BJP’s Rajesh Bhatia got more votes than AAP’s Durgesh Pathak in most of the six booths located under an all-women polling booth in Rajinder Nagar constituency in the recently held by-polls, according to official data shared by officials on Monday. Got votes. , The by-election to the crucial assembly seat was held on June 23 and the counting of votes took place on Sunday.
The all-women polling station was set up at DI Khan Bharti Sabha Senior Secondary School, New Rajinder Nagar, under which there were a total of six booths. 46, 47, 48, 48A (Auxiliary Facility), 53 and 54 – according to data shared by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) retained the Rajinder Nagar seat as Pathak registered a landslide victory in the bypoll defeating Bhatia by a margin of over 11,000 votes.
While Bhatia got 28,851 votes, Congress candidate Prem Lata got 2,014 votes. The election officials had set up 190 polling stations across the constituency.
According to booth-level data shared by officials, Bhatia got more votes than Pathak in several booths, including the majority of booths under an all-women polling booth. At booth number 48, AAP candidate got 78 votes while BJP candidate got 177 votes. They got 82 votes and 112 votes respectively at booth number 48A.
Similarly, at booth numbers 53 and 54, Bhatia got more votes than Pathak. Data for booth numbers 46 and 47 were not immediately available.
Similarly, at a polling booth for persons with disabilities at Nigam Pratibha Vidyalaya in R-Block, New Rajinder Nagar, where all employees were also disabled, Bhatia got 267 votes, while Pathak got 184. At several booths in Naraina. BJP candidate Vihar got more votes than AAP candidate.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal did a road show in Narayana Vihar before the by-election. There was a low turnout of 43.75 per cent in the by-election. Fourteen candidates threw their caps into the ring and the contest was largely seen as a fight between a confident AAP and a spirited BJP.
According to official figures, Pathak got 40,319 votes, while Bhatia got 28,851 votes. The margin of victory was 11,468 votes. A total of 17 rounds of vote counting took place. According to officials, 43.67 per cent male voters and 43.86 per cent female voters exercised their franchise in the by-elections. The percentage of voters of the third gender was 50.
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