New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The Congress was decimated in the Delhi elections on Saturday, failing to open its account in the 70-member assembly for a third consecutive time and its key candidates suffering crushing defeats, due to central leadership failure. Except three candidates-Delhi Congress president Devendra Yadav, Abhisek Dutt from Kasturba Nagar and Rohit Choudhury from Nagloi, 67 contesting candidates forfeited their security amount. The party polled 6.39 per cent of the valid votes as against 4.3 per cent in the 2020 assembly polls, massively denting its INDIA bloc partner Aam Aadmi Party across segments. AAP's vote share loss was massive -- down from 53.6 per cent in 2020 to 43.19 per cent -- a drop of over ten per cent.
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