New Delhi Election Results 2025: Arvind Kejriwal loses, Parvesh Verma wins seat by over 4,000 votes

New Delhi Election Results 2025: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Parvesh Verma on Saturday defeated former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal to win the high-profile New Delhi seat in the Delhi Assembly election.

The seat saw an electrifying battle between AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leader and former MP Sandeep Dikshit and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Parvesh Verma.

Arvind Kejriwal, seeking re-election for the fourth time, faced a tough challenge as Parvesh Verma polled 30,088 votes, winning by a margin of over 4,000 votes. Arvind Kejriwal received 26,000 votes. 

Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who Arvind Kejriwal defeated in 2013, stood a distant third with just 4,600 votes.

Parvesh Verma claims victory

Parvesh Verma claims victory over AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi seat; gives credit to PM Modi and the people of Delhi.

Seats tally

BJP: 47

AAP: 22

Congress: 0

The BJP has crossed the majority threshold in the Delhi Assembly elections, according to early trends from the Election Commission.

Currently, the BJP is leading in 47 seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is ahead in 22 seats.

To form the government in the national capital, the majority mark stands at 36 seats.  

Previous Election Results

2013: Kejriwal defeated Sheila Dikshit by over 25,000 votes.

2015: Kejriwal won the sea,t defeating BJP's Nupur Sharma by over 31,000 votes.

2020: BJP's Sunil Yadav lost the seat to Arvind Kejriwal by over 21,000 votes.

Hat-trick by Sheila Dikshit

Former Delhi Chief Minister late Sheila Dikshit won the assembly seat in 1998, 2003 and 2008.

Exit Polls

Most exit polls predicted that the BJP would win with a landslide majority, hinting at a change of regime in the national capital.

Verma confident of victory

Ahead of the voting, BJP's Verma exuded confidence that BJP would win the seat by a large margin and Arvind Kejriwal would lose his deposit and finish third.

"We will win by a margin of more than 20,000 votes. It could be 25,000-26,000. Arvind Kejriwal will lose his deposit here and will come third," Verma said.

"On February 8, the lotus will bloom," Parvesh Verma said.