Greater Kailash Election Results 2025: BJP’s Shikha Rai wins AAP’s bastion, thanks residents for ’golden opportunity’

Greater Kailash Election Results 2025: The morning that began at Kalkaji Mandir for Bharatiya Janata Party's Shikha Rai on Saturday, Delhi's vote-counting day, ended in a pleasant win for her in the Greater Kailash legislative seat.  

According to the Election Commission of India, the BJP candidate registered a win in Aam Aadmi Party's safest seat with a margin of 3,188 votes. Shikha Rai's win also marks the end of an era for Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, who has represented the Greater Kailash seat since 2013.

In a heartfelt thank you note to “members of Greater Kailash”, Shikha Rai on X wrote: “I am heartily grateful to all the family members of Greater Kailash Vidhan Sabha constituency for showering me with their love and blessings in the Vidhan Sabha elections.”

“This victory is not just mine, it is the victory of the residents of Greater Kailash, of every mother-sister, elders and young companions, of all the hardworking workers of the party who have given me this golden opportunity to serve Greater Kailash with their unconditional love and tireless hard work. Many congratulations and best wishes to all of you for this huge victory,” she added.

End of an era for AAP

Saurabh Bhardwaj's term as the MLA of South Delhi's most affluent constituency once marked a dynamic political shift in the legislative seat's traditional inclination towards BJP.  

The contest was between AAP's sitting MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj, Bharatiya Janata Party's Shikha Rai and Congress's Garvit Singhvi.

According to the Election Commission, the Greater Kailash constituency saw a voter turnout of approximately 54.5 percent in 2025, which is a decline from the 60.12 percent recorded in the 2020 assembly elections.

What happened in 2015?

In 2015 Assembly polls, AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj retained his seat, defeating BJP’s Rakesh Kumar Gullaiya. During the elections, Congress fielded Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, but she secured only 6,102 votes.

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2:00 pm: BJP's Shikha Rai registers win in Greater Kailash. Saurabh Bharadwaj loses bastion.

12:30 pm: Margin between AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj and BJP's Shikha Rai narrows. ECI trends show a 1,003 vote difference between the two leaders by 8th round of counting.

11.30 am: Early trends show BJP's Shikha Rai leading in South Delhi's affluent constituency with 2,721 votes in the sixth round, shows ECI trends. AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj has retained his hold on Greater Kailash since 2013.

10:30 am: AAP’s Saurabh Bhardwaj leads in Greater Kailash with 449 votes, showed the early trends from the Election Commission of India.

Leaders turn to their religious sides ahead of counting

As the counting of votes has begun to seal the fate of South Delhi's affluent constituency, Greater Kailash key candidates of Aam Aadmi Party, and Bharatiya Janata Party have turned to their religious sides by visiting temples and offering prayers.

Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Greater Kailash seat Saurabh Bharadwaj offered prayers at the Kalkaji temple ahead of the Delhi election results. He said, “Whatever happens, now it is in the hands of the mother goddess.”

Bhardwaj exuded confidence stating that AAP would get a comfortable majority to form its government.

"Every attempt was made to remove AAP from government, but the public's blessings are with the AAP. I believe that the public is going to make Arvind Kejriwal the CM for the fourth time. In a few days, he will take oath as the CM. We are getting information from different areas that AAP will get a comfortable majority and make government...AAP will get minimum 40-45 seats," he said.

His contender and BJP candidate Shikha Rai also offered prayers at the Kalkaji temple and exuded confidence of her victory. She said, "I have come here to take the blessings of Maa Kalka."I am confident about my victory.