By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Congress headed for a hatrick today in Delhi having bagged 28 out of 43 seats, results for which were available, leaving its rival BJP way behind with 13 seats.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and five of her cabinet colleagues were among the successful candidates of Congress in the keenly contested electoral battle for the 70-member House.
Dikshit, Chief Minister for past ten years, got 39,747 votes defeating BJP’s Vijay Jolly by a margin of 14,078 votes.
This is her third consecutive win in the Assembly elections, this time from the newly created New Delhi constituency following delimitation.
Om Prakash Chautala-led INLD sprang a surprise by winning Najafgarh seat while BSP bagged the Gokulpuri seat.
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