The Aam Aadmi Party has won the Trilokpuri seat. Party member Rohit Kumar defeated BJP's Kiran by 12,486 votes.
Trilokpuri Assembly constituency is a resettlement colony that houses people who were rehabilitated here when nearby slums were cleared out in the 70s. Located in East Delhi, the constituency went to polls on February 8.
The seat is known to have witnessed communal clashes on many occasions.
The area houses a huge number of Dalit populations along with Muslims.
Like the rest of the Union Territory, the seat saw a contest between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Here is a brief profile of the Trilokpuri seat:
Constituency Name: Trilokpuri
Constituency Number: 55
Total voters: 1,78,165
Previous elections: The Aam Aadmi Party won the seat in the 2015 and 2013 elections.
In the Delhi Assembly Elections 2020, AAP contested from all 70 seats for the assembly polls while BJP contested on 67 seats, with its ally Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) contested on the remaining three seats.
On the other hand, Congress fought on 66 seats and its ally Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) fought on the remaining 4 seats.
Polling was held at 13,750 polling stations. According to the poll body chief, total electors in the final electoral roll of the NCT of Delhi as on January 6, 2020, were 1,46,92,136.
The polls for all the seats were held on February 8, 2020, and the results were declared on February 11, 2020.
It is to be noted that in 2015, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had a landmark victory after it secured 67 of the total 70 seats in the state legislature. The party is now eyeing a second consecutive term banking on freebies that it provided to Delhiites including free water, free electricity up to 200 units, free ride for women in DTC and cluster buses, among other measures.
