 45,000 votes from Gautam Buddh Nagar seat after four rounds of counting for the Lok Sabha polls, the district election office said, reported news agency PTI.
Mr Sharma has polled 98,993 votes so far across the five assembly segments of Noida, Jewar, Dadri, Sikandrabad and Khurja that constitute the Gautam Buddh Nagar parliamentary seat, it said.
Delhi Election Results: AAP, Congress struggle to gain leads in all seven seats in Delhi
AAP, Congress struggle to gain leads in all seven seats in Delhi. The BJP's candidates have all established a lead in the seven seats in Delhi.
Election Results: Grand welcome planned for PM Narendra Modi, who will reach BJP headquarters in Delhi today evening
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to reach the BJP headquarters and address a gathering of party workers on Thursday evening as the party was set to return to power, reported news agency IANS.
Although the counting was in progress, the trends released by the Election Commission for all 542 seats that went to the polls indicated the BJP was leading on 290 seats while the Congress on only 52 seats.
The party has planned a huge gathering for a grand welcome for Narendra Modi as it has invited people to reach its headquarters in large numbers.
"You are invited to join BJP's victory celebrations at BJP headquarters at 6/A Deendayal Upadhyay Marg," the message read.
BJP chief Amit Shah is also likely to reach the party headquarters around 2 p.m.
Parliamentary Borad, the BJP's highest decision making body, is also to meet late in the evening or on Friday, a party official said.
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Delhi Election Results: 2019 Election Results Will Be Better Than 2014: Harsh VardhanUnion Minister Harshvardhan on Thursday said that BJP will perform better in 2019 Lok Sabha elections in comparison to 2014 polls.
"I have repeatedly said that 2019 results will be better than 2014. Now as you are seeing trends, I am leading. You have also seen exit polls. People are appreciating that Narendra Modi-government served people honestly," Harshvardhan told ANI.
The Union Minister is seeking re-election from Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency in Delhi where he is leading by a margin of over 14,000 votes.
He is pitted against Congress heavyweight and former union minister Jai Prakash Agarwal from Chandhi Chowk.
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Election Results 2019: Sushma Swaraj congratulates PM Narendra Modi on "big victory"
Senior BJP leader and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thanked the people on the BJP's "big victory" in the Lok Sabha polls.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- Many Congratulations for securing such a big victory for the BJP. I am thankful to the people," Ms Swaraj tweeted.
Delhi Lok Sabha Results 2019: Hans Raj Hans ahead of AAP's Gugan Singh by more than 46,000 votes in North West Delhi
In North West Delhi, BJP's Hans Raj Hans was ahead of AAP's Gugan Singh by 46,379 votes, reported news agency PTI.
Delhi Result 2019: Gautam Gambhir leading in East Delhi by 18,632 votes against Arvinder Singh Lovely
Cricketer-turned-BJP leader Gautam Gambhir was leading in East Delhi against Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely by a margin 18,632 votes.
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Delhi Election Result: Parvesh Verma leads from West Delhi
Sitting BJP lawmaker Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma was leading against his Congress rival Mahabal Mishra by 37,387 votes in the West Delhi Lok Sabha seat, reported news agency PTI.
Delhi Election Result: Sheila Dikshit trailing in North East Delhi, behind Manoj Tiwari
Congress veteran Sheila Dikshit was on second spot behind Manoj Tiwari, by a margin of 29,797 votes in North East Delhi while former MP JP Agarwal, pitted against Vardhan in Chandni Chowk constituency, was trailing by 8,764 votes, reported news agency PTI.
Delhi Election Result 2019: BJP's Gautam Gambhir is leading in the race for East Delhi, where he is pitted against AAP's Atishi
Former cricketer and BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir is leading in the race for East Delhi, with AAP's Atishi trailing.
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Congress's Ajay Maken, who was Delhi's Congress chief, is trailing behind in New Delhi, where he is contesting against BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi.
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Delhi Election Results: BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi, sitting lawmaker from New Delhi, is leading against Congress's Ajay Maken
Delhi Election Result: BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi is leading from the New Delhi constituency against Congress's Ajay Maken.
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Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: BJP's Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari says BJP will win more than 350 seats
Manoj Tiwari, the chief of Delhi BJP unit, said that his party will come back to power with more than 350 seats, as counting of votes for 542 Lok Sabha seats began on Thursday.
"Last time, the nation was looking for hope and made the BJP win with around 300 seats. But, this time, it is all about people''s trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and they all are happy with his performance. I am sure we will come to power with over 350 seats," Mr Tiwari told ANI.
Delhi Election 2019 Results: BJP leading from all seven seats across Delhi. AAP, Congress not leading on any seats
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Delhi Election Result 2019: BJP lawmaker Parvesh Verma is leading against AAP's Balbir Jakhar in West Delhi
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Delhi Election Results: Manoj Tiwari is leading from North East Delhi
Manoj Tiwari is leading from North East Delhi. North East Delhi is seeing a contest between political heavyweights, including Sheila Dikshit, the Delhi Congress chief and AAP convenor Dilip Pandey.
Delhi Election Results: Gautam Gambhir leading in East Delhi
Gautam Gambhir is leading in East Delhi. AAP's Atishi is contesting against him as is Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely.
Election Result: Rahul Gandhi trailing in Amethi
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is trailing in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi.
Delhi Election Result: AAP's Raghav Chadha
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Delhi Election Result: Ajay Maken says Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will be the next Prime Minister
Ajay Maken, the Congress party candidate from New Delhi parliamentary constituency, said that Rahul Gandhi will be the next prime minister of the country.
"The results will be definitely in favour of Congress. We are expecting that Congress will win and form the government. Rahul Gandhi will be the PM. The fight in Delhi is between BJP and Congress," Mr Maken told ANI.
Pitted against BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi, Maken is eyeing to wrestle back the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat, which he lost to Lekhi in 2014 general elections.
The Congress leader met supporters at his office ahead of the counting and expressed confidence that his party will form the government at the centre even as several exit polls predict victory for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
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AAP's East Delhi candidate Atishi,
who broke down at a press conference over the issue, accused Gautam Gambhir, who she is fighting against, of being responsible for the circulation of the pamphlets. The BJP and Mr Gambhir in turn accused Mr Kejriwal of masterminding the sexist campaign in a bid to gain sympathy votes for the AAP.
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The AAP has seen major fights with the BJP during campaigning, including over sexist pamphlets being distributed in East Delhi against AAP's candidate Atishi.
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"The results will be definitely in favour of Congress. We're expecting that Congress will win and form government. Rahul Gandhi will be the PM. The fight in Delhi is between BJP and Congress," Ajay Maken, Congress's candidate from New Delhi constituency, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Mr Maken is contesting in New Delh against BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi and AAP's Brijesh Goyal.
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