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Delhi Assembly Elections 2025: From Kejriwal to Parvesh Verma to Sisodia, key candidates in the fray

Delhi Assembly election: The New Delhi constituency, from where former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is contesting elections has the highest number of 23 candidates. While the BJP has fielded Parvesh Verma (son of former CM Sahib Singh Verma) and Congress has named Sandeep Dikshit.

Edited By: Manmath Nayak @manmathnayak2 New Delhi Published : Feb 04, 2025 17:06 IST, Updated : Feb 05, 2025 6:17 IST
Delhi Assembly Elections 2025: Check key candidates in the fray.
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Delhi Assembly Elections 2025: Amid tight security, the stage is set for the Assembly elections in the national capital as the city will witness a three-cornered contest among the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress for the February 5 election. While the AAP is trying its best to retain power for a third consecutive time, the BJP and Congress are making all efforts to get their best share of the political pie in the polls. This time, a total of 699 candidates will contest polls on 70 Delhi Assembly seats in the February 5 election.

The New Delhi constituency, from where former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is contesting elections, has the highest number of 23 candidates. While the BJP has fielded Parvesh Verma (son of former CM Sahib Singh Verma) and Congress has named Sandeep Dikshit (son of former CM Sheila Dikshit) from the seat.

Patel Nagar and Kasturba Nagar have the lowest, with just five candidates each. Followed by Tilak Nagar, Karol Bagh, Gandhi Nagar, Greater Kailash, Mangol Puri, and Tri Nagar with six candidates each, as per ECI.

Delhi Assembly Election: Check key candidates in fray

Arvind Kejriwal (AAP): Arvind Kejriwal was the Delhi Chief Minister thrice: from 2013 to 2014 (for 49 days), 2015 to 2020, and again from 2020 to 2024. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader has been representing the New Delhi Assembly constituency since 2013, when he won the seat by defeating the incumbent Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit with a margin of 25,864 votes. He won the seat in 2015 and 2020. In the 2015 Delhi Assembly Election, Kejriwal defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Nupur Sharma by 31,583 votes. Congress candidate and former Delhi minister Kiran Walia stood third. Kejriwal retained his seat in 2020 by defeating BJP candidate Sunil Kumar Yadav with a margin of 21,697 votes. Kejriwal is again contesting from New Delhi in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election 2025 against BJP's Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma and Congress candidate and son of Sheila Dikshit, Sandeep Dikshit. Arvind Kejriwal also contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 against Narendra Modi from Varanasi but lost by a massive margin of 3,71,784 votes.

Manish Sisodia (AAP): Manish Sisodia is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and a former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi. Sisodia won the Patparganj Assembly constituency thrice in a row in 2013, 2015, and 2020. He contested the Delhi Assembly Election in 2013 for the first time from Patparganj and won against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Nakul Bhardwaj by 11,476 votes. Congress candidate Anil Kumar stood at third. In the 2015 Delhi Assembly Election, Sisodia retained the seat by defeating BJP's Vinod Kumar Binny with an increased margin of 28,791 votes. Congress leader Anil Kumar remained in the third position. Sisodia won the seat again in 2020 but with a reduced margin of 3,207 votes. BJP candidate Ravinder Singh Negi gave him a tough fight. Sisodia has decided to shift his constituency in the upcoming Delhi Election and will be contesting from Jangpura against BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah and Congress candidate Farhad Suri. Sisodia also held several ministries, including Finance, Education, PWD, Tourism, Labour, Land and Building, etc., in the Arvind Kejriwal Cabinet.

Ramesh Bidhuri (BJP): Ramesh Bidhuri is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and a former member of the Lok Sabha. Bidhuri contested the Lok Sabha Election in 2009 from the South Delhi constituency but lost to Congress candidate Ramesh Kumar by 93,219 votes. However, he won two consecutive elections from the seat in 2014 and 2019. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Bidhuri defeated Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Devinder Sehrawat by 1,07,000 votes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, Bidhuri retained the South Delhi parliamentary constituency by defeating AAP's Raghav Chadha with a big margin of 3,67,043 votes. Bidhuri also won three consecutive Delhi Assembly elections in 2003, 2008, and 2013 from the Tughlakabad Assembly constituency before losing the seat twice in 1993 and 1998. Bidhuri defeated Independent candidate Shish Pal Singh by 23,983 votes in the 2003 Delhi Assembly Election. Bidhuri retained the seat in 2008 by defeating Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Sahi Ram with a margin of 8,234 votes. He again won the constituency in 2013 by defeating Sahi Ram once again by 5,946 votes. Bidhuri has been pitted against Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and Congress candidate Alka Lamba in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election from Kalkaji. The recent remarks by him on Atishi and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi have evoked reactions from political parties and social media users.

Satyendra Jain (AAP): Satyendra Kumar Jain is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and a former Cabinet minister in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government from 2015 to 2023 and held several ministries, including Home, Health, Power, Water, Industries, Urban Development, Irrigation, and Flood Control. He was also the minister in the first Kejriwal Ministry from 2013 to 2014. Jain won three consecutive Delhi Assembly elections in 2013, 2015, and 2020 from the Shakur Basti Assembly constituency. Jain defeated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and the sitting MLA Shyam Lal Garg by 7,062 votes in the 2013 Delhi Assembly Election. Jain retained the seat in 2015 by defeating BJP candidate SC Vats with a margin of 3,133 votes. He again won the constituency in 2020 by defeating Vats once again by 7,592 votes. Jain has been pitted against BJP's Karnail Singh and Congress candidate Satish Luthra in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election from Shakur Basti.

Sandeep Dikshit (Congress): Sandeep Dikshit is the Congress leader and a former member of the Lok Sabha. He is the son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Sandeep Dikshit contested the Lok Sabha Election in 2004 from East Delhi and won against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) sitting MP Lal Bihari Tiwari. Dikshit defeated Tiwari by 2,29,779 votes. In the 2009 Lok Sabha Election, Dikshit retained the East Delhi parliamentary constituency by defeating BJP's Chetan Chauhan with a big margin of 2,41,053 votes. However, Dikshit stood third in the 2014 Lok Sabha Election when BJP's Maheish Girri won the seat by 1,90,463 votes. Girri defeated Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Rajmohan Gandhi. Dikshit has been pitted against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP leader Parvesh Verma in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election from New Delhi.

Atishi (AAP): Atishi is the present Delhi Chief Minister and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader. She is the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit. Atishi contested the 2019 Lok Sabha Election from East Delhi and stood third after Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Gautam Gambhir and Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely. Atishi managed to save her deposit with 2,19,328 or 17.44% of the votes. She won the 2020 Delhi Assembly Election from Kalkaji by defeating BJP's Dharambir Singh with a margin of 11,393 votes. Atishi became the Delhi Chief Minister in September, 2024. Earlier, she was the Cabinet minister in the Kejriwal government and held several ministries, including Education, Finance, Women and Child Welfare, Culture, Tourism, and PWD. Atishi is again contesting the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election from Kalkaji against BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri and Congress candidate Alka Lamba.

Parvesh Verma (BJP): Parvesh Verma is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and a former member of the Lok Sabha. He is the son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma. Parvesh contested the Delhi Assembly Election in 2013 from Mehrauli and won against Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Narinder Singh Sejwal and Congress leader Dr Yoganand Shastri. Verma defeated Sejwal by 4,564 votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Election, Verma won the West Delhi parliamentary constituency by defeating AAP's Jarnail Singh and sitting Congress MP Mahabal Mishra. Verma defeated Jarnail Singh with a handsome margin of 2,68,586 votes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, Verma not only retained the constituency but won by a record margin of 5,78,486 votes. Verma defeated Congress leader Mahabal Mishra and AAP candidate Balbir Singh Jakhar. However, the BJP denied him a ticket in the 2024 parliamentary elections. In the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election, Verma has been pitted against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit.

Arvinder Singh Lovely (BJP): Arvinder Singh Lovely is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and a former Delhi Cabinet minister in the Sheila Dikshit government from 2003 to 2013. He held several ministries, including Education, Urban Development, Revenue, Transport, Tourism, and Gurudwara Election. Lovely was with the Congress earlier and won four consecutive Assembly polls from the Gandhi Nagar constituency in 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2013. In the 1998 Delhi Assembly polls, Lovely defeated BJP's Swinderjit Singh Bajwa by 6,762 votes. Lovely retained the seat in 2003 by defeating BJP's Tarjeet Singh with a margin of 23,985 votes. He won the constituency in 2008 and 2013 by defeating BJP candidates Kamal Kumar Jain and Ramesh Chand Jain, respectively. Lovely was the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president from 2013 to 2015. He joined the BJP in 2017 but returned to the Congress party in 2018 and contested the 2019 Lok Sabha Election from the East Delhi seat but lost to BJP's Gautam Gambhir by a huge margin of 3,91,222 votes. He fought the 2020 Delhi Assembly Election as a Congress nominee from Gandhi Nagar but stood third after BJP's Anil Kumar Bajpai and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Naveen Chaudhary. He again became the DPCC chief for a brief period between 2023 and 2024 and rejoined the BJP in 2024. Lovely is again contesting from Gandhi Nagar in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election 2025 against Congress candidate Kamal Arora and AAP's Naveen Chaudhary.

Vijender Gupta (BJP): Vijender Gupta is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the present Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Earlier, he was the Leader of Opposition from 2015 to 2020. Gupta contested the 2009 Lok Sabha Election from Chandni Chowk against Congress leader Kapil Sibal but lost by over 2 lakh votes. In the 2013 Delhi Assembly polls, Gupta was fielded by the BJP against Sheila Dikshit and Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi but stood third with 21.68% of the votes. He won the Rohini Assembly constituency in the 2015 Delhi Assembly Election by defeating Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Advocate CL Gupta by 5,367 votes. Gupta retained the seat in 2020 by defeating AAP's Rajesh Nama Bansiwala with a margin of 12,648 votes. Gupta is again contesting from Rohini in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election 2025. 

Gopal Rai (AAP): Gopal Rai is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and the present Delhi Cabinet Minister with several portfolios including Environment, Forest, Wildlife, Development, and General Administration in the Atishi government. Rai was the minister in the Kejriwal Cabinet from 2015 to 2024. Rai lost the Delhi Assembly Elections in 2013 from Babarpur and stood third with 22.37% of the votes. Rai won Babarpur in 2015 by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and sitting MLA Naresh Gaur by 35,271 votes. He retained the seat in 2020 by defeating Gaur again with a margin of 33,062 votes. Rai is again contesting from Babarpur in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election 2025.

Alka Lamba (Congress): Alka Lamba is the Congress leader and a former member of the Delhi Assembly from Chandni Chowk. Lamba contested her first Assembly election from the Moti Nagar seat in 2003 against former Delhi Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart Madan Lal Khurana but lost to him by 15,190 votes. She joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) later and won the Chandni Chowk constituency by defeating BJP's Suman Kumar Gupta in the 2015 Delhi Assembly Election by 18,287 votes. She, however, returned to the Congress and fought the 2020 polls from Chandni Chowk but stood third with a humiliating defeat as she received just 5.03% of the votes. Lamba has been pitted against Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election from Kalkaji.

Devender Yadav (Congress): Devender Yadav is the Congress leader and the present president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC). Yadav entered the Delhi Assembly for the first time in 2008 after his victory over Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Ajesh Yadav. Devender Yadav defeated Ajesh by 13,604 votes. The Congress leader retained his seat in the 2013 Delhi Assembly Election with his victory over the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Vijay Kumar Bhagat by 23,109 votes. However, he was defeated by Ajesh Yadav, who joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and avenged his 2008 loss, by 35,376 votes in the 2015 Delhi Assembly Election. Devender Yadav stood third in the 2020 Delhi Assembly Election after Ajesh Yadav and Vijay Kumar Bhagat with 19.65% of the votes. Yadav is again contesting from Badli in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election 2025 against AAP's Ajesh Yadav and BJP's Deepak Chaudhary. Yadav was also a municipal councillor for two terms.

Saurabh Bharadwaj (AAP): Saurabh Bharadwaj is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and the present Delhi Cabinet Minister with several portfolios, including Health, Urban Development, Irrigation and Flood Control, Industries, Art, Culture and Language, Social Welfare, Tourism, and Cooperatives in the Atishi-led government. Bharadwaj was the minister in the Kejriwal Cabinet from 2013 to 2014 and again from 2023 to 2024. Bharadwaj entered the Delhi Assembly for the first time in 2013 after his victory over Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ajay Kumar Malhotra, the son of BJP stalwart Vijay Kumar Malhotra. Bharadwaj defeated Ajay Malhotra by 13,092 votes. The AAP leader retained his constituency in the 2013 Delhi Assembly Election with his victory over the BJP's Rakesh Kumar Gullaiya by 14,583 votes. Congress candidate and then President Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee stood third. Bharadwaj again won the Greater Kailash seat in 2020 when he defeated BJP's Shikha Roy by 16,809 votes. Bharadwaj is again contesting from Greater Kailash in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election 2025 against BJP's Shikha Roy and Congress candidate Garvit Singhvi.

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