Delhi result 2013: close races are testament to AAP's phenomenal groundwork

Even in the seats that the Aam Aadmi Party lost, it gave the BJP and Congress candidates a spirited run for their money. Shazia Ilmi, AAP candidate from RK Puram lost by a mere 326 votes in the polls. She got 27691 votes and gave her BJP rival Anil Kumar Sharma a huge scare, as he scraped through with 28,017 votes. [caption id=“attachment_1271987” align=“alignleft” width=“300”]  AFP[/caption] Two constituencies saw AAP candidates winning by a margin of over 700 votes. In Sangam Vihar, AAP’s Dinesh Mohaniya won by 777 votes. He got 24,851 votes while rival BJP candidate Shiv Charan Lal Gupta got, 24,074 votes. In Sadar Bazar too, AAP candidate Som Dutt won by a vote margin of 796 votes defeating BJP’s Jai Prakash. The other constituency which saw a close contest was Rohini where AAP candidate Rajesh Garg defeated BJP’s Jai Bhagwan Agarwal by a margin of 1872 votes. Garg got 47,890 votes while Agarwal got 46,018 votes. In Delhi Cantt AAP candidate Surender Singh won by a margin of 355 votes. He defeated BJP candidates Karan Singh Tanwar. Surender Singh got 26124 votes while Tanwar got 25,769. In Sultanpur Majra, Congress’ Jai Kishan won by a margin of 1112 votes. He polled 31,458 votes while rival AAP candidate Sandeep Kumar got 30,356 votes. In Vikaspuri, AAP candidate Mahinder Yadav has a slim margin of 405 votes, over BJP’s Krishna Gahlot. Gahlot polled 61,627 votes while Yadav got 62,032 votes till now, and the counting is still in progess.