New Delhi, February 3: Aam Aadmi Party candidate Mahinder Yadav was on Tuesday declared winner on the Vikaspuri seat in Delhi Assembly Elections 2020. Vikaspuri is an important assembly constituency in Delhi. It falls within the jurisdiction of the West Delhi parliamentary seat of Delhi. There are 3,25, 244 voters in Vikaspuri, out of which 1,83,311 are males and 1,41,905 are females. 28 voters on this seat are third gender voters. Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 Results.

Voting for elections in the national capital was held in a single phase on February 8. The counting of votes took place on February 11. Here Are Answers to Most FAQs on Delhi Assembly Elections 2020.

Details of EC Schedule For Delhi Elections 2020

Date of Notification 14th January
Nomination Begins From 14th January
Last Date of Candidature 21st January
Last Date of Withdrawal 24th January
Date of Scrutiny 22nd January
Date of Polls 8th February
Date of Results 11th February

The sitting MLA from the Vikaspuri constituency was Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Mahinder Yadav. He also won the seat in the year 2013. In the previous assembly elections in 2015, Mahinder Yadav defeated BJP's Sanjay Singh.

In the 2013 elections, when AAP came to power the first time in Delhi after its formation, Mahinder Yadav had won the seat by getting 62,032 votes as compared to 61,627 votes won by BJP's Krishan Gahlot.

This time too, the AAP had allotted ticket to Mahinder Yadav. BJP candidate from the seat was Sanjay Singh. The Congress had fielded Mukesh Sharma from the seat.

 

2020 vikaspuri Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
SANJAY SINGHBJP91840
MUKESH SHARMAINC8319
SANJAY GUPTASHS422
KRISHNA THAKURBSP2074
MAHINDER YADAV (Current MLA)AAP133898
UMESH CHAUHANRashtriya Rashtrawadi PartyNA
GOPAL RANJANAam Janta Party (India)NA
JAI KRISHAN GAURRashtriya Janshakti Party (Secular)NA
BHARAT BHUSHAN GAUTAMAam Janata Party (Sarvajana Hitaya)NA
SHARDA DIXITSOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)NA

2015 vikaspuri Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Sanjay SinghBJP54772
Mahinder Yadav (Current MLA)AAP132437

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