Arvind Kejriwal's AAP has lost power to BJP in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections after a successful run in 2015 and 2020. The former Delhi chief minister, who was out on bail in the excise policy case,

Arvind Kejriwal lost the New Delhi constituency to BJP's Parvesh Verma by over 4,000 votes, raising questions about Congress candidate Sandeep Dikshit's impact on the election outcome.

Following a fiercely contested Delhi Assembly Election in 2025, in which leading Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Manish Sisodia, conceded defeat, the BJP anticipated a crushing victory in the nation's capital after a 27-year hiatus.