Legislative Assembly elections will be held in Delhi on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The current AAP government led by Arvind Kejriwal will dissolve on February 22, 2020.
Delhi Assembly Election 2020 will be a three-cornered contest this time between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the BJP and the Congress. Present Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP saw a thumping win in 2015 Assembly elections with the party bagging 67 seats, leaving just three (seats) for the BJP.
Stakes are high for the BJP as it has failed to make a comeback in Delhi since 1998. The Congress, which formed three consecutive governments in Delhi under late Sheila Dikshit, can practically claim victory if it dampens BJP’s chances of return to power in Delhi. Despite officially saying that it is contesting to come back to power, every Congress leader in Delhi knows that their claim is unrealistic given the ground strength.
Even in terms of vote share, it is totally surprising how Delhi's voters behave very decisively and one sided in different elections. The AAP had 54 per cent of votes in Delhi Assembly election in 2015 but the vote share reduced to 18 per cent in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. On the other hand, the BJP's vote share in 2019 Lok Sabha jumped 25 per cent from the 2015 Assembly election.
86 per cent of the total respondents said they are either fully satisfied (53 per cent) or somewhat satisfied (33 per cent) with Kejriwal. This satisfaction level not only comes from the Arvind Kejriwal's personal popularity as the chief minister but also comes from the benefits of the different welfare schemes like free water charge, low price of electricity, implementation of Mohalla Clinic and improvement in school infrastructure, etc.
However, the fight for the Delhi Assembly election 2020 is not very easy for the AAP if we look the declining vote share of the party after the 2015 Assembly election.
Delhi Assembly Election 2020 will be a three-cornered contest this time between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the BJP and the Congress. Present Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP saw a thumping win in 2015 Assembly elections with the party bagging 67 seats, leaving just three (seats) for the BJP.
Stakes are high for the BJP as it has failed to make a comeback in Delhi since 1998. The Congress, which formed three consecutive governments in Delhi under late Sheila Dikshit, can practically claim victory if it dampens BJP’s chances of return to power in Delhi. Despite officially saying that it is contesting to come back to power, every Congress leader in Delhi knows that their claim is unrealistic given the ground strength.
Even in terms of vote share, it is totally surprising how Delhi's voters behave very decisively and one sided in different elections. The AAP had 54 per cent of votes in Delhi Assembly election in 2015 but the vote share reduced to 18 per cent in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. On the other hand, the BJP's vote share in 2019 Lok Sabha jumped 25 per cent from the 2015 Assembly election.
86 per cent of the total respondents said they are either fully satisfied (53 per cent) or somewhat satisfied (33 per cent) with Kejriwal. This satisfaction level not only comes from the Arvind Kejriwal's personal popularity as the chief minister but also comes from the benefits of the different welfare schemes like free water charge, low price of electricity, implementation of Mohalla Clinic and improvement in school infrastructure, etc.
However, the fight for the Delhi Assembly election 2020 is not very easy for the AAP if we look the declining vote share of the party after the 2015 Assembly election.
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