Seelampur assembly constituency results: AAP's Abdul Rehman wins by 36,920 votes

Seelampur assembly constituency is one of the 70 seats in Delhi assembly and is part of North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency has a high population of the Muslim community and has been won by a Muslim candidate since 1993. 

The constituency with about 1.55 lakh eligible voters has a predominantly Muslim population. 

Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed, now a Congress leader, won the seat for five consecutive terms before he lost to Aam Aadmi Party's Mohammad Ishraque in 2015. 

The AAP has, however, dropped Ishraque and has fielded MCD councillor Abdul Rehman against BJP's Kaushal Mishra and Congress' Mateen Ahmed.

The area was in news in December last year after reports of violence during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC).

In 2015, AAP's Ishraque won by nearly 28,000 votes against its nearest rival Sanjay Jain of the BJP. Five-time MLA Mateen Ahmed was pushed to the third position. 

In 2020 election, the BJP was hoping to consolidate non-Muslim votes. The BJP, however, failed to make any inroads and lost to the AAP. 

Seelampur assembly constituency results: AAP's Abdula Rehman wins by 36,920 votes

Abdul Rehman: 72,694

Kaushal Kumar Mishra: 35,774

Delhi Assembly elections were held on February 8 while counting of votes were conducted on Tuesday, February 11. 

The ruling AAP emerged victorious in the triangular contest with the BJP and the Congress. The party won 63 of the 70 assembly seats that went to polls on February 8. The BJP won seven seats while the Congress again failed to open its account. 

The Kejriwal-led AAP had won 67 seats in the 70-member assembly in 2015 assembly elections, defying all expectations. The Congress failed to open its account in the assembly and the BJP was able to win three seats.