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Delhi Chief Minister Atishi won her Kalkaji assembly seat by a margin of 3,521 votes in the Assembly polls, Election Commission's data showed. According to EC data, Bidhuri secured 48,633 votes while Atishi has secured 52,154 votes. On the other hand, Congress candidate Alka Lamba got mere 4392 votes.
The Assembly election seat of Kalkaji witnessed one of the most intense election flights between Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Atishi and BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri.
Atishi Marlena, the chief minister of Delhi and senior AAP leader, won the Kalkaji seat in the Delhi Assembly elections in 2020 after receiving 55,897 votes, securing 52 per cent of the vote share. She defeated BJP leader Dharmveer, who got 44,504 votes. The Indian National Congress's candidate, Shivani Chopra, received 4,965 votes.
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi who retained her Kalkaji assembly seat by a margin of 3,580 votes in the Assembly polls by defeating BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri on Saturday conceded the defeat of her Aam Aadmi Party and thanked voters for reposing faith in her while vowing to continue the fight against BJP.
"I thank the people of Kalkaji for showing trust in me. I congratulate my team who worked against 'baahubal'," Atishi told reporters.
"We accept the people's mandate. I have won but it's not a time to celebrate but continue the 'war' against the BJP," the 43-year-old said.
Her victory is a standout for the AAP as its top leaders Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia lost their constituencies.
Delhi Police have booked Ramesh Bidhuri's son, Manish Bidhuri, the leader of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), for violating the election model code of conduct (MCC) over a complaint by the Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Kalkaji Atishi.
“In this matter, taking cognisance of the complaint against Manish Bidhuri & Ravi Dayama for violation of MCC, legal case under section 126 RP Act has been registered against them in PS Govindpuri,” read a post on the official handle of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South East Delhi on X.
(With inputs from agencies)
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