Okhla Election Results 2025: Amanatullah Khan Of AAP Secures Victory
The Okhla constituency, one of the 70 Delhi Assembly constituencies witnessed a fierce electoral battle in the Delhi Elections 2025.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate and sitting MLA Amanatullah Khan, who has won two consecutive elections was eyeing a record third term and has emerged victorious in the Delhi assembly election with an impressive 88,943 votes, leading by a substantial margin of 23,639 votes in Okhla.
Manish Chaudhary from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trailed behind with 65,304 votes, while Shifa Ur Rehman Khan of the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen secured 39,558 votes, marking a significant shortfall of 49,385 votes.
However, he faced stiff competition from Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) candidate Manish Chaudhary, Congress candidate Ariba Khan, and Shifa Ur Rehman from the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
The Okhla assembly constituency is part of the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency and comprises areas like Madanpur Khadar Village, Khizrabad Village, and Jasola Village. With a diverse voter base and high electoral participation, Okhla has seen shifting political trends over the years.
In the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections, Amanatullah Khan won the Okhla seat by a massive margin of 71,827 votes, securing 1,30,367 votes. The BJP’s Braham Singh came second with 58,540 votes. In 2015, Khan won with 1,04,271 votes, defeating BJP’s Braham Singh by 64,532 votes.
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This year, the contest has become more intense with the entry of AIMIM’s Shifa Ur Rehman. The party has campaigned extensively in Muslim-dominated areas like Batla House, Zakir Nagar, and Shaheen Bagh, but jinxed.
Amanatullah Khan, the sitting AAP MLA, has a strong track record in Okhla, winning the 2015 and 2020 polls. In 2020, he secured an impressive 1.3 lakh votes out of 1.9 lakh cast.
Historically, Parvez Hashmi dominated the constituency, winning on a Janata Dal ticket in 1993 and later switching to Congress, where he continued his winning streak until 2008. Hashmi’s political career eventually took him to the Rajya Sabha.
Following Hashmi’s departure, Asif Muhammad Khan of the RJD won the 2009 by-poll and later contested and won the 2013 Delhi Assembly elections under the Congress banner.
As the 2025 election results approach, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), led by Shifa Ur Rehman Khan, is seeking to make a breakthrough in Okhla but now trailing behind other major candidates.
As of the latest updates, Manish Chaudhary from the BJP is leading with 4,955 votes, followed by Amanatullah Khan from AAP with 2,695 votes, and Ariba Khan from Congress with 475 votes.
