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Bengaluru, Feb 11: The Aam Aadmi Party effect in Delhi was felt even in Bengaluru, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressing his mixed feelings over the election results on Tuesday. While he welcomed the AAP victory over the BJP, he admitted that it was a setback to the Congress party. “It was expected that the AAP?will come to power, but not with this kind of a sweeping mandate. With the

New Delhi, Feb 10: Sixty seven of the Aam Aadmi Party's 70 candidates have won in the Delhi Assembly elections. The remaining three seats have gone to the BJP. Here is the full list of each winner and their victory margins: AAP 1. Adarsh Nagar: Pawan Kumar Sharma. Victory margin: 20,741 votes 2. Ambedkar Nagar: Ajay Dutt. Victory margin: 42,460 votes 3. Babarpur: Gopal Rai. Victory margin: 35488 4

Mumbai, Feb 10: With BJP left badly bruised in the Delhi Assembly poll, ally Shiv Sena today added to its woes saying the outcome amounted to "defeat" for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and showed that tsunami is mightier than the "Modi wave". "It would not be wrong to call the results a defeat for Narendra Modi. Talks had been going on about a Modi wave sweeping the country. But the people of Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 10: Halting the Modi juggernaut in its tracks, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today scored a landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly elections by winning as many as 67 of the 70 seats leaving BJP with only three and completely decimating Congress which drew a blank. In an election that was billed as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the AAP tornado threw veterans of both BJP

Panaji, Feb 10: With the Aam Aadmi Party set to bag 67 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) today said that virtually no opposition in the Delhi House is worrisome. "In a way it is good because it is people's mandate. But what is worrisome is that for healthy democracy you require good opposition which is lacking now," ADR coordinator

New Delhi, Feb 10: On a day when the BJP suffered a humiliating defeat in Delhi, only three of their candidates managed to pull of a win amidst an AAP wave. The three are Jagdish Pradhan (Mustafabad), Vijender Kumar (Rohini) and Om Prakash Sharma (Vishwas Nagar). Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned at two of these places: Rohini and Vishwas Nagar. While Pradhan defeated the Congress by 6,031

New Delhi, Feb 10: After its humiliating defeat at the hands of AAP in Delhi polls, BJP today admitted that it is a "big setback" and the party will soon introspect the reasons behind the dismal showing. The party also said that Delhi's loss is a "collective failure" of the party and the defeat cannot be thrown on any single individual, seen as an attempt to deflect any blame on Prime Minister

New Delhi, Feb 10: A crestfallen BJP chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi, who herself suffered a shocking defeat from party's traditional bastion Krishna Nagar, today sought forgiveness from the party and workers for not living up to their expectations. "I got all the respect and confidence of the top leaders including Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as well as ordinary party workers. But I ask for

New Delhi, Feb 10: Exactly an year after he had resigned as Delhi Chief Minister, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal will be taking oath as the CM again on February 14 at Ramlila Maidan. "Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as the Delhi Chief Minister on February 14 at Ramlila Maidan," AAP leader Ashutosh said after the party's landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls. Kejriwal emerged victorious in the

New Delhi, Feb 10: Days after Prime Minister Narnendra Modi insulted Arvind Kejriwal by calling him an ‘anarchist’ and ‘naxalite’ during Delhi Assembly poll campaign, a Hindutva leader has threatened to eliminate the Aam Aadmi Party chief. “We killed Mahatma Gandhi… we will shoot down Kejriwal too,” said Swami Omji, a leader of Hindu Mahasabha and strong supporter of Narendra Modi. Omji, who