BJP candidate list for Delhi Elections OUT: Parvesh Singh to contest against Kejriwal, Kailash Gahlot from Bijwasan

BJP candidate list for Delhi Elections 2025: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released it first list of candidate for the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election. Among the 29 candidates released in the first list is Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, who was fielded against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi assembly constituency.

Meanwhile, the newly-inducted Kailash Gahlot will contest as a BJP candidate from the Bijwasan seat. The former Delhi minister Gahlot had quit the AAP and joined the BJP in November 2024. Gahlot is a two-time MLA from Najafgarh seat.

Former Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely, who had resigned from the party in May 2024, has been fielded by the BJP from the Gandhi Nagar assembly constituency.

Raaj Kumar Anand, a former Delhi minister who joined the BJP in July 2024, will contest from Patel Nagar. Anand was earlier a member of the AAP. He had later joined the BSP in April 2024 and is currently a member of the BJP.

Besides, BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri is contesting against Delhi Chief Minister CM Atishi from Kalkaji. Here's the full list of candidates released by the BJP on Saturday, January 4.

Delhi Elections 2025: BJP Candidate Full List

Delhi Elections 2025 Date:

The Election Commission is yet to announce dates for elections to the 70-member assembly in Delhi. The assembly elections are expected to be held in February. The term of the current assembly in Delhi expires on February 23, 2025.

The Delhi Assembly Election will likely be a triangular contest betwene the AAP, the BJP and the Congress. There are several state parties, such as the NCP and the BSP, contesting the polls. The AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, is seeking to retain power in Delhi for a third time. The party won assembly elections in 2015 and 2020. The party won 67 seats in 2015 and 63 in 2020 in the Assembly.