NEW DELHI: Adding to the listing of celebrities within the poll fray within the capital, Congress past due on Monday fielded ace boxer and Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh from South Delhi.
The celebration also named former MP Mahabal Mishra from West Delhi and dealing president Rajesh Lilothia from North West Delhi.
AAP had earlier proposed an alliance with Congress in Delhi to stop the anti-BJP votes from splitting. Its efficiency within the parliamentary elections may have a bearing on the fortunes of the celebration within the 2020 Delhi assembly elections, just nine months away.
AAP and Congress in large part rely on an identical vote bases — Muslims, Dalits and those residing in unauthorized colonies and JJ clusters among others. It is identical vote bank which propelled AAP to power with an exceptional mandate within the 2015 Delhi assembly elections.
While AAP were given 54% votes in 2015, BJP were given over 32% and the Congress’s percentage was reduced to less than 10%. It was obvious that AAP took away an enormous chew of Congress voters as a result of within the 2013 assembly elections, BJP’s vote percentage was nearly the same as in 2015. In 2013, BJP had were given 33% votes while AAP were given 29.five% and Congress 24.6%.
A cut up within the commonplace vote bank due to a triangular fight provides BJP an edge. While AAP’s vote percentage has registered a decline in elections held since 2015, Congress’s has been rising slowly. Following its victories in assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan closing 12 months, Congress hopes to place up a good efficiency in Delhi.
Since AAP’s start, it has been an arch-rival to each Congress and BJP. AAP were given 33.1% votes within the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Delhi while Congress were given 15.2% which taken in combination is round 48.3%. The combined vote percentage of AAP and Congress was higher than BJP’s which were given 46.6% votes, propelled by a robust Narendra Modi wave sweeping entire northern India.
When AAP and Congress took on BJP separately within the 2017 municipal elections, the votes were given divided and BJP managed to easily greenback robust anti-incumbency to win. In the municipal polls, AAP’s vote percentage declined sharply from 54% within the 2015 Delhi assembly elections to 26%. Despite that, AAP’s 26% and Congress’s 21% in combination at 47% was higher than BJP’s 37%.
Dikshit, who as Delhi Congress chief has been hostile to an alliance with AAP, mentioned on Monday that her celebration was prepared to face the challenge of a triangular contest. “We will get started campaigning soon by highlighting achievements of our earlier governments in Delhi in addition to on the Centre,” she mentioned. Former Union minister Ajay Maken, who favoured an alliance with AAP, identified that Congress had fielded robust candidates on all seats. “There is an instantaneous contest between Congress and BJP and AAP will be within the 3rd place,” he claimed.
On the other hand, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia claimed his celebration was in direct fight with BJP. “The Modi-Shah duo has destroyed all constitutional institutions. We need to give protection to those institutions and unity within the nation,” he mentioned. “We are certain to win all seven seats despite the triangular contest.”
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari is confident that his celebration will repeat its efficiency of 2014. “We need the Modi executive to make sure development within the nation. Even if AAP and Congress had shaped an alliance, it do not need affected our effects,” he mentioned.
The candidature of Dikshit from the Muslim and Poorvanchali-dominated North East Delhi could pose a challenge for each Manoj Tiwari and AAP’s Dilip Pandey. The closing time Dikshit had contested a Lok sabha election in Delhi was in 1998 from East Delhi, which then integrated most spaces that these days make up the North East Delhi constituency. She had misplaced the election to BJP’s Lal Bihari Tiwari.
In New Delhi, which has a variety of pockets of government servants and several middle and upper-middle magnificence residential colonies, incumbent MP Meenakshi Lekhi faces former Union minister and two-time MP Ajay Maken.
Amid a robust Modi wave, BJP had swept the closing Lok Sabha elections by defeating AAP candidates. Congress had completed a poor 3rd with four of its candidates losing their safety deposit. In the 2009 elections, Congress had gained all seven seats, defeating BJP by at ease margins.
More than 1.42 crore voters will exercise their franchise on May 12.
The celebration also named former MP Mahabal Mishra from West Delhi and dealing president Rajesh Lilothia from North West Delhi.
AAP had earlier proposed an alliance with Congress in Delhi to stop the anti-BJP votes from splitting. Its efficiency within the parliamentary elections may have a bearing on the fortunes of the celebration within the 2020 Delhi assembly elections, just nine months away.
AAP and Congress in large part rely on an identical vote bases — Muslims, Dalits and those residing in unauthorized colonies and JJ clusters among others. It is identical vote bank which propelled AAP to power with an exceptional mandate within the 2015 Delhi assembly elections.
While AAP were given 54% votes in 2015, BJP were given over 32% and the Congress’s percentage was reduced to less than 10%. It was obvious that AAP took away an enormous chew of Congress voters as a result of within the 2013 assembly elections, BJP’s vote percentage was nearly the same as in 2015. In 2013, BJP had were given 33% votes while AAP were given 29.five% and Congress 24.6%.
A cut up within the commonplace vote bank due to a triangular fight provides BJP an edge. While AAP’s vote percentage has registered a decline in elections held since 2015, Congress’s has been rising slowly. Following its victories in assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan closing 12 months, Congress hopes to place up a good efficiency in Delhi.
Since AAP’s start, it has been an arch-rival to each Congress and BJP. AAP were given 33.1% votes within the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Delhi while Congress were given 15.2% which taken in combination is round 48.3%. The combined vote percentage of AAP and Congress was higher than BJP’s which were given 46.6% votes, propelled by a robust Narendra Modi wave sweeping entire northern India.
When AAP and Congress took on BJP separately within the 2017 municipal elections, the votes were given divided and BJP managed to easily greenback robust anti-incumbency to win. In the municipal polls, AAP’s vote percentage declined sharply from 54% within the 2015 Delhi assembly elections to 26%. Despite that, AAP’s 26% and Congress’s 21% in combination at 47% was higher than BJP’s 37%.
Dikshit, who as Delhi Congress chief has been hostile to an alliance with AAP, mentioned on Monday that her celebration was prepared to face the challenge of a triangular contest. “We will get started campaigning soon by highlighting achievements of our earlier governments in Delhi in addition to on the Centre,” she mentioned. Former Union minister Ajay Maken, who favoured an alliance with AAP, identified that Congress had fielded robust candidates on all seats. “There is an instantaneous contest between Congress and BJP and AAP will be within the 3rd place,” he claimed.
On the other hand, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia claimed his celebration was in direct fight with BJP. “The Modi-Shah duo has destroyed all constitutional institutions. We need to give protection to those institutions and unity within the nation,” he mentioned. “We are certain to win all seven seats despite the triangular contest.”
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari is confident that his celebration will repeat its efficiency of 2014. “We need the Modi executive to make sure development within the nation. Even if AAP and Congress had shaped an alliance, it do not need affected our effects,” he mentioned.
The candidature of Dikshit from the Muslim and Poorvanchali-dominated North East Delhi could pose a challenge for each Manoj Tiwari and AAP’s Dilip Pandey. The closing time Dikshit had contested a Lok sabha election in Delhi was in 1998 from East Delhi, which then integrated most spaces that these days make up the North East Delhi constituency. She had misplaced the election to BJP’s Lal Bihari Tiwari.
In New Delhi, which has a variety of pockets of government servants and several middle and upper-middle magnificence residential colonies, incumbent MP Meenakshi Lekhi faces former Union minister and two-time MP Ajay Maken.
Amid a robust Modi wave, BJP had swept the closing Lok Sabha elections by defeating AAP candidates. Congress had completed a poor 3rd with four of its candidates losing their safety deposit. In the 2009 elections, Congress had gained all seven seats, defeating BJP by at ease margins.
More than 1.42 crore voters will exercise their franchise on May 12.
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