Delhi Elections 2020 Key battles: Arvind Kejriwal to Tajinder Bagga & New Delhi to Bawana

Delhi began voting at 8 am on Saturday to elect a new government. contest is being pitted as a direct fight between ruling Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Ami Party and BJP. AAP is hoping to repeat a stellar performance it gave in 2015 by winning 67 of 70 Assembly seats. For BJP, it is a matter of prestige to win national capital following months of anti-government unrest directed at Centre over a host of issues.

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Here are key contests:

New Delhi                    
AAP: Arvind Kejriwal            
BJP: Sunil Yav                
Congress: Romesh Sabharwal

Uttam Nagar                
AAP: Naresh Balyan            
BJP: Krishan Gehlot            
RJD: Shakti Kumar Bishi

Dwarka                        
AAP: Vinay Kumar Mishra        
BJP: Pruman Rajput        
Congress: arsh Shastri

Matiala                        
AAP: Gulab Singh Yav        
BJP: Rajesh Gehlot            
Congress: Sumesh Shokeen

Najafgarh                    
AAP: Kailash Gahlot            
BJP: Ajit Kharkhari            
Congress: Sahib Singh Yav

Bijwasan                    
AAP: BS Joon                
BJP: Satyaprakash Rana        
Congress: Parveen Rana

Palam                        
AAP: Bhavna Gaur            
BJP: Vijay Pandit            
Congress: Niram Kumar Singh (RJD)

Delhi Cantt                    
AAP: Virender Singh Kian        
BJP: Manish Singh            
Congress: Sandeep Tanwar

Rajinder Nagar
AAP: Raghav Chha
BJP: RP Singh     
Congress: Rocky Tuseed

Jangpura
AAP: Praveen Kumar     
BJP: Impreet Singh Bakshi
Congress: Talvinder Singh Marwah

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Seats that would be looked out for:

Timarpur
Here, caste equations play a key role. seat has a significant Punjabi Sikh population. It also holds a large migrant Muslim electorate. seat is currently occupied by AAP's Pankaj Pushkar. On ballot here are AAP's Dilip Pandey, BJP's Surendra Singh Bittu and Congress' Amar Lata Sangwan.

Bawana
This constituency is a tritional Jat heartland of Delhi. Dalits and Jats are an important voting bloc. Purvanchalis, natives of eastern UP, form 35% electorate. Ram Chander is current MLA from here. On ballot here are AAP's Jai Bhagwan Upkar, BJP's Ravindra Kumar Indraj and Congress' Surender Kumar.

Model Town
This seat is close to Delhi University's rth Campus and has a largely middle-class electorate. Candidates in fray are AAP's Akhilesh Pati Tripathi, AAP-turned BJP leer Kapil Mishra and Congress' Akansha Ola.

Matia Mahal
This is a Muslim-dominated seat (40% of electorate) and is currently represented by AAP strongman Asim Ahmed Khan. However, AAP this time has fielded Shoaih Ighal, BJP has Ravindra Gupta and Congress has put Mirza Javed Ali.

Ballimaran
Dalits and Muslims comprise 3/5th of electorate. AAP's Imran Hussain is contesting for re-election and his primary challenge comes from Congress' Haroon Yusuf.

Hari Nagar
BJP's highly social-media-savvy leer Tajendra Pal Singh Bagga has me a poll debut here. Among key issues here are drinking water and garb disposal. AAP has fielded Jagdeep Singh while Congress has put Surender Sethi.

Rajinder Nagar
A Punjabi-dominated seat, Rajinder Nagar also hosts a significant SC/ST and OBC population. Raghav Chha,  chartered accountant-turned-politician and one of AAP's 39 star campaigners, is on ballot here. BJP has fielded RP Singh while Congress has put Rocky Tuseed.

New Delhi
most high profile contest where Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is being challenged by BJP's Sunil Ya and Congress' Romesh Sabharwal.

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