Patel Nagar assembly election result 2020: AAP's Raaj Kumar Anand defeats BJP's Parvesh Ratn

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party's Raaj Kumar Anand defeated BJP's Parvesh Ratn by a margin of 30,935 votes. Stay with us for all the live updates:
* As per the official trends on election commission's website, AAP's Raaj Kumar Anand is leading by 28,037 votes against BJP's Pravesh Ratn
* As per the official trends on election commission's website, AAP's Raaj Kumar Anand is leading by 19,124 votes against BJP's Patvesh Ratn
* As per the official trends, AAP's Raaj Kumar Anand is leading by 9,937 votes against BJP's Pravesh Ratn
* ECI's trends are now available for all 70 seats.AAP is leading on 52 seats, while the BJP is ahead in 18 constituencies.
* As per the official trends, AAP's Raaj Kumar Anand is leading by 2491 votes
* Official EC trends: Aam Aadmi Party leading on 7 seats and Bharatiya Janata Party leading on 6 seats.
* Aam Aadmi Party's Raaj Kumar Anand has taken lead in early trends
In 2015, Hazari Lal Chauhan of AAP with 59.05% vote share had defeated Krishna Tirath of BJP.
The ruling party seeks a second term under the leadership of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. AAP has given tickets to 46 of its sitting MLAs besides introducing 15 new faces to the fray.
The BJP is contesting on 67 of the 70 assembly seats, leaving two seats for its National Democratic Alliance partner the Janata Dal (United) and one for the Lok Janshakti Party. Among the 67 BJP candidates, over 30 are former legislators or have contested the assembly elections in the past.
The Congress, which ruled Delhi for three consecutive terms from 1998 to 2013, is for the first time contesting the Delhi assembly polls in alliance with another party. The party has worked an alliance with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) who will contest on four seats.