Sun Feb 09 04:09:38 UTC 2025: ## BJP Wins Delhi Assembly Election, Ending AAP’s 12-Year Reign

**New Delhi, [Date]** – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a resounding victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, ending the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) 12-year rule. The BJP won 48 out of 70 seats, securing a clear majority, while AAP managed only 22 seats. The Congress party failed to win a single seat.

This marks a significant turnaround for the BJP, whose last Chief Minister in Delhi served nearly three decades ago. Their previous stints in power between 1993 and 1998 were marked by short tenures and controversies involving Chief Ministers Madan Lal Khurana (implicated in the Hawala scandal), Sahib Singh Verma (criticized for rising onion prices), and Sushma Swaraj (whose term lasted just 52 days).

AAP’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal suffered a personal defeat, losing his New Delhi seat to BJP’s Parvesh Verma by a narrow margin of just over 4,000 votes. This win is particularly significant for Verma, whose father, Sahib Singh Verma, was a former BJP Chief Minister of Delhi.

The BJP’s victory was celebrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who thanked the people of Delhi and pledged to prioritize development. He emphasized the rejection of “shortcut politics” and “lies” by Delhi’s voters. He highlighted the BJP’s consistent success in Delhi’s Lok Sabha elections, winning all seven seats in the past three general elections. The BJP’s return to power in Delhi signals a major shift in the political landscape of the national capital.

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