AAP-Cong alliance fails to stop BJP juggernaut

IT was for the first time we witnessed the AAP and Congress cook up a pre-poll alliance aimed at preventing a split in anti-BJP votes; the same AAP that had once ridden the wave of antiincumency against the Congress to establish itself as a formidable force in the capital.

- IFRAH MUFTI

With such surprises ahead of the polls, the results were expected to be no less surprising, right?

Turns out it was no different from the the 2014 or 2019 results; BJP securing win in all the seven seats while the INDIA bloc were only as good as second place. Both parties failed to capitalise as the BJP continued to assert its dominance over the capital's electorate.

In the 2019 general election, the BJP secured 56.7% of the vote in Delhi, while AAP and Congress garnered 18.2% and 22.6%, respectively. This election, however, witnessed a strategic alliance between AAP and Congress, with Congress fielding candidates in three constituencies and AAP in four.