This exercise illustrates the perception among the residents/frequent visitors to all the 70 constituencies of Delhi, which go to polls on 7 February 2015. The exercise doesn’t undertake to suggest clear winners or losers but certainly suggests what the buzz on the seat is. And if we collate the buzz across the 70 constituencies, the findings are quite contrary to what the surveys by the television channels are suggesting. There are clear indications that pitched battle is being fought between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for every seat, wherein the Congress too has made pumped in all its energy to make the battle three-way in about 25 seats. This makes the situation very complex and it could be anybody’s game in the next 48 hours. On the evening of 4 February 2015, the situation stood as under:
Seats |
Adv BJP |
Adv AAP |
Adv Cong |
Close fight |
Triangular fight |
Multi-corner |
70 |
15 |
16 |
05 |
18 |
14 |
02 |
The detailed constituency wise perception 48 hours before polling:
AC |
Name |
BJP |
Congress |
AAP |
Remark |
1 |
Narela |
Neel Dhaman Kharti |
Praveen k Bhugra |
Sharad Kumar |
CLOSE |
2 |
Burari |
Gopal Jha |
Jile S Chauhan |
Sanjeev Jha |
Advantage AAP |
3 |
Timarpur |
Rajni Abbi |
SPS Bittu |
Pankaj Pushkar |
CLOSE |
4 |
Adarsh Nagar |
Ramkishan Singhal |
Mukesh Goel |
Pawan Sharma |
Advantage BJP |
5 |
Badli |
Rajesh Yadav |
Devendra Yadav |
Aajesh Yadav |
Advantage CONG |
6 |
Rithala |
Kulwant Rana |
Jagdish Yadav |
Mahendra Goel |
Advantage BJP |
7 |
Bawana |
Gugan Singh Ranga |
Surendra Kumar |
Ved Prakash |
Triangular |
8 |
Mundaka |
Azad Singh |
Rita Shokeen |
Rajendra Dabas |
CLOSE |
9 |
Kirari |
Anil Jha |
Pratyush Kant |
Rituraj Jha |
CLOSE |
10 |
Sultanpur Majra |
Prabhu Datal Sai |
Jaikishan |
Sanddep Kumar |
Advantage Cong |
11 |
Nangloi Jat |
Manoj Shokeen |
Vijendra Singh |
Raghvendra Shokeen |
Advantage BJP |
12 |
Mangolpuri |
Surjijeet Kumar |
RK Chauhan |
Rakhi Birla |
CLOSE (CvsA) |
13 |
Rohini |
Vijyendra Gupta |
Sukhbeer Sharma |
CL Gupta |
Advantage BJP |
14 |
Shalimar Bagh |
Rekha Gupta |
Sulekh Aggarwal |
Vandana Kumari Jha |
Advantage AAP |
15 |
Shakur Basti |
SC Vats |
Chaman Lal Sharma |
Satyendra Jain |
Advantage AAP |
16 |
Trinagar |
Nand Kishore Garg |
Anil Bhardwaj |
Jitendra Singh Tomar |
CLOSE |
17 |
Wazirpur |
Mahendra Nagpal |
Harishanker Gupta |
Rajesh Gupta |
Advantage BJP |
18 |
Model Town |
Vivek Garg |
Kanwar Karan Singh |
Akhilesh Pati Tripathi |
Advantage AAP |
19 |
Sadar Bazar |
Praveen Jain |
Ajay Maken |
Somdutt |
Advantage Cong |
20 |
Chandani Chowk |
Suman K Gupta |
Prahlad Singh Sahni |
Alka Lamba |
Triangular |
21 |
Matia Mahal |
S Anjum Dahalvi |
Shoeb Iqbal |
Aasim |
Advantage Cong |
22 |
Ballimaran |
Shamlal Morwal |
Harun Yusuf |
Imran |
Advantage Cong |
23 |
Karol Bagh |
Yogendra Chandolia |
Madan Khorwal |
Vishesh Ravi |
CLOSE |
24 |
Patel Nagar |
Krishna Tirath |
Rajesh Lilothia |
Hazari Lal Chauhan |
CLOSE |
25 |
Moti Nagar |
Shubhash Sachdeva |
RK Maggo |
Charan Goel |
Advantage BJP |
26 |
Madipur |
Rajkumar Fulwaria |
Malaram Gangwar |
Girish Soni |
Advantage AAP |
27 |
Rajouri Garden |
Akali Dal |
Minakshi Chandela |
Jarnail Singh |
CLOSE |
28 |
Hari Nagar |
Akali Dal |
CP Mittal |
Jagdeep Singh |
Advantage AAP |
29 |
Tilak Nagar |
Rajiv Babbar |
Duli Chand Lohia |
Jarnail Singh |
Advantage AAP |
30 |
Janak Puri |
Jagdish Mukhi |
Suresh Kumar |
Rajesh Rishi |
CLOSE |
31 |
Vikas Puri |
Sanjay Singh |
Nand Kishore |
Mahendra Yadav |
Advantage AAP |
32 |
Uttam Nagar |
Pawan Sharma |
Mukesh Sharma |
Naresh Balyan |
CLOSE |
33 |
Dwarka |
Praduman Rajput |
Mahabal Mishra |
Adarsh Shastri |
Triangular |
34 |
Matiala |
Rajesh Gehlot |
Sumesh Shokeen |
Gulab Singh |
Triangular |
35 |
Najafgarh |
Ajit Singh K |
Jaikishan Sharma |
Kailash Gehlot |
MULTI CORNER (INLD) |
36 |
Bijwasan |
Satyaprakash Rana |
Vijay S Lochav |
Col D Sehrawat |
Advantage BJP |
37 |
Palam |
Dharmadev Solanki |
Madan Mohan Dass |
Bhawna Gaur |
Advantage BJP |
38 |
Delhi Cantt. |
Karan Singh Tanwar |
Sandeep Tanwar |
Commando Surender |
Advantage BJP |
39 |
Rajender Nagar |
RP Singh |
Brahm Yadav |
Vijay Garg |
Triangular |
40 |
New Delhi |
Nupur Sharma |
Kiran Walia |
Arvind Kejriwal |
Advantage AAP |
41 |
Jangpura |
MS Dheer |
TS Marwah |
Praveen Deshmukh |
Advantage BJP |
42 |
Kasturba Nagar |
Ravindra Chaudhary |
Neeraj Basoya |
Madan Lal |
Advantage AAP |
43 |
Malviya Nagar |
Nandini Sharma |
Yoganand Shashtri |
Somnath Bharti |
Advantage AAP |
44 |
RK Puram |
Anil Sharma |
Leeladhar Bhatt |
Pramila Tokas |
CLOSE |
45 |
Mehrauli |
Sarita Chaudhary |
Satbeer Singh |
Govardhan Singh |
Advantage AAP |
46 |
Chhatarpur |
Brahm Singh Tanwar |
Balram Tanwar |
Kartar Singh |
CLOSE |
47 |
Deoli |
Arvind Kumar |
Rajesh chauhan |
Prakash |
CLOSE |
48 |
Ambedkar Nagar |
Ashok Chauhan |
Prem Singh |
Ajay Dutt |
Advantage AAP |
49 |
Sangam Vihar |
SCL Gupta |
Vishnu S Aggarwal |
Dinesh Mohania |
Advantage AAP |
50 |
Greater Kailash |
Gulia |
Sharmishtha Mukherjee |
Saurabh Bhardwaj |
Advantage AAP |
51 |
Kalkaji |
Akali Dal |
Subhash Chopra |
Avtar Singh |
Triangular |
52 |
Tughlakabad |
Vikram Bidhuri |
Sachin Bidhuri |
Sahi Ram |
Advantage BJP |
53 |
Badarpur |
Ramveer Singh Bidhuri |
Ram Singh Netaji |
ND Sharma |
Triangular |
54 |
Okhla |
Brahm S bidhuri |
Asif MD Khan |
Amanatullah |
Triangular |
55 |
Trilokpuri |
Kiran Vaidhya |
Brham Pal |
Raju Dhingan |
Triangular |
56 |
Kondli |
Hukum Singh |
Amrish Gautam |
Manoj Kumar |
CLOSE (CvsA) |
57 |
Patpar Ganj |
Vinod Binny |
Anil Chaudhary |
Manish Shishodia |
Triangular |
58 |
Laxmi Nagar |
BB Tyagi |
AK Walia |
Nitin Tyagi |
Triangular |
59 |
Viswas Nagar |
OP Sharma |
Naseeb Singh |
Atul Gupta |
Triangular |
60 |
Krishna Nagar |
Kiran Bedi |
Bansi Lal |
SK Bagga |
Advantage BJP |
61 |
Gandhi Nagar |
Jitendra Chaudhary |
Prakash Sharma |
Anil Bajjpai |
Advantage AAP |
62 |
Shahdra |
Akali Dal |
Narendra Nath |
Ram Nivas Goel |
CLOSE |
63 |
Seemapuri |
Karamveer Chandel |
Veer S Dhingan |
Rajendra Gautam |
CLOSE (CvsA) |
64 |
Rohtash Nagar |
Jitendra Mahajan |
Vipin Sharma |
Sarita Singh |
Advantage BJP |
65 |
Seelampur |
Sanjay Jain |
Mateen Ahmed |
Hazi Ishraq |
Advantage Cong |
66 |
Ghonda |
Saheb S Chauhan |
Bheeshm Sharma |
SD Sharma |
Advantage BJP |
67 |
Babarpur |
Naresh Gaur |
Zaqir Khan |
Gopal Rai |
Triangular |
68 |
Gokalpur |
Ranjeet Kashyap |
Rinku |
Fateh Singh |
MULTI CORNER (BSP) |
69 |
Mustafabad |
Jagdish Pradhan |
Hasan Ahmed |
Hazi Yunus |
Triangular |
70 |
Karawal Nagar |
Mohan Singh Bisht |
Satyapal Dyma |
Kapil Mishra |
CLOSE |