New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Six constituencies of northeast Delhi that were affected by the 2020 riots witnessed a close contest between the BJP and AAP, with both parties winning three seats each.
In Seelampur, AAP's Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad defeated the BJP's Anil Kumar Sharma by a margin of 42,477 votes. Ahmad received 59.21 per cent of the votes polls while Sharma got 27.38 per cent of the vote share.
While the Congress' Abdul Rehman, who was the sitting MLA from the seat but had switched sides after being denied ticket by AAP, got only 12.4 per cent votes.
Besides Seelampur, AAP was victorious in Babarpur and Gokalpur while the BJP won Mustafabad, Karawal Nagar and Ghonda.
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