Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 Key Battles: As national capital awaits poll results, here's a look at gamechanger contests

In this high-stakes election, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is aiming for a third consecutive term in power after enjoyed significant victories in the last two elections (2015 and 2020), while the BJP is aggressively vying to reclaim control after a 27-year gap. On the other hand, Congress, which once dominated Delhi with a 15-year rule, is trying to revive its fortunes and regain a foothold in the national capital.

The vote counting for all 70 Delhi assembly seats will begin at 8:00 AM on Saturday, February 8. The counting process will start with postal ballots, followed by Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). 

As the election results draw near, there are several key constituencies where intense competition is expected:

AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal seeks a fourth consecutive win in the New Delhi constituency. He faces BJP’s Parvesh Verma and Congress’ Sandeep Dikshit, both sons of former chief ministers. In the 2020 elections, Kejriwal won this seat with a margin of 21,687 votes.

Manish Sisodia, former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, is making his electoral debut from Jangpura. He is up against BJP’s Sardar Tarvinder Singh Marwah and Congress’ Farhad Suri. AAP won this seat in both the 2015 and 2020 elections.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi is contesting fiercely against Congress’ Alka Lamba and BJP’s former MP Ramesh Bidhuri. Atishi had won this seat in 2020 with a margin of 11,393 votes.

The Chhatarpur constituency is seeing a "battle of the Tanwars". AAP’s Brahm Singh Tanwar is contesting against BJP’s Kartar Singh Tanwar and Congress’ Rajender Singh Tanwar. Interestingly, Kartar, who had won on an AAP ticket in 2020, switched to the BJP last year and is now its candidate.

AAP’s Somnath Bharti, seeking a fourth term, faces a tough challenge from BJP’s Satish Upadhyay and Congress’ Jitendra Kumar Kochar.

Saurabh Bharadwaj of AAP, who has consistently won the Greater Kailash seat since 2013, is now contesting against BJP’s Shikha Rai and Congress’ Garvit Singhvi.

Amanatullah Khan of AAP is contesting from Okhla, a seat with a significant Muslim population, for the third time. He is up against Congress’ Ariba Khan and AIMIM’s Shifa Ur Rehman Khan.