Delhi election results: How friend-turned-foe Congress hurt AAP more than BJP despite its own poor show | India News

New Delhi: J&K’s prime minister, Omar Abdullah, said everything – ‘Aur side Aapas Mein’. The rule of a decade of the AAM AADMI party (AAP) has ended in Delhi and Omar’s tweet has said everything. As Delhi hit Kejriwal’s game, Omar’s tweet summarized everything: AAP’s decision and Congress to go alone could have served Delhi on a BJP plate.
The former Prime Minister and National Coordinator of AAP, Arvind Kejriwal, chose to play independently, closing any possibility of an alliance with Congress even before the electoral dates were announced.

According to the Electoral Commission of India (ECI), the BJP will form the government in Delhi after 27 years, with 47 seats, while AAP could only ensure 23 seats. The Congress, on the other hand, could not open its account for the third consecutive time.

The decision of AAP and the Congress to go alone seems to have played a decisive role in the anti-Bjp vote division.
A more detailed analysis of electoral data suggests that an AAP-Congress alliance could have altered the results in at least 15 seats. The combined participation of votes of the two parties in key constituencies such as Rajinder Nagar, Chhatarpur, Sangam Vihar, Greater Kailash and others show that AAP could have come out victorious if I had played with the support of the Congress.

Since Congress failed to have an impact on its own, an association could have provided both parties to a stronger electoral base.
For example, in Rajinder Nagar, AAP obtained 45,440 votes, while Congress obtained 4.015. If these votes were combined, AAP’s account would have reached 49,455, enough to defeat BJP. Similarly, in Chhatarpur, the 74,230 votes of AAP combined with the 6,601 of the Congress would have taken the total to 80,831, ensuring a victory. The same pattern remains in other constituencies such as Sangam VIhar, Greater Kailash and Timarpur, where an alliance could have led to AAP’s victory.
In seats like Badli and Nangloi Jat, the strong presence of Congress emphasizes even more how a joint front could have changed the game. In Badli, AAP obtained 35,668 votes, while Congress obtained 31,130. His combined 66,798 account would have comfortably defeated BJP. Nangloi Jat tells a similar story, with the 48,907 votes of AAP and the 31,918 of the Congress are combined for a total of 80,825, enough to win the seat.
Even in strict competitions such as Narela and Bijwasan, where BJP barely advanced, an AAP-Congress alliance could have changed the final result. In Narela, the 71,154 votes of AAP combined with the 5,924 of the Congress would have taken the total to 77,078, just below the 77,755 of BJP in the 19th count of counting. A similar scenario was developed in Bijwasan, where the 52,544 votes of AAP and the 9,039 of Congress did not reach 62,377 of BJP.

Here are the seats that AAP could have won if he had been in alliance with Congress:

Data according to the latest figures of the CE
Beyond the numbers, the results of the elections indicate a possible strategic calculation error by AAP. While the party has ruled Delhi for a decade, its recent friction with Congress on the exchange of seats in other states could have influenced its decision to compete alone. The division in the votes of the opposition finally benefited BJP, which allowed him to recover the control of Delhi after almost three decades.