Delhi Elections: ‘Development trumps communal politics’ declares Stalin as AAP soars ahead

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader MK Stalin congratulated AAP founder and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as results of Delhi Assembly polls started trickling in on Tuesday morning. 

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Stalin bats for regional politics 

In a tweet on Tuesday afteron, Stalin tweeted and congratulated Kejriwal for winning a massive mandate and said that result of elections showed that it is a "clear vindication that development trumps over communal politics". Giving importance to regional politics and added that "federal rights and regional aspirations must be strengned in interest of our country."

As per results on website of Election Commission of India (ECI) at 1:27 pm, AAP was leading in 57 seats out of 70 seats in Assembly, with BJP leading in remaining 13 seats. 

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AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was leading in New Delhi constituency with 24,623 votes with a lead of 13,508 votes over BJP's Sunil Yadav. However, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was trailing by 1,288 votes.

elections for 70-seat Assembly took place on Saturday, February 8. AAP is looking to win Assembly polls in order to retain power for third consecutive time. Party had won 67 seats in last Assembly Elections in 2015 and over last five years, has had a stable government.

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Republic's Jan Ki Baat exit polls predicted an easy victory for AAP by winning 48-61 seats, while BJP was predicted to garner only 9-21 seats and 0-1 seats for Congress. With 672 candidates in fray, Delhi Assembly Elections saw a fierce election campaign of ruling AAP and BJP, while Congress party's presence remained almost absent from picture. On Sunday, Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ranbir Singh said that 21 centres have been set up in city for counting of votes. term of current 70-seat Assembly, where AAP holds absolute majority, will expire on February 22.

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