New Delhi, February 3:  Kartar Singh Tanwar  of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the Chhatarpur assembly constituency. Tanwar defeated his nearest rival from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Braham Singh Tanwar with a margin of over 3,000 votes. Kartar Singh is also the sitting MLA from this cosntituency. The Chhatarpur assembly seat is one of the seventy assembly constituencies of Delhi. Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 Dates: EC Releases Schedule, Voting in Single-Phase on February 8, Results on Feb 11.

The constituency is part of South Delhi Lok Sabha seat. In Chhatarpur assembly constituency, a total of 15 candidates were in the fray. Voting in Chhatarpur for the Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 took place on February 8. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on January 6 announced the election schedule for Delhi. Rana Sujeet Singh contested on the Congress ticket. Delhi Assembly Election Results 2020 Predictions by Satta Bazaar: AAP Likely to Retain Power, BJP And Congress Far Behind, Say Matka Players.

According to the schedule of Delhi polls announced by the Election Commission, the last date of filing the nomination papers were January 21. Nomination papers were scrutinised on January 22. The last date of withdrawal of candidature was January 24. The voting took place on February 8. The votes were counted on February 11.

In the last assembly elections held in Delhi, the AAP came to power with a resounding victory. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party had won 67 out of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly. The BJP managed to win remaining three seats. The Congress, which ruled for the national capital territory for 15 years, failed to win a single seat.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
DINESH TANWARIND79
KARTAR SINGH TANWAR (Current MLA)AAP69411
BRAHM SINGH TANWARBJP65691
SATISH LOHIAINC3874
SURAJ BHARTIBSP369
HARSH NATH VERMAIND216
RANA SUJEET SINGHNCP177
ROHITIND101
RAM KHELAVANProutist Bloc, IndiaNA
RAM PRIYE THAKURSatya Bahumat PartyNA
SEEMA VERMAIndian Praja CongressNA
SANGEETA SINGHRashtriya Rashtrawadi PartyNA

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