Best wishes to Arvind Kejriwal for a fruitful tenure: PM Narendra Modi

• Arvind Kejriwal thanked Modi for the wishes and said the Centre and the AAP government must work together to make Delhi a city of pride for all
• Arvind Kejriwal, along with his cabinet colleagues were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal

Arvind Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi CM on 16 Feb

• The party is yet to take a call on inviting leaders from other political parties for the ceremony at Ramlila Maidan
• The assembly elections were a big boost for the incumbent AAP as all the sitting ministers won from their respective constituencies

Over 50% newly-elected Delhi MLAs have serious criminal cases: ADR analysis

• Thirty-seven of the 70 newly-elected MLAs of Delhi have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, says study
• Thirteen of the 37 MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women

It will still take time for Kejriwal to emerge as national leader: Experts

• Political experts said Kejriwal would need to have a pan-India base to establish himself as a national leader
• 'His party doesn't have any substantial base or party infrastructure. It is premature,' said an expert

Delhi elections 2020: NOTA constitutes 0.5% of total votes polled

The total number of votes polled under NOTA category were 43,108

How AAP made it three in a row

• While the mandate cements the party’s position in Delhi politics, it also gives a boost to its expansion plans
• Senior AAP leaders believe that government’s work and a positive campaign has struck a chord among voters

Out of power for past 22 years, BJP faces a political crisis in Delhi

• The BJP, which won only 8 seats out of the total 70, managed to increase its vote share to 38.5%
• The BJP had won three seats in 2015 assembly polls with a vote share of 32%

Arvind Kejriwal pole of capital’s politics as AAP sweeps Delhi a third time

• Voters endorsed AAP's claims of performance in education, healthcare and infrastructure
• AAP won the votes of over half of Delhi’s 14.6 mn voters; BJP got just eight seats, though it had a 38.5% vote share

Two sides of same street: AAP camp wears a jubilant look, BJP and Cong sombre

• Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg is home to offices of all three main political parties that contested the Delhi election
• AAP workers believe that the division of votes between the party and the Congress in certain constituencies has benefited the BJP

Congress records worst ever electoral performance in national capital

• This is the second consecutive time that the party failed to win a single seat in the assembly elections
• The party’s vote share dropped by nearly half to 4.26% and it finished third in all the seats

AAP’s clean sweep in Delhi, in four charts

Despite more close contests, where the victory margin is less than 5%, AAP has repeated its 2015 success even as the BJP’s struggle in state polls continues

Eight of nine women candidates fielded by AAP emerge victorious

• The three prominent parties had fielded a total of 24 women candidates
• AAP had fielded nine women candidates, while the BJP had given tickets to five women

With all prominent AAP faces victorious, all eyes on Cabinet formation

• An AAP functionary said the party will reach any conclusion on the matter after a detailed consultation with its high-command
• Atishi, Raghav Chadha and Dilip Pandey, who are considered close to Kejriwal, emerged victorious in their assembly election debut

Atishi, Raghav Chadha likely to be inducted into Kejriwal cabinet: Report

• Atishi won the Delhi assembly seat from Kalkaji and Chadha from Rajinder Nagar
• Sources said that Kejriwal would drop two members from the previous cabinet

My best birthday gift ever: Arvind Kejriwal's wife on AAP's astounding victory

• In the counting of votes for 2020 Delhi Assembly elections, the trends for all 70 seats suggest that the AAP is heading for a clear win
• Delhi went to polls in a single-phase on 8 February

Lord Hanuman has blessed people of Delhi, says Arvind Kejriwal over poll victory

• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had also mocked Arvind Kejriwal for chanting Hanuman Chalisa
• A day before the voting for Delhi Assembly elections, Kejriwal had offered prayers at a Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place on Friday

With five Muslim MLAs, community voters clearly prefer AAP

• In Seelampur, AAP's Abdul Rehman defeated the BJP's Sanjay Jain even as Congress rival Matin Ahmed, who has been a five-time MLA, came a poor third
• The Congress had held sway over the minority voters in Delhi till 2013, when Sheila Dikshit was around

Delhi polls victory a win for entire India: Kejriwal

• AAP leader vowed to continue working on the promises made
• AAP is leading in 63 out of 70 seats

Delhi polls: Three things the results show

• AAP is leading in 63 seats, while the closest rival BJP is ahead in just 7 constituencies
• Early trends had showed that AAP candidates received strong pushback by BJP in some seats in the capital