The BJP has won the Badarpur seat. Party member Ramveer Singh Bidhuri defeated AAP's Ram Singh Netaji by 3,719 votes.
The Badarpur constituency in South Delhi is one of the few seats where the ruling Aam Aadmi Party chose a fresh face despite having won the seat in previous elections.
The previous MLA ND Sharma, who was denied ticket by AAP, is contested on a BSP ticket. The ruling party gave the ticket to Ram Singh Netaji, a local strongman and former Congress leader. BJP, on the other hand, has fielded Ramveer Singh Bidhuri.
The seat and will see a bipolar fight between the ruling AAP and BJP.
For the demographics, Badarpur is a rural area and houses a significant number of voters from the Gujjar community.
Here is a brief profile of the Badarpur:
Constituency Name: Badarpur
Constituency Number: 53
Total voters: 2,60,859
Previous elections: AAP's ND Sharma won the seat in 2015 while in 2013 elections, BJP's Rambir Singh Bidhuri emerged as the winner.
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.
