Delhi election results 2020 live: Kejriwal likely to take oath on Feb 16

The AAP candidates who won their first election were Dharampal Lakra from Mundka, Raj Kumar Anand from Patel Nagar and Virender Singh Kadian from Delhi Cantonment.

Kejriwal ran a smart campaign, staying focused on his message of “development”, dodging BJP’s effort to lure him into taking a stand on CAA, and declining to join issue on other contentious issues such as his refusal to give sanction for prosecution of Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid for allegedly raising “tukde tudke” slogans at JNU. Read full story

Kejriwal stayed on message right through – basically, around the “delivery” of services – and engaged with divisive issues like CAA and Shaheen Bagh only when he had to. He refused to endorse the protests directly, saying it was for the Centre to clear the blocked road in Kalindi Kunj. Read full story

In Delhi, lack of a face to counter Kejriwal hurt BJP. Modi’s promise of faster development and Shah attacking AAP for supporting Shaheen Bagh protests failed to stop AAP. Read full story