Delhi Polls: How Jat-Dominated Constituencies Turned Away from Kejriwal-Led AAP

New Delhi is a seat wherein Kejriwal was actually contested against the Parvesh Verma not being a dominating seat for the Jats in it but an absolute victory points towards them actually having reposed their faith with him rather that again and in turn being yet another face Jat face over previous elections -2015-2020 of assembly.

As Parvesh Singh Verma, the BJP's Jat leader, delivered a crushing blow to AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in the Assembly elections, the development triggered the poll watchers to measure how much damage this small yet significant Jat community had inflicted on the ruling party in the national capital.

New Delhi is a seat wherein Kejriwal was actually contested against the Parvesh Verma not being a dominating seat for the Jats in it but an absolute victory points towards them actually having reposed their faith with him rather that again and in turn being yet another face Jat face over previous elections -2015-2020 of assembly.

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Approximately there are constituencies with as many as Jats whose representation will count nearly about 10% of an electorate.

Here is how the electorate voted in seats with Jat population.

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In Mehrauli, a constituency with a significant Jat population voted in favor of BJP candidate Gajendra Singh Yadav, making him victorious with a slender margin of about 1,700 votes over AAP rival Mahendra Chaudhary.

In Najafgarh, another Jat dominated seat, BJP's Neelam Pahalwan trounced closest AAP candidate Tarun Kumar by about 29,000 votes.

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In Bijwasan, Kailash Gahlot, the erstwhile minister in Kejriwal government won on BJP ticket. He defeated AAP nominee Surendra Bhardwaj by a margin of over 11,000 votes.

Palam, a key Jat constituency in South Delhi, with an adequate Jat population voted in favour of BJP's Kuldeep Solanki.

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He emerged victorious with over 8,000 votes while AAP's Joginder Solanki came second.

In Matiala, the BJP candidate Sandeep Sehrawat was leading over Sumesh Shokeen of AAP after 28 rounds of counting. He has picked over 1.44 lakh votes and surged ahead by over 27,000 votes as compared to his AAP rival.
At Vikaspuri, Pankaj Kumar Singh of BJP was leading over Mahinder Yadav of AAP by over 9,000 votes.

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Nangloi, one of the most important constituencies that boasted of huge Jat population, voted for BJP's Manoj Kumar Shokeen. He got more than 75,000 votes polled, about 25,000 more than the closest AAP candidate Raghuveer Shokeen, who was polled about 49,000 votes.

Narela seat saw BJP's Raj Karan Khatri vanquishing AAP's Sharad Kumar by over 8,000 votes.

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Mundka seat, another Jat-dominated constituency, saw BJP's Gajender Drall defeating AAP's Jasbir Kalra by over 10,000 votes.

In Rithala, another Jat constituency, BJP's Kulwant Rana pulled off an easy win over AAP's Mohinder Goyal by over 29,000 votes.

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