Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Arvind Kejriwal is set to become Chief Minister of Delhi for the third consecutive term.
(2) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 by winning 62 seats in the 70-member assembly.
(a) Only (1)
(b) Only (2)
(c) Both (1) and (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- On February 16, 2020, AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi at the Ramlila Maidan.
- This would be his third consecutive term as the Chief Minister.
- AAP’s success in the elections was a remarkable feat, considering the party had finished at the third place in Delhi during the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
Results 2020:
- As per official figures released by the Election Commission, the AAP won 62 seats with a total vote share of 53. 57 percent.
- The BJP won the remaining eight seats with a vote share of 38.51 percent.
- Arvind Kejriwal won his New Delhi seat by margin of 21,697 votes defeating his BJP rival Sunil Kumar Yadav.
- Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sisodia also won from Patparganj constituency by a narrow margin of 3000 votes.
- The Congress did not win a single seat and finished third with an extremely low vote share of 4.26 percent.
Links:
https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/delhi-assembly-polls-2020/story/arvind-kejriwal-oath-delhi-cm-february-aap-election-1645647-2020-02-12
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51454136