Elections Results 2024 Live: Arvind Kejriwal praised AAP’s successful candidate in J&Okay for “good work”
New Delhi:
It was a bittersweet day for the Aam Aadmi Party. As the Election Commission figures indicated that it might not win even a single seat in Haryana, the social gathering discovered its silver lining in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Aam Aadmi Party or AAP registered its first victory in meeting elections in Jammu and Kashmir the place its candidate Mehraj Malik defeated his nearest rival from the BJP within the Doda constituency by a margin of 4,538 votes.
To congratulate Mr Malik, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal video referred to as him. “The employees are very comfortable that now we’ve got an AAP MLA in Jammu and Kashmir,” he stated.
AAP, in energy in Delhi and Punjab, additionally has MLAs in Gujarat and Goa. In Jammu and Kashmir, it had fielded seven candidates out of 90 meeting segments.
Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir election outcomes reside updates right here.
Mr Kejriwal praised Mr Malik for “doing good work” and stated, “People are with you”.
Mehraj Malik thanked him and in addition prolonged him an invite to go to Kashmir on Thursday. “Sir, it’s a must to be right here on October 10 as I had communicated by Sanjayji. After my victory, the individuals of Doda deserve a go to by you. On tenth at 2 pm, we are going to look forward to you. The public right here will look forward to you.”
The Delhi Chief Minister accepted his invitation and promised to go to on October 10. “I’ll come. I’ll come for certain on the tenth,” he stated.
The jubilant chief additionally requested Mr Kejriwal to remain on the road as he collected his certificates from the returning officer.
Mr Malik, a District Development Council (DDC) member, polled 23,228 votes in opposition to BJP’s Gajay Singh Rana’s 18,690 votes. National Conference chief and former minister Khalid Najib Suharwardy and DPAP chief Abdul Majid Wani bought 13,334 and 10,027 votes, respectively. Congress candidate Sheikh Riaz Ahmad was pushed to the fifth place having secured 4,170 votes.
He unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha elections from Udhampur constituency early this 12 months.
In Jammu and Kashmir, which had its first meeting elections since 2014, the alliance of the National Conference (NC) and Congress is tipped to type the federal government.
NC and Congress had gained 47 of 90 seats within the meeting, an unassailable lead over BJP’s 27, the Election Commission knowledge confirmed. The midway mark is 46.