Delhi Assembly Election Results: Atishi, Raghav Chadha And Dilip Pandey Leading Over Their BJP Rivals

Chadha, who replaced Vijender Garg in Rajinder Nagar, was ahead of BJP's Sardar RP Singh by over 6,500 votes. Congress's Rocky Tuseed, the youngest candidate in the assembly election, was at the third position with only 928 votes

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New Delhi: Prominent AAP leaders Atishi, Raghav Chadha and Dilip Pandey were leading in their constituencies over their respective BJP rivals, the latest election trends showed. The AAP had dropped its sitting MLAs to field the three leaders, who unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election last year. Chadha, who replaced Vijender Garg in Rajinder Nagar, was ahead of BJP's Sardar RP Singh by over 6,500 votes. Congress's Rocky Tuseed, the youngest candidate in the assembly election, was at the third position with only 928 votes. Atishi, who replaced Avtar Singh Kalka in Kalkaji, was trailing initially but surged ahead by over 200 votes by 11.30am. BJP's Dharambir Singh was close second while Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra's daughter Shivani Chopra was a distant third. Pandey, who replaced Pankaj Pushkar in Timarpur constituency, was leading with over 5,000 votes. BJP's Surender Pal Singh was at the second position. AAP's Durgesh Pathak was trailing by over 6,600 votes in Karawal Nagar, previously held by party rebel Kapil Mishra. Mishra later joined BJP and is contesting from Model Town.