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	\|party_name = Aam Aadmi Party		\|party_name = Aam Aadmi Party
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			\|abbreviation = AAP
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	\|~~leader~~ =]		\|colorcode = {{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}
	\|~~foundation~~ =26 ~~November~~ ~~2012~~		\|leader = ]
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	\|headquarters =Ground Floor, A-119, ] (]), ]- 201010
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			\|spokesperson = ] and others<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://aamaadmiparty.org/official-spokespersons/\|title=Official Spokespersons – Aam Aadmi Party\|date=7 July 2017\|access-date=17 August 2020\|archive-date=15 August 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815071446/https://aamaadmiparty.org/official-spokespersons/\|url-status=live}}</ref>
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	\|~~youth~~ =		\|founder = ] and others
	\|~~women~~ =		\|foundation = 26 November 2012;
			<br>{{ayd\|26 November 2012}} ago
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			\|headquarters = 206, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, ], ] India-110002<ref>{{cite web\|title=Party's Address on Website\|url=https://aamaadmiparty.org/\|access-date=5 May 2018\|archive-date=6 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406044404/http://aamaadmiparty.org\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	\|ideology =]<br />]
			\|eci = ]<ref>{{cite web\|title=Election Commission grants national party status to AAP Dated 10.04.2023\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/election-commission-grants-national-party-status-to-aap-withdraws-status-of-trinamool-congress-cpi/article66721271.ece\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=10 April 2023\|location=India\|year=2013\|archive-date=10 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410144849/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/election-commission-grants-national-party-status-to-aap-withdraws-status-of-trinamool-congress-cpi/article66721271.ece\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	\|position=Centre-left<ref name=stun>{{cite news\|url=http://www.businessinsider.in/Indias-Left-Leaning-Anti-Graft-Party-Made-A-Stunning-Debut/articleshow/27328073.cms \|title=India's Left-Leaning, Anti-Graft Party Made A Stunning Debut \|publisher=The Economist \|date=14 December 2013 \|accessdate=25 December 2013}}</ref>
			\|ideology = {{nowrap\|]<ref name="social"/><br>]{{efn\|<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://theprint.in/politics/india-ko-no-1-banana-hai-how-kejriwal-aap-are-playing-the-nationalism-game-this-year/1082793/\|title=India ko no 1 banana hai'-how Kejriwal & AAP are playing the nationalism game this year\|website=] \|date = 14 August 2022\|access-date = 17 May 2021\|archive-date=14 August 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814194151/https://theprint.in/politics/india-ko-no-1-banana-hai-how-kejriwal-aap-are-playing-the-nationalism-game-this-year/1082793/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/delhi-budget-explained-arvind-kejriwal-deshbhakti-7221315/\|title=Delhi Budget explained: Deshbhakti with 500 national flags, benefits for women and vision 2047\|date=10 March 2021\|access-date=17 May 2021\|archive-date=17 May 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517102255/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/delhi-budget-explained-arvind-kejriwal-deshbhakti-7221315/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/delhi-ncr/arvind-kejriwal-says-hardcore-patriotism-honesty-and-humanity-are-three-pillars-of-aap-ideology-4161665.html\|title=अरविंद केजरीवाल ने इन 3 को बताया AAP की विचारधारा\|date=30 March 2022\|access-date=30 March 2022\|archive-date=1 April 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401033005/https://hindi.news18.com/news/delhi-ncr/arvind-kejriwal-says-hardcore-patriotism-honesty-and-humanity-are-three-pillars-of-aap-ideology-4161665.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<br>]<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Kejriwal & AAP's Tryst With Hindutva – When Populism Trumps Ideology\|date = 6 November 2021\|url=https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/aap-kejriwals-tryst-with-hindutva-from-hanuman-chalisa-to-ram-mandir#read-more\|access-date=1 January 2023\|archive-date=1 January 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101020808/https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/aap-kejriwals-tryst-with-hindutva-from-hanuman-chalisa-to-ram-mandir#read-more\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="London School of Economics"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/out-of-ideas-is-aap-struggling-to-stay-politically-relevant-9416181.html\|title=Out of ideas, is AAP struggling to stay politically relevant?\|date=31 October 2022\|access-date=28 November 2022\|archive-date=13 November 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113053653/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/out-of-ideas-is-aap-struggling-to-stay-politically-relevant-9416181.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><!--(source itself is contradicting this)<br>]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/aaps-vision-of-secularism-big-on-intention-weak-on-substance-1444157.html/amp\|title=AAP's vision of secularism: Big on intention, weak on substance\|date=21 March 2014\|access-date=28 April 2022\|archive-date=28 April 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428112335/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/aaps-vision-of-secularism-big-on-intention-weak-on-substance-1444157.html/amp\|url-status=live}}</ref>--->}}
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			\|position =]<ref>{{Cite news\|title=No soft Hindutva, no Left Revolution, Kejriwal establishing a new centre in Indian politics\|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/no-soft-hindutva-no-left-revolution-kejriwal-establishing-a-new-centre-in-indian-politics/358776/\|date=3 February 2020\|first1=Rama\|last1=Lakshmi\|access-date=20 June 2024\|work=]\|archive-date=23 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023071209/https://theprint.in/opinion/no-soft-hindutva-no-left-revolution-kejriwal-establishing-a-new-centre-in-indian-politics/358776/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-rise-of-aap-and-a-central-question/article65268456.ece \|title=The rise of AAP and a central question \|date=29 March 2022 \|first1=Asmin \|last1=Ali \|work=] \|access-date=20 June 2024 \|archive-date=6 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506023225/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-rise-of-aap-and-a-central-question/article65268456.ece \|url-status=live }}</ref> to ]<ref>{{Cite journal\|date=2015-02-21\|title=On the Verge of Extinction\|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/8/editorials/verge-extinction.html\|journal=Economic & Political Weekly\|volume=50\|issue=8\|access-date=1 January 2023\|archive-date=18 August 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818113501/https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/8/editorials/verge-extinction.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="social">{{cite web\|url=https://thewire.in/politics/aam-aadmi-party-social-content\|title=Understanding the Social Content of the Aam Aadmi Party\|access-date=27 November 2022\|archive-date=27 November 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127152032/https://thewire.in/politics/aam-aadmi-party-social-content\|url-status=live}}</ref>
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			\|membership = 10.05 million (2014)<ref>{{cite news\|title=Aam Aadmi Party has a crore members and counting\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aam-aadmi-party-has-a-crore-members-and-counting-178600-2014-01-27\|work=]\|date=27 January 2014\|access-date=26 August 2019\|archive-date=26 August 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826120321/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aam-aadmi-party-has-a-crore-members-and-counting-178600-2014-01-27\|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Update inline\|date=April 2021}}
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			\|youth = AAP Youth Wing (AYW)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/aap-to-launch-youth-wing-on-sept-27/article6409885.ece\|title=AAP to launch youth wing on Sept 27\|author=Our Bureau\|work=Business Line\|access-date=21 September 2014\|archive-date=6 July 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706090915/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/\|url-status=live}}</ref>
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			\|students = ] (CYSS)<ref>{{cite news\|title=CYSS\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/aaps-outing-in-du-north-campus-gets-tepid-response-1202799.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626192841/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/aaps-outing-in-du-north-campus-gets-tepid-response-1202799.html\|archive-date=26 June 2014}}</ref>
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			\|women = AAP Mahila Shakti (AMS)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://aamaadmiparty.org/teams/richa-pandey-mishra/\|title=Richa Pandey Mishra, President, AAP Mahila Shakti\|access-date=5 August 2018\|archive-date=5 August 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805052455/http://aamaadmiparty.org/teams/richa-pandey-mishra/\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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			The '''Aam Aadmi Party''' ({{Translation\|]'s Party}}; {{small\|abbr.}} '''AAP''') is a ]. It was founded on 26 November 2012 by ] and his then-companions,<ref>Prasant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav, Kumar Vishwas, etc.</ref> following the ] against then Indian government of ]. The AAP is currently the ] in the ] of ] and the ] of ]. On 10 April 2023, the AAP was officially granted the status of ] by the ].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2023-04-10\|title=EC recognises AAP as national party; TMC, NCP & CPI lose tag\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ec-revokes-national-party-status-of-tmc-ncp-cpi-grants-status-to-aap-8549118/\|access-date=2023-04-10\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en\|archive-date=10 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410182257/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ec-revokes-national-party-status-of-tmc-ncp-cpi-grants-status-to-aap-8549118/\|url-status=live}}</ref> The party's election symbol is a ].<ref>{{Cite news\|title='Broom' is Aam Aadmi Party's election symbol\|work=The Economic Times\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/broom-is-aam-aadmi-partys-election-symbol/articleshow/21511772.cms\|access-date=2022-07-11\|archive-date=21 July 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721201706/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/broom-is-aam-aadmi-partys-election-symbol/articleshow/21511772.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref> The party is currently part of the coalition ]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Amid Tension With Congress, AAP To Attend INDIA Alliance's Mumbai Meeting \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/aam-aadmi-party-to-attend-india-alliances-mumbai-meeting-4315520 \|access-date=2023-11-19 \|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref name="INDIA alliance">{{Cite news \|date=2023-09-29 \|title=AAP committed to INDIA alliance, will not break away from it: Kejriwal \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/aap-committed-to-india-alliance-will-not-break-away-from-it-kejriwal/article67360893.ece \|access-date=2023-11-19 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Recently, popular UPSC educator Awadh Ojha joined the AAP.<ref>https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/national/avadh-ojha-join-aap-arvind-kejriwal-delhi-election-2025</ref>
	'''Aam Aadmi Party is India's first newest metro political party''' (translation: ''Common Man Party''; abbreviated as '''AAP''') is an ], formally launched on 26 November 2012. It came into existence following differences between the activists ] and ] regarding whether or not to politicise the popular ] movement that had been demanding a ] since 2011. Hazare preferred that the movement should remain politically unaligned while Kejriwal felt the failure of the agitation route necessitated a direct political involvement.

			The party came into existence following a difference of opinion between Kejriwal and activist ] regarding the incorporation of electoral politics into the popular ], which had been demanding a ] since 2011.<ref name="The Times of India">{{Cite news\|date=2012-09-21\|title=Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal teams gear up for life after split\|work=The Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/anna-hazare-arvind-kejriwal-teams-gear-up-for-life-after-split/articleshow/16482955.cms\|access-date=2023-04-10\|issn=0971-8257\|archive-date=22 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422155536/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/anna-hazare-arvind-kejriwal-teams-gear-up-for-life-after-split/articleshow/16482955.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref> Hazare preferred the movement should remain politically unaligned, whereas Kejriwal felt the failure of the agitation route necessitated changes in the government's representation itself.<ref name="The Times of India"/> On 3 December 2015, the Jan Lokpal Bill was passed by the AAP government with a majority in the Delhi legislative assembly.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-12-04\|title=Delhi assembly passes anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/delhi-assembly-passes-anti-corruption-jan-lokpal-bill/story-kWSOzWBpYFI532c4jfGMuK.html\|access-date=2023-04-10\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|archive-date=10 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410192812/https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/delhi-assembly-passes-anti-corruption-jan-lokpal-bill/story-kWSOzWBpYFI532c4jfGMuK.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Jan Lokpal Bill passed by Delhi Assembly\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jan-lokpal-bill-passed-by-delhi-assembly-275725-2015-12-04\|access-date=2023-04-10\|website=India Today\|date=4 December 2015 \|language=en\|archive-date=10 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410192813/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jan-lokpal-bill-passed-by-delhi-assembly-275725-2015-12-04\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	The party's first electoral test was in the ], from which it emerged as the second-largest party, winning 28 of the 70 seats. With no party obtaining an overall majority, the AAP formed a ] with conditional support from the ]. The first point in its election manifesto had been that within 15 days, it would pass a bill for a strong ] position that would investigate charges against political leaders on a priority basis.<ref></ref> When it became clear that the other major parties would not support this bill, the government resigned after 49 days,This partys support is increasing so fast that one day they will come into power and completely change the history of India forever at the moment the party is still growing.

			Making its electoral debut in the ], the AAP emerged as the second-largest party and managed to form the government with support from INC members of the assembly.<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2013-12-08\|title=Delhi Election 2013: AAP makes stunning debut, BJP short of majority in Delhi\|work=The Economic Times\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/delhi-election-2013-aap-makes-stunning-debut-bjp-short-of-majority-in-delhi/articleshow/27095533.cms\|access-date=2023-04-10\|issn=0013-0389\|archive-date=10 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410191820/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/delhi-election-2013-aap-makes-stunning-debut-bjp-short-of-majority-in-delhi/articleshow/27095533.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref> Kejriwal became the ],<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2013-12-28\|title=Arvind Kejriwal sworn in as Delhi chief minister, promises change\|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy-politics/story/arvind-kejriwal-new-delhi-chief-minister-promises-change-42172-2013-12-28\|access-date=2023-04-10\|website=Business Today\|language=en\|archive-date=10 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410191816/https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy-politics/story/arvind-kejriwal-new-delhi-chief-minister-promises-change-42172-2013-12-28\|url-status=live}}</ref> but his government resigned 49 days after he could not pass the ] in the assembly, because of the lack of support from the INC.<ref>{{Cite news\|last1=Barry\|first1=Ellen\|last2=Vyawahare \|first2=Malavika\|date=2014-02-14\|title=Chief Minister of Delhi Resigns After 49 Days, Citing Resistance to Antigraft Bill\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/world/asia/delhis-newly-appointed-chief-minister-resigns.html\|access-date=2023-04-10\|issn=0362-4331\|archive-date=16 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416034523/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/world/asia/delhis-newly-appointed-chief-minister-resigns.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> After the President's rule in Delhi, in the ], the AAP won 67 of the 70 seats in the assembly and Kejriwal was again sworn in as the ].<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-elections-on-february-7/article6781169.ece\|title=EC cracks whip as Delhi goes to polls\|work=The Hindu\|date=13 January 2015\|access-date=13 January 2015\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113004522/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-elections-on-february-7/article6781169.ece\|archive-date=13 January 2015}}</ref> In the subsequent ], AAP was re-elected as the governing party after winning 62 seats out of 70.<ref name="Delhi 2020 Hindu"/>
	== INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION ==
	'''Robert Vadra acquires properties worth hundreds of crores from nothing.
	What is the source of these funds?'''

			Outside Delhi, the AAP cemented its popularity when it emerged as the principal opposition party in the ] after securing 20 seats. Later, in the subsequent ], AAP was elected as the main governing party after winning 92 seats.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2022-03-11\|title=Punjab election: AAP tally biggest ever in the state\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/punjab-assembly-election/punjab-election-aap-tally-biggest-ever-in-the-state-101646984722193.html\|access-date=2023-04-10\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|archive-date=10 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410190718/https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/punjab-assembly-election/punjab-election-aap-tally-biggest-ever-in-the-state-101646984722193.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2022-03-10\|title=Explained: How the AAP's Punjab win heralds a tectonic shift in Indian politics \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/punjab-election-results-aap-arvind-kejriwal-national-politics-7813124/\|access-date=2023-04-10\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en\|archive-date=10 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410190719/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/punjab-election-results-aap-arvind-kejriwal-national-politics-7813124/\|url-status=live}}</ref> Following this, its member ] was sworn in as the ].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2022-03-16\|title=Bhagwant Singh Mann sworn in as Punjab chief minister\|work=The Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bhagwant-singh-mann-sworn-in-as-punjab-chief-minister/articleshow/90261743.cms\|access-date=2023-04-10\|issn=0971-8257\|archive-date=15 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415233320/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bhagwant-singh-mann-sworn-in-as-punjab-chief-minister/articleshow/90261743.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2022, the party emerged as the third front in the ] after ]. It secured 12.92% of the votes polled and five seats in the Assembly.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Gujarat: AAP won 5 seats, 13% votes in Gujarat polls\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/gujarat/winning-5-seats-13-votes-in-gujarat-polls-was-like-milking-an-ox-but-we-did-it-arvind-kejriwal/articleshow/96322216.cms\|access-date=2023-04-21\|website=]\|date=18 December 2022 \|archive-date=26 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426010920/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/gujarat/winning-5-seats-13-votes-in-gujarat-polls-was-like-milking-an-ox-but-we-did-it-arvind-kejriwal/articleshow/96322216.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref> Apart from Gujarat, AAP is also accorded the status of state party in ].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2022-08-09\|title=Recognition as state party in Goa for AAP\|work=The Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/recognition-as-state-party-in-goa-for-aap/articleshow/93439629.cms\|access-date=2023-04-10\|issn=0971-8257\|archive-date=14 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414133811/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/recognition-as-state-party-in-goa-for-aap/articleshow/93439629.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	In the last 4 years, Robert Vadra has gone on a property buying binge and has purchased at least 31 properties mostly in and around New Delhi, which even at the time of their purchase were worth several hundred crores An analysis of the balance sheets and audit reports of 5 companies set up by him (and owned exclusively by him and his mother) on or after 1/11/2007 show that the total share capital of these companies was just Rs 50 lakhs and these companies together had no income from any legitimate business activity (except by way of interest derived from interest free loans obtained from DLF). Yet during 2007-2010 they have acquired properties which were worth well over Rs 300 crores even at their time of acquisition and are worth more than Rs 500 crore as of today. The ostensible seed money for this acquisition is shown to have come from unsecured interest free loans from DLF Ltd (over 65 crore). The bulk of the properties are also purchased from DLF at a price which is shown far below the market price. Thus 7 flats in Magnolia apartments in DLF Gurgaon are purchased for a total of Rs 5.2 crores by Vadras companies when the market price of each flat at the time of acquisition was well over 5 crore and today its price is between 10 to 15 crore rupees per flat. Similarly a 10,000 sq feet apartment in DLF Aralias (Gurgaon) is shown to be purchased for Rs 89 lakhs when its market price at the time of purchase in 2010 was 20 crore rupees and today is more than 30 crore rupees. Not just that, a stake of 50% share in DLF owned hotel in Saket (DLF Hilton Garden Inn) is shown to be purchased for Rs 32 crore when the market value was well over Rs 150 crore. The detail of these properties, their acquisitions are in the accompanying note which refers to the balance sheets and audit reports of these companies which have been obtained from ROC. This massive property buying spree by the son-in-law of the ruling dynasty in the country gives rise to several important questions:

			<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2023-04-10\|title=How Did AAP Bag National Party Tag And NCP, TMC, CPI Lost It? News18 Explains\|url=https://www.news18.com/explainers/how-did-aap-bag-national-party-tag-and-ncp-tmc-cpi-lost-it-news18-explains-7515283.html\|access-date=2023-04-10\|website=News18\|language=en\|archive-date=10 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410190038/https://www.news18.com/explainers/how-did-aap-bag-national-party-tag-and-ncp-tmc-cpi-lost-it-news18-explains-7515283.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	1. Why should DLF give large unsecured interest free loans to Robert Vadra? 2. Why should DLF sell its properties to Vadra at throwaway prices and on the basis of funds obtained by Vadra from DLF itself? 3. It is well known that DLF has been given 350 acres of land by Haryana govt for the development of Magnolia project in Gurgaon (where Vadra was allocated 7 apartments) and has been given various other properties and benefits by the Congress governments in Haryana and Delhi. Is that the quid pro quo for DLF giving Vadra the seed money for the purchase of these massive properties worth hundreds of crores? 4. It is clear that there is a lot of unaccounted black money invested in these properties of Vadra. What is the source of these funds? Are illicit funds of the Congress party being funnelled into this property buying spree by the son-in-law of the dynasty? 5. The above acquisition of properties is only what has come to light from the documents submitted to ROC itself, and maybe just the tip of the iceberg. Preliminary information indicates that there are many other properties purchased by him. Its significant that 6 new companies have also been registered by him in 2012. Prima facie the facts above show commission of offences under the prevention of corruption act as well offences under the Income Tax Act. Why are these ostensible offenses not being investigated? All these questions need to be answered by a thorough independent investigation. Question is will such an investigation be done and who will do it? Will it be done by agencies controlled by the Government and hence by the ruling dynasty? That is why one needs an independent Lokpal. Question is will it be conceded by those who risk going to jail as a result?

			In the ], AAP opened its account in ] by winning of ] of AAP from ] seat in Jammu region by a margin of 4538 votes, making him the first AAP MLA of ].
	{\| class="wikitable"
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	! S.No.!! Description!! No. Of units !! Worth as shown in Balance sheets (Rs) !! Property owned by !! Market Value (At the time of purchase)/ Current Market Value (Rs)

			==History==
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	\| 1. \|\| 50% share in Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, Saket, New Delhi \|\| 50% share \|\| 31.7 crore \|\| Sky Light Hospitality Private Ltd. \|\| 150/300 crore
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	\| 2. \|\| 10,000 sqft apartment in DLF Aralias, Gurgaon \|\| 1 flat \|\| 89 lakhs \|\| Sky Light Realty Private Ltd. \|\| 25/40 crore
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	\| 3. \|\| Apartments in DLF Magnolia, Gurgaon \|\| 7 flats \|\| 5.2 crore for 7 flats \|\| Sky Light Realty Private Ltd. \|\| (35-70)/ (105-175) crore for 7 flats
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	\| 4. \|\| Apartment in DLF Capital Greens, Delhi \|\| 1 flat \|\| 5 crore \|\| Sky Light Realty Private Ltd. \|\|
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	\| 5. \|\| Plot in Greater Kailash II, New Delhi \|\| 1 plot of unknown size \|\| 1.2 crores \|\| Real Earth Estates Pvt. Ltd. \|\|
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	\| 6. \|\| Land in Bikaner \|\| 161 acres of land \|\| 1.02 crores \|\| North India IT Parks Pvt. Ltd \|\|
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	\| 7. \|\| 6 additional land properties in Bikaner \|\| Unknown acreage \|\| 2.43 crore \|\| Real Earth Estates Pvt. Ltd., Sky Light Realty Private Ltd., Sky Light Hospitality Private Ltd. \|\|
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	\| 8. \|\| 1 property of land inManesar \|\| ''Unknown acreag''e \|\| 15.38 crores \|\| Sky Light Hospitality Private Ltd. \|\|
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	\| 9. \|\| 1 property of land inPalwal \|\|Unknown acreage \|\| 42 lakhs \|\| Sky Light Realty Private Ltd. \|\|
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	\| 10. \|\| 2 properties of land in Hayyatpur Gurgaon \|\| Unknown acreage \|\| 4 crore \|\| Real Earth Estates Pvt. Ltd., Sky Light Realty Private Ltd. \|\|
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	\| 11. \|\| 6 properties of land in Hassanpur \|\| Unknown acreage \|\| 76 lakhs \|\| Real Earth Estates Pvt. Ltd. \|\|
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	\| 12. \|\| 2 properties of land in Mewat (Haryana) \|\| Unknown acreage \|\| 95 lakhs \|\| Real Earth Estates Pvt. Ltd. \|\|
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	\| 13. \|\| Agricultural land in undisclosed location \|\| Unknown acreage \|\| 95 lakhs \|\| lue Breeze Trading Pvt. Ltd. \|\|
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	\| count \|\| Total (approx) \|\| \|\| 69.64 crore \|\| \|\|
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	\|}

			]
	== AAP compromising clean politics for Kejriwal in Varanasi? ==
	NEW DELHI: Has the numbers game finally taken over Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s professed claim to do clean politics? Jailed don Mukhtar Ansari's withdrawal from the Varanasi contest comes amidst indications that minority community leaders had expressed support for AAP and acted as a bridge to convince Ansari. The tacit support that will make Varanasi a contest between BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Kejriwal comes at a time when ADR data suggests that 15% of the AAP's 200 candidates have criminal cases against them.

			===Formation===
	Asked about Ansari's decision to withdraw candidature from Varanasi, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal who is contesting from the same seat told reporters in Amritsar, "Congress and BJP have to be removed from the country to corruption. And for this, all the forces must join hands." His statement fueled speculation that the party was willing to wink at the "tainted"background of Ansari- accused in cases of murder and rioting- to raise its stock among Muslims ahead of a contest whose outcome will have crucial consequences for rookie outfit's "secular"credentials
			] movement]]
			] were initiated by a well known social activist ] in response to exposure of unprecedented financial scams and corruption by erstwhile ] government. The aim was to press the government to enact a strong and effective Lokpal (Federal ]) through a ].{{sfn\|Sharma\|2014\|pp=39}} Hazare was supported by a clutch of activists and professionals which became popularly known as ]. Team Anna also included a civil-servant turned activist ].{{sfn\|Sharma\|2014\|pp=40-41}}<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Anna-Hazare-confirms-rift-with-Arvind-Kejriwal-says-his-apolitical-mass-movement-will-continue/articleshow/16456231.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018211416/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-19/india/33951624_1_anna-hazare-team-anna-members-political-alternative \|url-status=live \|archive-date=18 October 2012 \|title=Anna Hazare confirms rift with Arvind Kejriwal, says his apolitical mass movement will continue \|first1=Radheshyam \|last1=Jadhav \|first2=Sarang \|last2=Dastane \|date=19 September 2012 \|work=] \|access-date=3 August 2013}}</ref> Hazare had wanted to keep the movement politically neutral but Kejriwal considered that direct involvement in politics was necessary because attempts to obtain progress regarding the Jan Lokpal Bill through talks with existing political parties had, in his opinion, achieved nothing. A survey conducted on a Facebook page that purported to be operated by India Against Corruption<ref>{{cite news \|title=India Against Corruption assets caught in tug of war \|work=Business Standard\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-against-corruption-assets-caught-in-tug-of-war-112092203017_1.html \|date=22 September 2012 \|author=Sreelatha Menon \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205032157/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-against-corruption-assets-caught-in-tug-of-war-112092203017_1.html \|archive-date=5 December 2014 }}</ref> and other social networking services had indicated that there was wide support for politicisation.<ref name="IT20120919">{{cite news \|agency=Press Trust of India \|location=New Delhi \|date=19 September 2012 \|title=Anna Hazare tells Arvind Kejriwal not to use his name, photo for votes as they part ways \|work=India Today \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/team-anna-split-anna-hazare-arvind-kejriwal-part-ways/1/217947.html \|access-date=12 June 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927215015/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/team-anna-split-anna-hazare-arvind-kejriwal-part-ways/1/217947.html \|archive-date=27 September 2013 }}</ref><ref name="intoday1">{{cite news\|title=So what is the Aam Aadmi Party all about\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/what-is-the-aam-aadmi-party-all-about/1/234564.html\|date=24 November 2012\|work=India Today\|location=New Delhi\|access-date=12 June 2013\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304205801/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/what-is-the-aam-aadmi-party-all-about/1/234564.html\|archive-date=4 March 2013}}</ref> Hazare rejected the poll, saying "elections require huge funds, which will be tough for activists to organise without compromising on their values". He also said it would be difficult to ensure that candidates are not corrupted once elected.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Anna Hazare confirms split, asks Arvind Kejriwal not to use his name or photo \|publisher=NDTV \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/anna-hazare-confirms-split-asks-arvind-kejriwal-not-to-use-his-name-or-photo-269577 \|date=19 September 2012 \|author=Abhinav Bhatt \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205171951/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/anna-hazare-confirms-split-asks-arvind-kejriwal-not-to-use-his-name-or-photo-269577 \|archive-date=5 December 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Anna Hazare splits Team Anna \|publisher=NDTV \|url=http://www.iacmumbai.info/2012/09/19/anna-hazare-splits-team-anna \|date=19 September 2012 \|author=Abhinav Bhatt \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204085133/http://www.iacmumbai.info/2012/09/19/anna-hazare-splits-team-anna \|archive-date=4 December 2014 \|access-date=28 November 2014 }}</ref> Hazare and Kejriwal agreed on 19 September 2012 that their differences regarding a role in politics were irreconcilable. Kejriwal had support from some anti-corruption movement activists, such as ] and ], but was opposed by others such as ] and ]. On 2 October,<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20492056 \|title=India activist Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party vows change \|date=26 November 2012 \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=16 June 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727125439/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20492056 \|archive-date=27 July 2013 }}</ref> Kejriwal announced that he was forming a political party and that he intended the formal launch to be on 26 November, coinciding with the anniversary of India's adoption of its Constitution in 1949.<ref name="IT20120919" /><ref name="intoday1" />

			The party's name reflects the phrase '']'' ({{Translation\|common man}}), whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent. A party constitution was adopted on 24 November 2012, when a National Council comprising 320 people and a National Executive of 23 were also formed. Both the Council and the Executive were expected to have more members in due course, with the intention being that all districts and all classes of people would have a voice.<ref name="intoday1" /> Various committees were proposed to be formed to draft proposals for adoption by the party in a process that was expected to take several months. Although one aim was to limit nepotism, there were complaints at this initial meeting that the selection of people invited to attend was itself an example of such practices.<ref>{{cite news \|agency=Press Trust of India \|location=New Delhi \|date=24 November 2012 \|title=Arvind Kejriwal's answer to Congress's 'mango people', names his political front as Aam Aadmi Party \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-names-his-political-party-as-aam-aadmi-party/1/234522.html \|work=India Today \|access-date=12 June 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707054715/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-names-his-political-party-as-aam-aadmi-party/1/234522.html \|archive-date=7 July 2013 }}</ref> The party was formally launched in Delhi on 26 November<ref>{{cite news\|title=Arvind Kejriwal formally launches Aam Aadmi Party\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-aam-aadmi-party-formal-launch-jantar-mantar/1/234729.html\|work=India Today\|access-date=26 November 2012\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126195211/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-aam-aadmi-party-formal-launch-jantar-mantar/1/234729.html\|archive-date=26 November 2012}}</ref> and in March 2013, it was registered as a political party by the ].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Aam Aadmi Party now a registered political party\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/aam-aadmi-party-now-a-registered-political-party/article4539185.ece\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=12 June 2013\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527000943/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/aam-aadmi-party-now-a-registered-political-party/article4539185.ece\|archive-date=27 May 2013}}</ref>{{efn\|The ] gazetted the AAP as a "registered unrecognised party" on 9 April 2013.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/AmendmentNotificationEng09042013.pdf \|title=Election Commission of India Notification \|page=2 \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|access-date=16 June 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203024423/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/AmendmentNotificationEng09042013.pdf \|archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref>}}
	Mukhtar who gave a tough fight to BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi in Varanasi in 2009 Lok Sabha election, on Thursday announced that he will not to fight against Narendra Modi from the seat "to avoid division of "secular" votes.''

			=== Funding ===
	It is learnt that the community leaders had impressed upon him to consider the proposition. Earlier, Ansari's brother Afzal Ansari claimed that AAP representatives had approached him to seek a withdrawal, a proposal he rejected. When AAP denied this, Afzal Ansari claimed he had CCTV footage of his meeting five AAP representatives. When asked if the party had held talks or was looking for an alliance with Ansari, AAP spokesperson Nagendra Sharma denied this saying, "No AAP office-bearer has met or held talks with Ansari or Qaumi Ekta Dal.''
			On 26 November 2012, the formal launch day of the AAP, former law minister ] donated {{INRConvert\|10\|m}} to the party. Prashant Bhushan, his son, was a member of the party's National Executive Committee.<ref name="donations">{{citation \|title=New Delhi Shanti Bhushan donates Rs. 1 crore to Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Shanti-Bhushan-donates-Rs-1-crore-to-Kejriwal-s-Aam-Aadmi-Party/Article1-964698.aspx \|date=26 November 2012 \|work=] \|agency=] \|location=New Delhi \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127162609/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Shanti-Bhushan-donates-Rs-1-crore-to-Kejriwal-s-Aam-Aadmi-Party/Article1-964698.aspx \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> The party raised {{INRConvert\|20\|c}} by November 2013 and received {{INRConvert\|18\|c}} in 2015 assembly polls.<ref>{{citation \|title=Is the aam aadmi missing from AAP funding? \|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/is-the-aam-aadmi-missing-from-aap-funding-116090400750_1.html \|work=] \|date=4 September 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315085843/http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/is-the-aam-aadmi-missing-from-aap-funding-116090400750_1.html \|archive-date=15 March 2017 \|last1=Makkar \|first1=Sahil }}</ref>

			===Initial period===
	An Ansari-AAP understanding will affect the chances of Congress's candidate Ajay Rai.
			On 18 May 2013, a group of ] from 20 different cities in the US held a convention in Chicago and extended support to the AAP. The convention was attended by two AAP leaders, ] and ], and Kejriwal addressed it via video conferencing.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indianamericans-extend-support-to-kejriwals-aam-aadmi-party/392801-37.html\|title=Indian-Americans extend support to Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party\|date=20 May 2013\|publisher=IBN Live\|agency=Press Trust of India\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227201724/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indianamericans-extend-support-to-kejriwals-aam-aadmi-party/392801-37.html\|archive-date=27 December 2013}}</ref> ] and ], who had differences with Kejriwal on certain issues, supported him after his 15-day fast against inflated electricity bills.<ref name="end" />

			On 22 March 2014, the ] party of Delhi announced it would merge with the Aam Aadmi Party, citing Kejriwal's tenure as Chief Minister of Delhi.<ref>{{cite web\|title=JD(S) Delhi unit merges with AAP\|url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/jds-delhi-merges-with-aap\|publisher=Aam Aadmi Party\|access-date=23 March 2014\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807040723/http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/jds-delhi-merges-with-aap\|archive-date=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=JD(S) Delhi unit merges with AAP\|url=https://twitter.com/aamaadmiparty/status/447346374846074880\|publisher=AAP on Twitter\|access-date=23 August 2018\|archive-date=28 April 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428055227/https://twitter.com/aamaadmiparty/status/447346374846074880\|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Primary source inline\|date=April 2020}}
	AAP leaders have made several overtures towards the minority community to gain their confidence post the Delhi assembly elections. It has given 8%, about 37 of its 430 odd seats, to Muslim candidates (higher than BJP and Congress put together). "Kejriwal's direct challenge to Modi from Varanasi has also sent out a clear message to the community that AAP and not Congress was the party to challenge BJP,'' Sanjay Singh, AAP leader said.

			Two of the founders of the party, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, left the Aam Aadmi Party and formed ].<ref>{{citation \|title=Good people who left AAP will return: Arvind Kejriwal \|date=22 April 2017 \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mcd-election-2017-good-people-who-left-aap-will-return-arvind-kejriwal-1684664 \|work=NDTV \|access-date=18 April 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418012530/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mcd-election-2017-good-people-who-left-aap-will-return-arvind-kejriwal-1684664 \|url-status=live \|archive-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
	The possibility of a Kejriwal- Ansari tie up coincided with a report of Association for Democratic Reforms saying that 15% of 200 candidates of AAP have criminal charges while 10 have serious criminal charges pending against them. Ironically, party leaders had used ADR's data to "name and shame'' 70 legislators with heinous cases against them and in fact has made anti-corruption a poll issue both in the 2012 assembly and parliamentary election. However on Friday, , Singh dismissed this charge as "politically motivated.''

			=== Protests ===
	He said, "The cases that our candidates have against them are politically motivated. These candidates were charged when they spoke against authority or raised their voice against injustice."
			On 23 March 2013, Kejriwal began an indefinite fast in an attempt to mobilise people against inflated power and electricity bills at a house in Sundar Nagri, a low-income group resettlement colony in North-East Delhi.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Kejriwal's indefinite fast in Delhi\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Kejriwals-indefinite-fast-in-Delhi/articleshow/19146694.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203062541/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-23/delhi/37959821_1_leader-arvind-kejriwal-today-fake-bills-inflated-bills \|url-status=live \|archive-date=3 December 2013 \|date=29 March 2013 \|work=]\|access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref> During the protest, he urged Delhi citizens not to pay "inflated" water and electricity bills.<ref>{{cite news \|first=Danish \|last=Raza \|date=24 March 2013 \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/kerjiwal-moves-to-delhis-power-corridor-to-protest-against-inflated-power-bills-673015.html \|title=Kerjiwal moves to Delhi's power corridor to protest against 'inflated' power bills \|work=First Post\|access-date=19 July 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102155612/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/kerjiwal-moves-to-delhis-power-corridor-to-protest-against-inflated-power-bills-673015.html \|archive-date=2 January 2014 }}</ref> The AAP also demanded an audit of power and electricity supply in Delhi by the ], something that was also supported by civil society groups like the National Alliance of People's Movement (NAPM).<ref>{{cite news\|title=Civil society groups support Kejriwal's campaign against "inflated" power bills\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/civil-society-groups-support-kejriwals-campaign-against-inflated-power-bills/article4576216.ece\|work=The Hindu\|date=3 April 2013\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203214532/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/civil-society-groups-support-kejriwals-campaign-against-inflated-power-bills/article4576216.ece\|archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> The AAP claimed that the protest gathered support from {{formatnum:100000}} people in Delhi on a single day and more than {{formatnum:300000}} people up to 28 March 2013.<ref name="support">{{cite news \|agency=Press Trust of India \|date=29 March 2013 \|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/eminent-personalities-support-kejriwals-movement/articleshow/19276389.cms \|title=Eminent personalities support Kejriwal's movement \|work=The Economic Times \|access-date=19 July 2013 \|archive-date=6 May 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506175429/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/eminent-personalities-support-kejriwals-movement/articleshow/19276389.cms \|url-status=live }}</ref> Anna Hazare urged Kejriwal to end the fast on 29 March and he did so on 6 April.<ref name="end">{{cite news\|title=Aam Admi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal Ends Two-week long fast\|url=http://tehelka.com/aam-aadmi-party-leader-arvind-kejriwal-ends-two-week-long-fast/\|access-date=18 June 2013\|publisher=Tehelka.com\|date=6 April 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509130906/http://tehelka.com/aam-aadmi-party-leader-arvind-kejriwal-ends-two-week-long-fast/\|archive-date=9 May 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			On 10 June 2013, Kejriwal supported agitation by Delhi auto rickshaw drivers, who were protesting the ] ban on advertisements on auto rickshaws. Kejriwal claimed the government's ban was because the drivers supported his party and carried AAP's advertisements on their vehicles. He said that the AAP would put 10,000 advertisements on auto rickshaws as a protest.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Ali\|first=Mohammed\|title=Kejriwal slams Sheila for banning ads on autos\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/kejriwal-slams-sheila-for-banning-ads-on-autos/article4801973.ece\|access-date=14 June 2013\|work=The Hindu\|date=11 June 2013\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613125341/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/kejriwal-slams-sheila-for-banning-ads-on-autos/article4801973.ece\|archive-date=13 June 2013}}</ref> In retrospect, after Kejriwal had been elected and then resigned his position, a union representing the drivers expressed dissatisfaction, saying: "Arvind Kejriwal, who had won the elections because of the support of the auto drivers, has betrayed them by not fulfilling any of the promises made before the elections".<ref>{{cite news\|title=Auto-Rickshaw Union Refuses to Support Kejriwal\|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=829789\|access-date=6 March 2014\|newspaper=Outlook India\|date=20 February 2014\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307112420/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=829789\|archive-date=7 March 2014}}</ref>
	== AAP's Jaipur candidate is winning hearts. But will he win the votes? ==
	'''Aam Aadmis Partys Dr Virendra Singh -- a popular doctor-turned Lok Sabha election candidate -- is already making a difference with his folded hands and beaming smiles in Jaipur. Shanawaz Akhtar reports.'''If simplicity can fetch votes, then Aam Aadmi Partys Jaipur City candidate Dr Virendra Singh will surely make a difference in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

			On 22 April 2015, the AAP organised a rally in Delhi against a land acquisition bill.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Farmers-suicide-at-AAP-rally-Cops-probing-if-he-was-provoked-to-climb-tree/articleshow/47020691.cms\|title=Farmer's 'suicide' at AAP rally: Cops probing if he was provoked to climb tree\|newspaper=The Times of India\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423153437/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Farmers-suicide-at-AAP-rally-Cops-probing-if-he-was-provoked-to-climb-tree/articleshow/47020691.cms\|archive-date=23 April 2015}}</ref>
	Pitted against the candidates of two national parties -- Congress sitting MP Mahesh Joshi and BJPs Ramcharan Bohra, political novice Dr Singh, the former superintendent of the state-run Sawai Man Singh hospital, has already made his presence felt within a month-long campaign.

			== Ideology ==
	I have been doing door-to-door campaign and road-shows ever since the party allotted me the symbol. People are welcoming us wholeheartedly, its really great, the 59-year-old, who was also the head of the hospitals allergy and pulmonary medicine department, says while conducting a road-show on Friday.
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			At the time of formation, the AAP said that the promise of equality and justice that forms a part of the ] and of its preamble has not been fulfilled and that the ] has replaced enslavement to an oppressive foreign power with that to a political elite. It claimed that the common people of India remain unheard and unseen except when it suits politicians. The AAP's goal is to reverse the way that government accountability operates, and the party takes an interpretation of the ] concept of ] as a tenet. It believes that through ''swaraj'', the government will be directly accountable to the people instead of higher officials. The ''swaraj'' model lays stress on self-governance, community building, and decentralization.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Goal of Swaraj \|url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/page/goal-of-swaraj \|publisher=Aam Aadmi Party\|access-date=12 June 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611080545/http://aamaadmiparty.org/page/goal-of-swaraj \|archive-date=11 June 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title=Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action \|publisher=Columbia University Press \|first=Dennis \|last=Dalton \|author-link=Dennis Dalton \|edition=Revised \|orig-year=1993 \|year=2012 \|isbn=978-0-231-15959-3 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxUp1igCL_0C&q=77 \|page=77 \|access-date=13 June 2013 \|archive-date=6 July 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706090958/https://books.google.com/books?id=KxUp1igCL_0C&q=77 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

			Kejriwal has stated that the AAP refuses to be guided by ideologies and that they are entering politics to change the system, saying, "We are common men. If we find our solution in the left, we are happy to borrow it from there. If we find our solution in the right, we are happy to borrow it from there."<ref>{{cite news \|title=Arvind Kejriwal is not an angry man. Or a socialist. \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/arvind-kejriwal-is-not-an-angry-man-or-a-socialist-858861.html \|newspaper=] \|date=10 June 2013 \|access-date=10 June 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112083216/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/arvind-kejriwal-is-not-an-angry-man-or-a-socialist-858861.html \|archive-date=12 November 2013 }}</ref> Kejriwal has put forward 3 pillars of Aam Aadmi Party's core ideology: ''staunch patriotism'', ''staunch honesty'' and ''humanity.''<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Hardcore patriotism, honesty, humanity pillars of AAP ideology reflected in Delhi budget: Kejriwal \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/hardcore-patriotism-honesty-humanity-pillars-of-aap-ideology-reflected-in-delhi-budget-kejriwal/articleshow/90519818.cms \|agency=PTI \|date=29 March 2022 \|access-date=1 January 2023 \|archive-date=1 January 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101020813/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/hardcore-patriotism-honesty-humanity-pillars-of-aap-ideology-reflected-in-delhi-budget-kejriwal/articleshow/90519818.cms \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	The AAP is yet to conduct any major rally in Jaipur so far and has opted for door-to-door canvassing and road-shows.

			The party advocates scrapping ] and legalizing both homosexuality and ].<ref>{{cite news\|work=]\|title=AAP unveils Mumbai manifesto, vows to decriminalize gay sex\|date=10 April 2014\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/AAP-unveils-Mumbai-manifesto-vows-to-decriminalize-gay-sex/articleshow/33567461.cms\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331004428/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/AAP-unveils-Mumbai-manifesto-vows-to-decriminalize-gay-sex/articleshow/33567461.cms\|archive-date=31 March 2018}}</ref> The party is also regarded as being populist,<ref name="London School of Economics">{{citation \|title=The populist politics of the Aam Aadmi Party\|publisher=]\|url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2014/01/15/the-populist-politics-of-the-aam-aadmi-party \|first1=Mitali \|last1=Nikore \|date=15 January 2014 \|access-date=30 November 2016\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201080821/http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2014/01/15/the-populist-politics-of-the-aam-aadmi-party/\|archive-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> and ].<ref name="ThePrint03Feb20">{{Cite news\|title=No soft Hindutva, no Left Revolution, Kejriwal establishing a new centre in Indian politics\|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/no-soft-hindutva-no-left-revolution-kejriwal-establishing-a-new-centre-in-indian-politics/358776/\|date=3 February 2020\|first1=Rama\|last1=Lakshmi\|access-date=11 February 2020\|work=]\|archive-date=23 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023071209/https://theprint.in/opinion/no-soft-hindutva-no-left-revolution-kejriwal-establishing-a-new-centre-in-indian-politics/358776/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-rise-of-aap-and-a-central-question/article65268456.ece \|title=The rise of AAP and a central question \|date=29 March 2022 \|first1=Asmin \|last1=Ali \|work=] \|access-date=6 May 2022 \|archive-date=6 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506023225/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-rise-of-aap-and-a-central-question/article65268456.ece \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	With folded hands and a smile on his face, Dr Joshi tries to greet every person on the road.

			During AAP government's tenure, Delhi has replaced Bengaluru as the ] capital of India.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Delhi pips Bengaluru as startup capital of India: economic survey \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/startups/companies/delhi-pips-bengaluru-as-startup-capital-of-india-economic-survey/articleshow/89247255.cms \|date=31 January 2022 \|work=] \|agency=IANS \|access-date=5 May 2022 \|archive-date=2 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502064141/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/startups/companies/delhi-pips-bengaluru-as-startup-capital-of-india-economic-survey/articleshow/89247255.cms \|url-status=live }}</ref> The AAP government has facilitated various start-up policies in Delhi from time to time during its tenure.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Delhi cabinet approves startup policy, to provide financial help to entrepreneurs \|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/delhi-cabinet-approves-startup-policy-to-provide-financial-help-to-entrepreneurs-11651749141360.html \|work=] \|date=5 May 2022 \|access-date=7 May 2022 \|archive-date=7 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507054858/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/delhi-cabinet-approves-startup-policy-to-provide-financial-help-to-entrepreneurs-11651749141360.html \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	== Background ==
	The origin of the AAP can be traced to a difference of opinion between Arvind Kejriwal and Anna Hazare, social activists who had both been involved in ], a strand of the anti-corruption movement for Jan Lokpal Bill that had gained momentum in India during ] and ].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-19/india/33951624_1_anna-hazare-team-anna-members-political-alternative \|title=Anna Hazare confirms rift with Arvind Kejriwal, says his apolitical mass movement will continue \|publisher=Times of India\|first1=Radheshyam \|last1=Jadhav \|first2=Sarang \|last2=Dastane \|date=19 September 2012 \|accessdate=3 August 2013}}</ref> Hazare had wanted to keep the movement politically neutral but Kejriwal considered that direct involvement in politics was necessary because attempts to obtain progress regarding the Jan Lokpal Bill through talks with existing political parties had,''' in his opinion, achieved nothing. A survey conducted by the India Against Corruption organisation using ]s had indicated that there was wide support for politicisation.<ref name="IT20120919">{{cite news \|agency=PTI \|location=New Delhi \|date=19 September 2012 \|title=Anna Hazare tells Arvind Kejriwal not to use his name, photo for votes as they part ways \|publisher=India Today \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/team-anna-split-anna-hazare-arvind-kejriwal-part-ways/1/217947.html \|accessdate=12 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="intoday1">{{cite news\|title=So what is the Aam Aadmi Party all about\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/what-is-the-aam-aadmi-party-all-about/1/234564.html\|date=24 November 2012\|publisher=India Today\|location=New Delhi \|accessdate=12 June 2013}}</ref>,

			==Organisation==
	Hazare and Kejriwal agreed on 19 September 2012 that their differences regarding a role in politics were irreconcilable. Kejriwal had support from some anti-corruption movement activists, such as ] and ], but was opposed by others such as ] and ]. On 2 October,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20492056 \|title=India activist Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party vows change \|date=26 November 2012 \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=16 June 2013}}</ref> Kejriwal announced that he was forming a political party and that he intended the formal launch to be on 26 November, coinciding with the anniversary of India's adoption of its ] in 1949.<ref name="IT20120919"/><ref name="intoday1" />
			The party leadership consists of the following bodies:

			*'''National Convener''': Arvind Kejriwal
	The party's name reflects the phrase ], or "common man", whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent. A party constitution was adopted on 24 November 2012, when a National Council comprising 320 people and a National Executive of 23 were also formed. Both the Council and the Executive were expected to have more members in due course, with the intention being that all districts and all classes of people would have a voice.<ref name="intoday1" /> Various committees were to be formed to draft proposals for adoption by the party in a process that was expected to take several months. Although one aim was to limit nepotism, there were complaints at this initial meeting that the selection of people invited to attend was itself an example of such practices<ref>{{cite news \|agency= PTI \|location=New Delhi \|date=24 November 2012 \|title=Arvind Kejriwal's answer to Congress's 'mango people', names his political front as Aam Aadmi Party \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-names-his-political-party-as-aam-aadmi-party/1/234522.html \|publisher=India Today \|accessdate=12 June 2013}}</ref> The party was formally launched in ] on 26 November<ref>{{cite news\|title=Arvind Kejriwal formally launches Aam Aadmi Party\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-aam-aadmi-party-formal-launch-jantar-mantar/1/234729.html\|publisher=India Today\|accessdate=26 November 2012}}</ref> and in March 2013 it was registered as a political party by the ].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Aam Aadmi Party now a registered political party\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/aam-aadmi-party-now-a-registered-political-party/article4539185.ece\|publisher=The Hindu\|accessdate=12 June 2013}}</ref>{{efn\|The ] gazetted the AAP as a "registered unrecognised party" on 9 April 2013.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/AmendmentNotificationEng09042013.pdf \|title=Election Commission of India Notification \|page=2 \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|accessdate=16 June 2013}}</ref>}} so basically,For the past two years millions of common Indians came out on streets to fight against the biggest evil in our country today - corruption. This people's anti-corruption movement has exposed the ugly and greedy face of our politicians. No political party in India today works for the common man's needs. The Janlokpal Movement was a call to all the politicians of India to listen to the common man's plea. For almost 2 years we tried every single way available to plead our cause to the government - peaceful protesting, courting arrest, indefinite fasting several rounds of negotiations with the ruling government - we tried everything possible to convince the government to form a strong anti- corruption law. But despite the huge wave of public support in favour of a strong anti-corruption law, all political parties cheated the people of India and deliberately sabotaged the Janlokpal Bill. The time for peaceful fasts and protests is gone. This is the time for action. Since most political parties are corrupt, greedy and thick skinned, it's time to bring political power back into the people's hands. We are not saying that every single politician is corrupt and greedy. There are many good intentioned people in politics today who want to work honestly for the people of India. But the current system of polity does not allow honest politicians to function. We are also not claiming that every single person who joins our party will be hundred percent honest. We are saying that it is the system that has become very corrupt and needs to be changed immediately. Our aim in entering politics is not to come to power; we have entered politics to change the current corrupt and self-serving system of politics forever. So that no matter who comes to power in the future, the system is strong enough to withstand corruption at any level of governance.
			*'''National Secretary''': Pankaj Gupta<ref name="AAP PAC" />
			*'''National Treasurer''': Narain Dass Gupta<ref name="AAP PAC" />

			===Political Affairs Committee ===
	== AAP & Congress rush to claim Muslim votes in Varanasi ==
			Political Affairs Committee is the highest decision-making body of the party.<ref name="Newsmaker">{{cite news \|title=Newsmaker {{!}} At 31, an old AAP hand and now party's Rajinder Nagar candidate \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/newsmaker-at-31-an-old-aap-hand-and-now-partys-rajinder-nagar-candidate-7943476/ \|access-date=23 June 2022 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=31 May 2022 \|language=en \|archive-date=23 June 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623101102/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/newsmaker-at-31-an-old-aap-hand-and-now-partys-rajinder-nagar-candidate-7943476/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> The current member of the PAC are ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Pankaj Kr Gupta (National Secretary) and Narain Dass Gupta (National Treasurer) are the ex officio members of the PAC.<ref name="AAP PAC">{{cite web \|title=Political Affairs Committee {{!}} Aam Aadmi Party \|url=https://aamaadmiparty.org/political-affairs-committee/ \|access-date=19 January 2022 \|date=29 June 2017 \|archive-date=24 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124174620/https://aamaadmiparty.org/political-affairs-committee/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	VARANASI: The morning after Quami Ekta Dal candidate Mukhtar Ansari withdrew from the contest in Varanasi, a festive cheer marks the campaign headquarters of both the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and workers of both parties insist that the nearly 2.5 lakh critical Muslim votes would now accrue to their candidates.

			===National Executive Committee ===
	"Many people from the Muslim community have told us that it was them who persuaded him to withdraw from the contest. In fact, they have told us, forget about canvassing among us, concentrate on those communities who you are yet to persuade," says AAP's media coordinator Prerna Prasad. Ansari, who has shifted to Ghosi in eastern Uttar Pradesh, was believed to be a hindrance to consolidation of Muslim votes behind any of the BJP's rivals. He is likely to support the AAP in Varanasi since he is the main accused in the murder of Congress candidate Ajay Rai's brother, Awdhesh Rai.
			The party's National Executive Committee had 34 members in 2022.<ref name="AAP NEC">{{cite web \|title=National Executive {{!}} Aam Aadmi Party \|url=https://aamaadmiparty.org/about/national-executive/ \|access-date=19 January 2022 \|date=29 June 2017 \|archive-date=17 July 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717182201/http://aamaadmiparty.org/national-executive \|url-status=live }}</ref>

			===State Leadership===
	The AAP is waiting for its chief and candidate from Varanasi, Arvind Kejriwal, to arrive on April 14 and start the door-to-door campaign that could help him garner some support. "Muslims are with us, and so are a section of Kurmis as there has been a revolt against Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal for tying up with the BJP," says Prem Sagar Pal, advocate and head of the unit's legal cell.

			The AAP has state wings in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, ], Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram,<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Sharma \|first=Nidhi \|date=2023-02-19 \|title=AAP to contest 5 of 9 state polls this year \|work=The Economic Times \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/aap-to-contest-5-of-9-state-polls-this-year/articleshow/98050414.cms \|access-date=2023-09-05 \|issn=0013-0389}}</ref> ], Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
	In the Congress office too, the effect of Mukhtar Ansari's recusal has been taken as a body blow to a walkover to Modi. "We don't know who asked him to withdraw, but we are grateful he did," says Devendra Singh, general secretary of the Pradesh Congress Committee. It is now BJP versus Congress and the more the contest heads in this direction the tougher it will be, he adds.
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			== Electoral performance ==
	Supporters of Congress candidate Ajay Rai have been saying that while Modi is bound to resign this seat even if he wins, Rai will still be around. "Kaam ke liye to unhin ke paas jaana padega, (we will have to approach him only for work)," says Arvind Kumar Tripathi, district level Congress leader.
			{{main\|Electoral performance of Aam Aadmi Party}}

			===General election results===
	Afzal Ansari, brother of Mukhtar, who is still incarcerated on various charges, says his party will declare its support for one part or the other by April 17, the day nominations begin. The BJP, which has set up its campaign office in the swankiest building in Varanasi, says that all these factors will come to naught. "Modiji will be here between 17-20th April to file nomination, after which campaign will really take off. The result of this election is a foregone conclusion, no questions," says Krishnendu Tripathi, a veteran party worker. "Wave main yeh sab bemaani hai, (nothing really matters in a wave)," he says
			{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
			\|-
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Election Year
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Lok Sabha
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Leader
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Seats contested
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Seats won
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| +/- seats
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Overall Votes
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Percentage of votes
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| +/- Vote
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Ref.
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|rowspan="3"\|]
			\|432
			\|{{Composition bar\|4\|543\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|''New''
			\|11,325,635
			\|2.1%
			\|''New''
			\|<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/16\|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2014\|access-date=20 May 2021\|archive-date=20 May 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520150846/https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/16\|url-status=live}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|35
			\|{{Composition bar\|1\|543\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{decrease}} 3
			\|2,716,629
			\|0.4%
			\|{{decrease}} 1.7%
			\|<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/17\|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2019\|access-date=20 May 2021\|archive-date=20 May 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520152421/https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/17\|url-status=live}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|22
			\|{{Composition bar\|3\|543\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{Increase}} 2
			\|7,147,800
			\|1.11%
			\|{{increase}} 0.71
			\|<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/index.htm\|title=General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|}

			===State assembly elections===
	== Ideology and issues ==
	The AAP says that the promise of equality and justice that forms a part of the ] and of its preamble has not been fulfilled and that the ] has replaced enslavement to an oppressive foreign power with that to a political elite.<ref name="goal">{{cite web \|title=Goal of Swaraj \|url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/page/goal-of-swaraj \|accessdate=12 June 2013}}</ref> The party claims that the common people of India remain unheard and unseen except when it suits the politicians. It wants to reverse the way that the accountability of government operates and has taken an interpretation of the ] concept of ] as a tenet. It believes that through ] the government will be directly accountable to the people instead of higher officials. The ''swaraj'' model lays stress on ], ] and ].<ref name="goal" /><ref>{{cite book \|title=Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action \|publisher=Columbia University Press \|first=Dennis \|last=Dalton \|edition=Revised \|origyear=1993 \|year=2012 \|isbn=9780231159593 \|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aJFQWQt79kQC&pg=PA77 \|page=77 \|accessdate=13 June 2013}}</ref>

			{\|class="wikitable sortable " style="text-align:center;"
	Kejriwal has said that the AAP refuses to be guided by ideologies and that they are entering politics to change the system: "We are aam aadmis. If we find our solution in the left we are happy to borrow it from there. If we find our solution in the right, we are happy to borrow it from there."<ref>{{cite news \|title=Arvind Kejriwal is not an angry man. Or a socialist. \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/arvind-kejriwal-is-not-an-angry-man-or-a-socialist-858861.html \|publisher=First Post \|date=10 June 2013 \|accessdate=10 June 2013}}</ref>
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Election Year
			!style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Leader
			! style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| seats contested
			! style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| seats won
			! style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| +/- in seats
			! style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Overall votes
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| % of overall votes
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| +/- in vote share
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Sitting side
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|126\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|
			\|
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|243\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|
			\|
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|85
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|90\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|123,525
			\|0.87
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|Komal Hupendi
			\|57
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|90\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|144,710
			\|0.93
			\|{{increase}}0.06
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\| rowspan="4" \|]
			\|69
			\| {{Composition bar\|28\|70\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|2,322,330
			\|29.49
			\|{{steady}}
			\|Right<br />{{small\|(Government)}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|69
			\| {{Composition bar\|67\|70\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}} 39
			\|4,838,397
			\|54.3
			\|{{increase}} 24.8
			\|Right<br />{{small\|(Government)}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|70
			\| {{Composition bar\|62\|70\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{decrease}} 5
			\|4,974,522
			\|53.57
			\|{{decrease}} 0.73
			\|Right<br />{{small\|(Government)}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|70
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|70\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{decrease}}
			\|
			\|
			\|{{decrease}}
			\|Right<br />{{small\|(Government)}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|39
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|40\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|57,420
			\|6.3
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|Amit Palekar
			\|39
			\|{{Composition bar\|2\|40\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}2
			\|64,354
			\|6.77<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Election Commission of India \|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/partywiseresult-S05.htm \|access-date=2022-03-10 \|website=results.eci.gov.in \|archive-date=10 March 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310113754/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/partywiseresult-S05.htm \|url-status=live }}</ref>
			\|{{increase}}0.5
			\|\|Left<br />{{small\|(Opposition)}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|29
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|182\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|29,509
			\|0.10
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|180
			\| {{Composition bar\|5\|182\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}5
			\|4,112,055
			\|12.92
			\|{{increase}}12.82
			\|\|Left<br />{{small\|(Opposition)}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|46
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|90\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|59,839
			\|0.48
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|88
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|90\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|
			\|1.79
			\|{{increase}}1.31
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|Surjeet Singh Thakur
			\|67
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|68\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|46,270
			\|1.10
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|]
			\|7
			\| {{Composition bar\|1\|90\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}1
			\|29,733
			\|0.52
			\|{{increase}}0.52
			\|
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|26
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|81\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|35,252
			\|0.23
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|28
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|224\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|23,468
			\|0.06
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|Prithvi Reddy
			\|209
			\|{{Composition bar\|0\|224\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|225,869
			\|0.58
			\|{{increase}}0.42
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|Alok Agrawal
			\|208
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|230\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|253,106
			\|0.66
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|Rani Agrawal
			\|69
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|230\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|233,458
			\|0.54
			\|{{Decrease}}0.12
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|24
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|288\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|57,855
			\|0.10
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|6
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|60\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|1,410
			\|0.09
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|Andrew Lalremkima
			\|4
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|40\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|915
			\|0.09
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|3
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|60\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|7,491
			\|0.75
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|15
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|147\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|14,916
			\|0.06
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|Nishikanta Mohapatra
			\|TBD
			\|{{Composition bar\|0\|147\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|42,281
			\|0.17
			\|{{increase}}0.11
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|]
			\| 112
			\| {{Composition bar\|20\|117\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|3,662,665
			\|23.7
			\|{{steady}}
			\|Left<br />{{small\|(Main Opposition)}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|117
			\|{{Composition bar\|92\|117\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}72
			\|6,538,783
			\|42.01
			\|{{increase}}18.3
			\|Right
			{{small\|(Government)}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|142
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|200\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|136,345
			\|0.38
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			\|]
			\|Naveen Paliwal
			\|85
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|200\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|148,709
			\|0.38
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|
			\|41
			\| {{Composition bar\|0\|119\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|13,134
			\|0.06
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|]
			\|70
			\|{{Composition bar\|0\|70\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|178,134
			\|3.31
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			! colspan="9" \|]
			\|-
			\|]<br />{{small\|(debut)}}
			\|]
			\|349
			\|{{Composition bar\|0\|403\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|347,187
			\|0.38
			\|{{steady}}
			\|{{steady}}
			\|-
			\|}

			===Municipal corporation election results===
	In early 2014, there was some media speculation that an alliance might form between the AAP and ] (CPIM). ], the CPIM leader, thought that there were some ideological similarities between the two parties, such as their agendas relating to social justice and decentralisation of power. The AAP's Prashant Bhushan explicitly refuted any joining of forces, claiming that there was corruption within the CPIM.<ref>{{cite news\|title=AAPs agenda has long been the Communist programme: Karat \|publisher=The Hindu \|first=Anita \|last=Joshua \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/aaps-agenda-has-long-been-the-communist-programme-karat/article5531656.ece \|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=CPI (M)s Karat hails Kejriwals AAP as communist \|publisher=live mint \|first=Anuja \|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HALmtcjeNLclrRBn0bjr9J/CPI-Ms-Karat-hails-Kejriwals-AAP-as-communist.html \|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref> A columnist, ], has said that AAP is right-wing when it comes to morality and left-wing when it comes to economics.<ref>{{cite news\|title=AAP's right wing morality and left wing economics \|publisher=Business Standard \|first=T. C. A. Srinivasa \|last=Raghavan \|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/aap-s-right-wing-morality-and-left-wing-economics-114012300315_1.html \|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref>
			{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
			\|-
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Year
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Municipal Corporation
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Seats contested
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Seats won
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Change in seats
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Percentage of votes
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Vote swing
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \| Ref.
			\|-
			! colspan="8" \|'''Assam'''
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|39
			\|{{Composition bar\|1\|60\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}1
			\|10.69
			\|{{steady}}
			\|
			\|-
			! colspan="8" \|Chandigarh
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|35
			\|{{Composition bar\|14\|35\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}14
			\|27.08
			\|{{steady}}
			\|
			\|-
			!colspan=8\|Delhi
			\|-
			\| rowspan=3\|]
			\|]
			\|104
			\|{{Composition bar\|21\|104\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}21
			\|27.88
			\|{{steady}}
			\|
			\|-
			\|]
			\|104
			\|{{Composition bar\|16\|104\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}16
			\|26.44
			\|{{steady}}
			\|
			\|-
			\|]
			\|64
			\|{{Composition bar\|12\|64\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}12
			\|23.40
			\|{{steady}}
			\|
			\|-
			\|]
			\| ]
			\|250
			\|{{Composition bar\|134\|250\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}85
			\|42.05
			\|{{increase}}15.82
			\|
			\|-
			!colspan=8\|Gujarat
			\|-
			\|2021
			\|]
			\|120
			\|{{Composition bar\|27\|120\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}27
			\|28.47
			\|{{steady}}
			\|
			\|-
			\|2021
			\|]
			\|40
			\|{{Composition bar\|1\|44\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}1
			\|21.77
			\|{{steady}}
			\|
			\|-
			!colspan=8\|Madhya Pradesh
			\|-
			\|2022
			\|Singrauli
			\|
			\|{{Composition bar\|5\|45\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 July 2022 \|title=AAP Makes Madhya Pradesh Debut With Singrauli Mayoral Win \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/aap-makes-madhya-pradesh-debut-with-singrauli-mayoral-win-3166398 \|access-date=2023-04-07 \|website=NDTV.com \|archive-date=19 July 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719095140/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/aap-makes-madhya-pradesh-debut-with-singrauli-mayoral-win-3166398 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-07-17 \|title=MP: AAP Wins Mayor Post In Singrauli, Garners Only 5 Corporator Seats In 45-Member Body \|url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/madhya-pradesh-aap-wins-mayor-post-in-singrauli-garners-only-5-corporator-seats-in-45-member-body-1542995 \|access-date=2022-12-26 \|website=news.abplive.com \|language=en \|archive-date=26 December 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226100007/https://news.abplive.com/news/india/madhya-pradesh-aap-wins-mayor-post-in-singrauli-garners-only-5-corporator-seats-in-45-member-body-1542995 \|url-status=live }}</ref>
			\|-
			! colspan="8" \|Punjab
			\|-
			\|2018
			\|]
			\|85
			\|{{Composition bar\|9\|85\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}9
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|-
			\|2018
			\|]
			\|95
			\|{{Composition bar\|1\|95\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}1
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|-
			\|2021
			\|]
			\|51
			\|{{Composition bar\|4\|51\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}4
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|-
			\|2021
			\|]
			\|50
			\|{{Composition bar\|8\|50\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}8
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|-
			! colspan="8" \|'''Uttar Pradesh'''
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|60
			\|{{Composition bar\|1\|60\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}1
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|70
			\|{{Composition bar\|1\|70\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}1
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|100
			\|{{Composition bar\|3\|100\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}3
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|60
			\|{{Composition bar\|1\|60\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
			\|{{increase}}1
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|110
			\|{{Composition bar\|1\|110\|{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}}}
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			\|
			\|
			\|
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			=== Delhi Assembly election, 2013 ===
	== The AAP looking forward towards 2015 election ==
			{{Main\|2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election}}
	If the AAP wins in all of the states of india,],],],],],],],],],], ],],],],Madya Pradesh,],],],],],],],],],],],],and ] india would develop better india would become a more self country a stable country.The AAP has found many missing rules that needs to be put in and rules that needs to be changed,why should people live in an india of faillure and misery its time to make a change to wipe away the troubles of india.to wipe the tears of indian citizans to make the sad happy and happy more happy.Although it will never get better straight away even after the AAP has become into power yes it would take time.The other partys have did well in bringinning india together and thanks to them but it dosent seems,to be enough anyone would agree.But its not just about the saying lets vote for the AAP and see what they can do,this maybe the beginning of a new modern india.
			The 2013 Delhi state assembly elections were the party's first electoral contest. The Election Commission approved the symbol of a broom for use by the AAP in that campaign.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Aam Aadmi Party gets broom as election symbol\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/aam-aadmi-party-gets-broom-as-election-symbol/410942-37.html\|access-date=2 August 2013\|publisher=IBN Live\|date=31 July 2013\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803083441/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/aam-aadmi-party-gets-broom-as-election-symbol/410942-37.html\|archive-date=3 August 2013}}</ref> The party said that its candidates were honest and had been screened for potential criminal backgrounds.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/aap-picks-its-candidates-filmmaker-homemaker-and-loyalists-800919.html \|title=AAP picks candidates: Filmmaker, homemaker and loyalists \|first=Danish \|last=Raza \|date=21 May 2013 \|work=First Post\|access-date=19 July 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728193528/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/aap-picks-its-candidates-filmmaker-homemaker-and-loyalists-800919.html \|archive-date=28 July 2013 }}</ref> It published its central manifesto on 20 November 2013, promising to implement the Jan Lokpal Bill within 15 days of coming to power.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-aap-promises-700-litres-of-free-water-cheap-power-jan-lokpal/435206-80-258.html \|title=Delhi: AAP promises 700 litres of free water, cheap power, Jan Lokpal \|publisher=IBN \|date=20 November 2013 \|access-date=30 November 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123235400/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-aap-promises-700-litres-of-free-water-cheap-power-jan-lokpal/435206-80-258.html \|archive-date=23 November 2013 }}</ref>

			In November 2013, a sting operation conducted by Media Sarkar alleged that several leaders of the AAP, including Kumar Vishwas and ], had agreed to extend their support to some people seeking assistance with land deals and other financial arrangements in return for donations in cash to the AAP.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/DEL-sting-operation-controversial-political-career-shazia-ilmi-aam-aadmi-party-delhi-4441540-PHO.html \|work=Daily Bhaskar \|title=RECAP: The controversial political career of Shazia Ilmi \|date=22 November 2013 \|access-date=4 February 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112101008/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/DEL-sting-operation-controversial-political-career-shazia-ilmi-aam-aadmi-party-delhi-4441540-PHO.html \|archive-date=12 January 2014 }}</ref> Ilmi offered to withdraw her candidature as a result, but the party refused to accept her offer, describing the footage as fabricated and a violation of the Model Code of Conduct.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aap-defends-shazia-ilmi-threatens-to-sue-media-sarkar-and-tv-channels/1198331/ \|title=AAP defends Shazia Ilmi, threatens to sue Media Sarkar and TV channels \|work=The Indian Express\|date=23 November 2013 \|access-date=24 November 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124075245/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aap-defends-shazia-ilmi-threatens-to-sue-media-sarkar-and-tv-channels/1198331/ \|archive-date=24 November 2013 }}</ref> The Election Commission ordered an inquiry regarding the legitimacy of the video.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ec-begins-inquiry-into-sting-operation-against-aap-leaders/1/326154.html \|title=EC begins inquiry into sting operation against AAP leaders \|work=India Today \|date=22 November 2013 \|access-date=30 November 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202043732/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ec-begins-inquiry-into-sting-operation-against-aap-leaders/1/326154.html \|archive-date=2 December 2013 }}</ref>{{clarify\|reason=what was the outcome of this inquiry?\|date=August 2016}}
	==Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) there attitude==
	There is no central high command in Aam Aadmi party. The party structure follows a bottom to top approach where the council members elect the Executive Body and also holds the power to recall it.
	No MLA or MP of this party will use red lights or any other beacons on his or her vehicles.No MLA or MP of this party will use any special security. We believe that elected people's representatives need the same security as a common man.No MLA or MP of our party will live in opulent and luxurious government housing.No one would need to buy an election ticket in our party. Candidates contesting elections from an area will be selected by the people of that are In all political parties today criminals and mafia goons are given election tickets. Such people will never be given tickets in our party. A thorough screening process will ensure that no one with a criminal record or proven corruption charges could stand for elections from our party.This party will function with full financial transparency. Every single rupee collected by donations to run this people's party will be publicly declared on the party's website and all expenditures will also be declared on the website.Every member of the Aam Aadmi party will have to follow a strict internal code of conduct or internal Lokpal. This independent body will be headed by 3 jurists and other eminent personalities with impeccable public records and will investigate charges of corruption, crime, substance abuse and moral turpitude against all office bearing members of the party. Any citizen can present proof of wrongdoing against a party member. If internal Lokpal finds the party member guilty, he or she will be subjected to appropriate disciplinary action as decided by the internal Lokpal. No two members of the same family will be eligible to contest elections in our party and no two members of the same family can become members of the Executive Body.Today we give our vote to a candidate, he or she wins the election, and then they disappear from our life. Today most elected representatives make no time to listen to the problems of their constituents. And in the current electoral system, the people have no choice but to suffer this candidate for 5 years. We want to create an alternative. We will enact a Right to Reject law wherein the common man does not have to wait for 5 years to remove a corrupt MLA or MP from office. People can complain to the election commission anytime to recall their representative and call for fresh elections.Aam Aadmi Party is fully committed to the principles of gender equity and will represent women and students amply at all levels of party organisation.Aam Aadmi Party is committed to the principles of justice for all and will coopt representatives from the Dalit and other minority segments of society at all levels of party organisation.

			The AAP emerged as the second-largest party in Delhi, winning 28 of the 70 Assembly seats; the Bharatiya Janata Party, as the largest party, won 31, while its ally ], won 1; Indian National Congress won 8, and two were won by others.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/delhi-polls-bjp-ahead-aap-inches-to-second-113120800100_1.html\|title=Delhi polls -BJP ahead, AAP inches to second\|agency=ANI\|newspaper=Business Standard India\|date=8 December 2013\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213025515/http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/delhi-polls-bjp-ahead-aap-inches-to-second-113120800100_1.html\|archive-date=13 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|title=Assembly Elections December 2013 Results \|access-date=12 December 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215065208/http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm \|archive-date=15 December 2013 }}</ref> On 28 December 2013, the AAP formed a minority government in the hung Assembly, with what Sheila Dikshit describes as "not unconditional" support from Indian National Congress.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Fulfill promises, Sheila Dikshit tells Aam Aadmi Party \|agency=Indo-Asian News Service \|publisher=NDTV \|date=23 December 2013 \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/fulfill-promises-sheila-dikshit-tells-aam-aadmi-party-462091?curl=1387819909 \|access-date=23 December 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224084523/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/fulfill-promises-sheila-dikshit-tells-aam-aadmi-party-462091?curl=1387819909 \|archive-date=24 December 2013 }}</ref> Kejriwal became the second-youngest ].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Arvind Kejriwal becomes Delhi's youngest Chief Minister \|publisher=IBN \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-assembly-elections/Aam-Admi-Arvind-Kejriwal-takes-oath-as-Delhi-CM-vows-change-in-governance/articleshow/28047952.cms \|date=28 December 2013 \|access-date=28 December 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229135831/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-assembly-elections/Aam-Admi-Arvind-Kejriwal-takes-oath-as-Delhi-CM-vows-change-in-governance/articleshow/28047952.cms \|archive-date=29 December 2013 }}</ref> As a result of the Delhi elections, the AAP became a recognised state party in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news\|title=EC recognises AAP as state party, Centre not in a hurry to impose President's rule in Delhi\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/EC-recognizes-AAP-as-state-party-Centre-not-in-a-hurry-to-impose-Presidents-rule-in-Delhi/articleshow/27657213.cms\|access-date=2 February 2015\|work=The Times of India\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219150412/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/EC-recognizes-AAP-as-state-party-Centre-not-in-a-hurry-to-impose-Presidents-rule-in-Delhi/articleshow/27657213.cms\|archive-date=19 December 2013}}</ref>
	== Current plans in Delhi ==
	Commitment to passing Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill within 15 days of coming to power. All public servants to fall under its purview. Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill Time-bound investigation and swift disposal of corruption cases. Cases against Ministers, MLAs and Secretaries would be completed in six months to one year. Lokpal would have financial, administrative and investigative independence. It would have the power to initiate investigation and prosecution against corrupt public servants. Those found guilty of corruption would be removed from their jobs, sent to jail and their property confiscated. Citizens charter for every government office, setting a time limit for any citizens work at a Government office. Concerned officer to be fined if the work is not completed within the time limit. Encouragement to honest officers and protection to whistleblowers Devolving power directly to people; decisions about development in any locality to be taken by Mohalla Sabhas; payments for any work (roads, pavement, etc) to be released only once the work is approved by Mohalla Sabhas. Swaraj
	Mohalla Sabhas to monitor the functioning of local school, primary health centres, ration shops. Demand for full statehood to Delhi, so that MCD, DDA and Delhi Police are directly controlled by the Delhi government.Delhis consumers have been getting inflated bills due to malpractices by Discoms. AAP promises a reduction of consumers electricity expenditure by 50%. This will be done by ordering an audit of discoms, rectifying inflated bills and getting electricity bills checked by independent agencies. Licences would be cancelled of any discoms that refuse the audit . Electricity
	Discoms would be brought under RTI and their accounts made more transparent. Discome monopolies would be ended and consumers would be allowed to choose between two electricity providers. Incentives and subsidies to promote solar energy; target of meeting 20% of Delhis electricity needs via solar energy in the next ten years. Individuals installing solar panels in their houses would be allowed to sell extra electricity to the grid.Water is the biggest concern of the aam aadmi in Delhi, as more than 50 lakh people do not get piped water in their homes. AAP is committed to ensuring that all households in Delhi get water in their homes, irrespective of whether they are in slums or unauthorised colonies. Households using up to 700 litres of water (per day) would be given free water. Transparency would be introduced in the functioning of the Delhi Jal Board, who currently keep no account of how much water is received from different sources and how much water is supplied to each area. Bulk meters would be installed and their data put on the DLB website every day. Clamp-down on tanker mafia. AAP opposes the privatisation of the Delhi Jal Board and is committed to the public provision of water to all citizens. Long run solutions to Delhis water situation would focus on city-wide rainwater harvesting, reviving Delhis water bodies and the conservation and recycling of water More than 15 lakh people in Delhi do not have toilets in their homes; this is a cause of ill-health and insecurity, especially women. AAP is committed to building 2 lakh community and public toilets in Delhi. Sanitation and Waste Management
	More than 40 lakh people in Delhi do not sewerage lines taking the waste-water from their homes to sewage treatment plants. AAP is committed to connecting all households to the sewage network, irrespective of whether they are in slums or unauthorised colonies. Small, decentralised sewage plants would be built, which would be managed by Mohalla Sabhas. Waste would be managed with the direct participation of people; there would be separation of bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste at the household level and littering would be heavily fine Citizens Security Forces would be formed with a branch in each ward, who would provide security to anyone in distress, but with special focus on security of women, children and senior citizens. Womens Security
	Ensuring swift dispensing of justice in case of crimes against women by establishing special fast track courts; implementation of recommendations of the Verma Committee. Ensuring lighting and security provisions on roads, parks, buses and all public spaces Commitment to improving the standard of government schools, so that all citizens of Delhi whether rich or poor would have access to high quality of education. Government schools to be made as good as private schools. Education
	A law would be introduced to regulate high fees and donations in private schools and colleges. New colleges would be opened for students from Delhi. Delhi government-run universities, like Ambedkar University, would be expanded. Employment of contractual/temporary teachers in both government and private schools and colleges shall be stopped and all posts would be regularised Government health care facilities would be improved (and made as good as private hospitals) so that all citizens of Delhi rich or poor have access to high quality health care. New government hospitals would be opened to ensure Delhi conforms to the international norm of 5 beds for every thousand people. New primary health centres would be established.Use of generic medicines would be promoted to reduce patient expenses on medicines Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Homeopathy and Unani medical systems would play an important role in the government healthcare facilities. New hospitals would be opened for these systems of medicine. Large percentage of diseases in Delhi are caused by polluted air, contaminated water and improper waste disposal; AAP would work on controlling these for a long-term solution. A special task force would work on a war-footing to control dengue in Delhi.Gram Sabhas would be empowered to make decisions regarding Delhis villages including extension of Lal Dora; land acquisition in these villages would be possible only with permission of Gram Sabha. Delhis Villages
	Adequate number of schools and hospitals would be provided; farmers would be provided agricultural subsidies; sports facilities would be improved.Regularisation of unauthorised colonies based on rates decided in the notification of March 24, 2008 Process of authorisation, planning and supervisions development works would be done by the local Mohalla Sabha, with direct participation of the people Rehabilitation of people living in slums flats/plots would be provided on site, or as near as possible to existing location of slums. Process of rehabilitation to be done in consultation with the people. · Slums
	Till rehabilitation is done, no slums will be demolished; improvement in local living conditions will be made with provision of water, sewerage lines and proper waste management.While inflation is due to central government policies, AAP would take measures to ensure basic facilities remain within reach of the aam aadmi; these would include electricity expense reduction, 700 litres of water made available for free, government provision of high quality education and health , regulating fees of private schools and strict action against hoarders Inflation and Unemployment
	For increasing employment AAP shall fill all vacant government posts, provide better facilities to industrial areas and provide young entrepreneurs loans at low interest rates Traders: Simplifying VAT structures and opposing FDI in retail Industry: Improving facilities in industrial areas and simplifying licensing procedures Other Economic Issues
	Contract Labour: No contractual jobs for work that is required 365 days a year; ensuring implementation of minimum wages Unorganised sector: Ensuring social security for unorganised sector workers; regulating wages and working hours of domestics workers; improving working condition of rag-pickers. Street Vendors: licenses and fixed locations to be given to street vendors Establishing a Unified Transport Authority for a holistic transport policy, commitment to providing high quality public transport in Delhi Expansion of DTC bus service and Delhi Metro; improving and making secure last mile connectivity via feeder buses, shared auto-rickshaws and e-rickshaws. Making pavements and cycle tracks on all possible roads; removing unnecessary route restrictions on rickshaws Auto Rickshaws: Increasing auto stands, streamlining procedure for purchasing auto-rickshaws and preventing black marketing, preventing police harassment and revising auto fares in an ongoing manner. Priority to sewage treatment and industrial effluent treatment to prevent polluted water from flowing in Yamuna; preventing encroachment on Yamuna river-bed Environment Protecting Delhi Ridge by clamping down on encroachment; ongoing afforestation in Delhi Animal Welfare Board to be given enforcement authority, and not merely be an advisory body. Scheduled Castes: Ensuring SC component plans is spent on welfare schemes for SCs and reservations implemented; providing low or zero-interest loans for setting up their livelihood. Social Justice
	Valmikis: Ending contractualisation in safai karamchari posts, providing educational and livelihood opportunities to help them find employment in fields other than those of safai karamcharis. Muslims: Ending harassment by police and prosecution of Muslim youth in false cases, improving functioning of Delhi wakf board. Victims of 1984 Sikh massacre: Providing justice to victims of 1984 riots, re-opening wrongly closed cases, improving living conditions in areas like Tilak Nagar where many victims now live. Status of Punjabi and Urdu as second language: Providing them genuine status as second language by ensuring adequate facilities and filling vacant posts Persons with Disability: Expanding definition of disability, ensuring their admission into schools and colleges; priority to making all public buildings barrier-free and accessible. Other marginalised groups: Efforts to end discrimination against and improve living conditions of nomadic communities (NT/DNT), trans-genders and other marginalised communities.They say that '''They will improve india with new ideas''' .

			=== General election, 2014 ===
	== First changes that they would do in India ==
			{{Main\|2014 Indian general election}}The AAP fielded 434 candidates in the ], in which it did not expect to do well. It recognised that its support was based primarily in urban areas and that different strategies might be required for different regions of the country. The party pointed out that its funding was limited and that there were too many demands for local visits from Kejriwal. The intention was to field candidates in large numbers to maximise the likelihood of recognition as a national party by the Election Commission.<ref name="IndExp20140105">{{cite news \|title=AAP gears for Lok Sabha polls, to contest all seats in Gujarat, Haryana \|publisher=Indian Express Portal \|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/aap-gears-for-lok-sabha-polls-to-contest-all-seats-in-gujarat-haryana/1215513/0 \|date=28 December 2013 \|access-date=4 February 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140204144711/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/aap-gears-for-lok-sabha-polls-to-contest-all-seats-in-gujarat-haryana/1215513/0 \|archive-date=4 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Aam Aadmi Party seeks national role, names 426 candidates \|first=Brajesh \|last=Kumar \|work=Hindustan Times\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/state-of-the-states/with-426-names-aap-leads-list-race/article1-1203578.aspx \|date=3 April 2014 \|access-date=10 April 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407095621/http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/state-of-the-states/with-426-names-aap-leads-list-race/article1-1203578.aspx \|archive-date=7 April 2014 }}</ref> The outcome was that four AAP candidates won, all from ].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Constituency-wise Detailed Results – General Elections, 2014 – 16th Lok Sabha (page 258 of 492) \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf#page=258 \|access-date=24 August 2016 \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123041546/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf#page=258 \|archive-date=23 November 2016 }}</ref> Consequently, the AAP became a recognised state party in Punjab.<ref>{{cite news\|title=AAP recognised state party in Punjab\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-aap-recognised-state-party-in-punjab-1993078\|access-date=2 February 2015\|work=Daily News and Analysis\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223112756/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-aap-recognised-state-party-in-punjab-1993078\|archive-date=23 February 2015}}</ref> The party obtained 2% of all votes cast nationwide and 414 of its candidates forfeited their ] by failing to secure one-sixth of the vote in their constituencies.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/AAP-may-have-lost-Rs-1-crore-in-election-deposits/articleshow/35575404.cms \|title=AAP may have lost Rs 1 crore in election deposits \|work=The Times of India \|date=25 May 2014 \|access-date=13 June 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528050443/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/AAP-may-have-lost-Rs-1-crore-in-election-deposits/articleshow/35575404.cms \|archive-date=28 May 2014 }}</ref> Although the party secured 32.9 per cent of the votes in Delhi, it failed to win any seats there.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/PartyWiseResultU05.htm?st=U05\|title=Election Commission of India\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121625/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/PartyWiseResultU05.htm?st=U05\|archive-date=17 May 2014\|access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref>
	'''Issue 1)''' End of VIP culture in Delhi : No member of the Delhi Legislative assembly, minister of the Delhi government or government official would be allowed to use transportation with red beacons. He will not live in big bungalows and shall not ask for special security for himself. Every minister/ official should live like a common man.

			AAP convenor, Arvind Kejriwal fought from ] against BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate ], but lost by a margin of 371,784 (20.30%) votes and came second ahead of BSP, Congress, SP.<ref>{{Cite web \|agency=TNN \|date=May 17, 2014 \|title=Election results: Arvind Kejriwal bags over 2 lakh votes in Varanasi, ahead of Cong, SP, BSP \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/election-results-arvind-kejriwal-bags-over-2-lakh-votes-in-varanasi-ahead-of-cong-sp-bsp/articleshow/35235116.cms \|access-date=2022-12-08 \|work=] \|language=en \|archive-date=5 April 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405071525/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/election-results-arvind-kejriwal-bags-over-2-lakh-votes-in-varanasi-ahead-of-cong-sp-bsp/articleshow/35235116.cms \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	'''Issue 2)''' A strong anti-graft Lokapal bill would be passed. It would amount to investigation of all the scams that the Congress and BJP have done till now in the Delhi government and the MCD.

			Immediately after the elections, Shazia Ilmi (PAC member) resigned from the party.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/shazia-ilmi-quits-aap/article6044201.ece \|title=Shazia Ilmi quits AAP \|work=The Hindu \|date=24 May 2014 \|access-date=13 June 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627220905/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/shazia-ilmi-quits-aap/article6044201.ece \|archive-date=27 June 2014 }}</ref> The National Executive member Yogendra Yadav in a letter to his party members criticised Kejriwal's style of leadership.<ref name="toi20140606">{{cite news \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/AAP-vs-AAP-Full-text-of-Manish-Sisodia-and-Yogendra-Yadavs-letters/articleshow/36156171.cms \|title=AAP vs AAP: Full text of Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav's letters \|work=The Times of India \|date=6 June 2014 \|access-date=13 June 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609063337/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/AAP-vs-AAP-Full-text-of-Manish-Sisodia-and-Yogendra-Yadavs-letters/articleshow/36156171.cms \|archive-date=9 June 2014 }}</ref>
	'''Issue 3)''' The law of Swaraj will be enacted in Delhi. The right to take decisions about his Mohalla/colony/street will be given directly to the people. The councillor and MLA funds in Delhi would be discontinued. The money would be given directly to the Mohalla Sabhas so that the public decides on how to spend the money in its locality.

			After the National Executive meeting on 8 June, the party and Kejriwal acknowledged these differences and announced the launch of "Mission Vistar" (Mission Expand), to include more people in local as well as national decision making.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/aap-national-executive-resolutions \|title=AAP national executive resolutions \|publisher=Aam Aadmi Party \|access-date=13 June 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614005338/http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/aap-national-executive-resolutions \|archive-date=14 June 2014 }}</ref>
	'''Issue 4)''' Delhi would be granted the status of a "Complete State"
	'''
	Issue 5)''' Compulsory audit of all electricity companies. The electricity bills would be slashed to half.
	'''
	Issue 6)''' Every malfunctioning electricity meter in Delhi would be probed for irregularities.

			===Delhi Assembly election, 2015===
	'''Issue 7)''' 700 litres of clean water would be supplied daily to each and every house of Delhi.
			{{Main\|2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election}}
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			The Delhi state assembly elections for the ] were held on 7 February 2015, as declared by the Election Commission of India.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/election-commission-announce-delhi-assembly-poll-date-today-620071 \|title=Election Commission Announces Delhi Assembly Poll Date: Voting on 7 Feb \|date=12 January 2015 \|work=International Business Times \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202084335/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/election-commission-announce-delhi-assembly-poll-date-today-620071 \|archive-date=2 February 2015 }}</ref> The Aam Aadmi Party scored a landslide victory by winning a majority of 67 of the 70 seats. The BJP was able to win 3 seats and the Congress party saw all its candidates lose.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Party-wise Winning Candidates\|url=http://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/assemblyelection2015/PartyWiseWinningCandidates.pdf\|website=Delhi Assembly Elections – 2015\|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi\|access-date=24 August 2016\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329030534/http://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/assemblyelection2015/PartyWiseWinningCandidates.pdf\|archive-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> Kejriwal became the Chief Minister for the second time.<ref>({{cite web \|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/miscellaneous/live-delhi-election-results-2015-arvind-kejriwals-aap-leading-in-11-constituencies/41064/ \|title=Delhi election results 2015: Arvind Kejriwal's AAP sweeps BJP right out of the city \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301032229/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/miscellaneous/live-delhi-election-results-2015-arvind-kejriwals-aap-leading-in-11-constituencies/41064/ \|archive-date=1 March 2015 \|access-date=21 March 2022}}).</ref> The AAP had started campaigning in Delhi in November 2014 and declared candidates for all 70 seats.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/with-new-faces-and-young-team-aap-hits-campaign-trail/article1-1303093.aspx \|title=Delhi: With new faces, AAP hits campaign trail \|work=] \|date=3 January 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103213526/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/with-new-faces-and-young-team-aap-hits-campaign-trail/article1-1303093.aspx \|archive-date=3 January 2015 }}</ref>
	'''Issue 8)''' All unauthorized colonies in Delhi would be regularized within a year and basic civic amenities would be provided to them.

			During the campaign, Kejriwal claimed that the BJP had been trying to bribe AAP volunteers. He asked Delhi voters to not deny the bribes offered to them. He suggested that voters should accept the bribe from others and yet vote for AAP through the secret ballot in the election.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/delhi/now-kejriwal-asks-aap-volunteers-to-take-money-and-do-sting_1538065.html\|title=Now, Kejriwal asks AAP volunteers to take money and do sting\|work=Zee News\|date=29 January 2015\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203083625/http://zeenews.india.com/news/delhi/now-kejriwal-asks-aap-volunteers-to-take-money-and-do-sting_1538065.html\|archive-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> The situation caused the Election Commission of India to instruct Kejriwal to desist from breaking laws governing the model code of conduct for elections in India,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/miscellaneous/congress-moves-election-commission-against-arvind-kejriwals-bribe-remarks/31799/\|title=Congress moves Election Commission against Arvind Kejriwal's bribe remarks\|work=The Financial Express\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034427/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/miscellaneous/congress-moves-election-commission-against-arvind-kejriwals-bribe-remarks/31799/\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> but the Delhi court then allowed Kejriwal to challenge this.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/TYmNsoTTWSNCgjljm8nN7N/Court-to-hear-plea-against-Arvind-Kejriwals-bribe-remark-on.html#nav=latest_news\|title=Court to hear plea against Arvind Kejriwal's bribe remark on Tuesday\|date=2 February 2015\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205011640/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/TYmNsoTTWSNCgjljm8nN7N/Court-to-hear-plea-against-Arvind-Kejriwals-bribe-remark-on.html#nav=latest_news\|archive-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>
	'''Issue 9)''' Jhuggis shall not be demolished till they people living there are provided with alternate houses.
	'''
	Issue 10)''' Contract labour shall be abolished in services which are regular in nature. All jobs in such services shall be regularized.

			The President's Rule was subsequently rescinded and Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi with six cabinet ministers (], ], ], ], ], and ]).<ref>{{cite news\|title=Kejriwal appointed Delhi Chief Minister\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/kejriwal-appointed-delhi-chief-minister/article6892633.ece?ref=relatedNews\|work=The Hindu\|date=13 February 2015\|access-date=14 February 2015\|archive-date=6 July 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706090926/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Kejriwal-appointed-Delhi-Chief-Minister/article60330600.ece\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi at Ramlila Maidan\|newspaper=The Economic Times\|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/arvind-kejriwal-takes-oath-as-the-eighth-chief-minister-of-delhi-at-ramlila-maidan/articleshow/46242583.cms\|access-date=14 February 2015\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217013941/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/arvind-kejriwal-takes-oath-as-the-eighth-chief-minister-of-delhi-at-ramlila-maidan/articleshow/46242583.cms\|archive-date=17 February 2015}}</ref>
	'''Issue 11)''' The VAT taxes would be simplified and the VAT rates would be reassessed.

			Major differences surfaced within the party leadership soon after its victory. It created deep fissures between the founding members who had together championed the anti-corruption movement. Problems emerged in February 2015 when Yogendra Yadav and Prashanth Bhushan wrote a joint letter to the National Executive, highlighting Kejriwal's tendency to unilateral decision-making, which they alleged had compromised the party's core principle of Swaraj.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/its-over-yadav-bhushans-open-letter-to-kejriwal-suggests-aaps-headed-for-big-break-up-2176113.html\|title=It's over! Yadav, Bhushan's open letter to Kejriwal suggests AAP's headed for big break up\|author=Debobrat Ghose\|date=27 March 2015\|work=Firstpost\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910090945/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/its-over-yadav-bhushans-open-letter-to-kejriwal-suggests-aaps-headed-for-big-break-up-2176113.html\|archive-date=10 September 2015}}</ref> After continued allegations, counter-allegations and several failed attempts at reconciliation between the two sides, Yadav and Bhushan were first removed from the PAC and later from the National Executive after the party's National Council passed a resolution to expel them for their alleged anti-party activities.<ref>{{cite web\|title=AAP reconciliation talks fail; Yadav, Bhushan accuse Kejriwal of forcing them to quit\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/aap-reconciliation-talks-fail-yadav-bhushan-accuse-kejriwal-forcing-quit-2175459.html\|access-date=21 April 2015\|work=First Post\|date=26 March 2015\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429124957/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/aap-reconciliation-talks-fail-yadav-bhushan-accuse-kejriwal-forcing-quit-2175459.html\|archive-date=29 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav out of key AAP panel\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/aap-removes-yogendra-yadav-prashant-bhushan-from-pac/\|access-date=21 April 2015\|work=The Indian Express\|date=5 March 2015\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143402/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/aap-removes-yogendra-yadav-prashant-bhushan-from-pac/\|archive-date=27 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan accuse Arvind Kejriwal of getting goons to the National Council meeting\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-yogendra-yadav-prashant-bhushan-aap-national-council/1/426262.html\|access-date=21 April 2015\|work=India Today\|date=29 March 2015 \|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502103414/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-yogendra-yadav-prashant-bhushan-aap-national-council/1/426262.html\|archive-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> Party leaders refuted accusations made by Yadav and Bhushan at the meeting that the party was murdering democracy and resorting to intimidation.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-yogendra-yadav-prashant-bhushan-aap-national-council/1/426262.html \| title=Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan accuse Arvind Kejriwal of getting goons to the National Council meeting \| work=India Today \| date=29 March 2015 \| access-date=21 April 2015 \| url-status=live \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502103414/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-yogendra-yadav-prashant-bhushan-aap-national-council/1/426262.html \| archive-date=2 May 2015 \| df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Yadav, Bhushan shown the door\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/aap-national-council-meeting-gets-underway/article7042977.ece\|access-date=21 April 2015\|work=The Hindu\|date=28 March 2015\|last1=Anand\|first1=Jatin\|last2=Sriram\|first2=Jayant\|archive-date=11 February 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211011310/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/aap-national-council-meeting-gets-underway/article7042977.ece\|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2015, Yadav, Bhushan, Anand Kumar, and Ajit Jha were removed from the party.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Dragged and thrown out of my own house, says an upset Yogendra Yadav after AAP expels him\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dragged-and-thrown-out-of-my-own-house-says-an-upset-yogendra-yadav-after-aap-expels-him/541064-37-64.html\|access-date=21 April 2015\|publisher=IBN Live\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423222903/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dragged-and-thrown-out-of-my-own-house-says-an-upset-yogendra-yadav-after-aap-expels-him/541064-37-64.html\|archive-date=23 April 2015}}</ref>
	'''Issue 12)''' Foreign Direct Investement will not be allowed in retail in Delhi.

			=== Assembly elections, 2017 ===
	'''Issue 13)''' All the services and subsidies which are given to the farmers of other states would be provided to the farmers of Delhi as well. Without the permission of the Gram Sabha, land acquisitions shall not take place. More areas in Delhi would come under the jurisdiction of the Gram Sabhas by the extension of Lal Dora.
			For the first time, the AAP contested the ] and ]. In Goa the AAP could not win any seat, and 38 out of 39 candidates failed to save their security deposits.<ref>{{citation \|title=AAP debacle in Goa more stunning than it looks \|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/Ct69xkEPNWaFn384XSsUhL/AAP-debacle-in-Goa-more-stunning-than-it-looks.html \|work=] \|date=14 March 2017 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314113942/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/Ct69xkEPNWaFn384XSsUhL/AAP-debacle-in-Goa-more-stunning-than-it-looks.html \|archive-date=14 March 2017 }}</ref>

			For the ], the ] allied with the AAP. This alliance was called the ''AAP Alliance'' and was represented on news channels as ''AAP+''. It won 22 seats in total, two of which were won by the Lok Insaaf Party and the other twenty by the AAP.<ref>{{citation \|title=High on hype, how AAP got it wrong \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/punjab/high-on-hype-how-aap-got-it-wrong/376185.html \|work=] \|date=12 March 2017 \|access-date=14 March 2017 \|archive-date=13 August 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813180630/https://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/punjab/high-on-hype-how-aap-got-it-wrong/376185.html \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	'''Issue 14)''' Government schools will provide better education than private schools. More than 500 new government schools would be opened. The tradition of donations to private schools will be eliminated and there will be complete transparency in the fee structuring of private schools.

			=== General election, 2019 ===
	Issue 15) New government hospitals would be opened and government hospitals shall provide better healthcare than private hospitals.
			{{Main\|2019 Indian general election}}
	'''
			Unlike the ], the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the party decided to contest elections on limited seats of some of the states and all the seats in ], ],<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.india.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019-india/aam-aadmi-party-is-not-b-team-of-ruling-bjp-in-goa-elvis-gomes-3629452/\|title=Aam Aadmi Party is Not 'B Team' of Ruling BJP in Goa: Elvis Gomes\|date=13 April 2019\|website=India.com\|access-date=25 April 2019\|archive-date=25 April 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425001921/https://www.india.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019-india/aam-aadmi-party-is-not-b-team-of-ruling-bjp-in-goa-elvis-gomes-3629452/\|url-status=live}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/aap-to-contest-all-13-seats-in-punjab/articleshow/68569750.cms\|title=AAP News: Lok Sabha elections: AAP to contest all 13 seats in Punjab\|date=26 March 2019\|first=Alok KN\|last=Mishra\|website=The Times of India\|access-date=25 April 2019\|archive-date=7 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507045805/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/aap-to-contest-all-13-seats-in-punjab/articleshow/68569750.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref> In the state of ], the AAP formed an alliance with ]'s ] to contest three ].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/delhi/news/aap-jjp-make-haryana-alliance-official-latter-names-4-candidates/articleshow/68946694.cms\|title=AAP and JJP make Haryana alliance official, latter names four candidates\|date=19 April 2019\|first=AlokKN\|last=Mishra\|website=The Times of India\|access-date=25 April 2019\|archive-date=10 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510063245/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/delhi/news/aap-jjp-make-haryana-alliance-official-latter-names-4-candidates/articleshow/68946694.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/aap-announces-three-candidates-for-lok-sabha-elections-in-haryana/article26903637.ece\|title=AAP announces three candidates for Lok Sabha elections in Haryana\|last=Kumar\|first=Ashok\|date=21 April 2019\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=25 April 2019\|issn=0971-751X\|archive-date=21 April 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421095039/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/aap-announces-three-candidates-for-lok-sabha-elections-in-haryana/article26903637.ece\|url-status=live}}</ref> The PAC also decided to support and campaign for ] in ].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/elections/aap-gives-unconditional-support-to-ldf-in-kerala\|title=Elections 2019: AAP Gives Unconditional Support To LDF In Kerala\|website=BloombergQuint\|access-date=25 April 2019\|archive-date=25 April 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425001924/https://www.bloombergquint.com/elections/aap-gives-unconditional-support-to-ldf-in-kerala\|url-status=live}}</ref> The party also fielded its first ] candidate from ] in ].<ref name="Trans">{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/uttar-pradesh/news/aap-fields-its-first-transgender-candidate-from-allahabad/articleshow/68631419.cms\|title=Bhawani Nath Balmiki: AAP's first transgender candidate from Allahabad\|date=29 March 2019\|website=The Times of India\|access-date=25 April 2019\|archive-date=9 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509033509/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/uttar-pradesh/news/aap-fields-its-first-transgender-candidate-from-allahabad/articleshow/68631419.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref> The AAP won only 1 constituency of ].
	Issue 16)''' A special task force for the safety of Women will be established. New courts would be made and new judges appointed so that the redressal of cases related to Women Harassment takes place within 6 months.

			=== Delhi Assembly election, 2020 ===
	'''Issue 17)''' New judges to be appointed to facilitate the creation of fast track courts for these special courts mentioned above.
			] after securing a win in the Delhi Assembly Elections 2020]]
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			Voting for the Delhi Assembly elections took place on 8 February 2020, following vehement campaigns run by the major political parties contesting the election.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=2020-01-06\|title=Delhi Election 2020: Voting on February 8, counting on 11th\|url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/assembly-elections/delhi-election-2020-live-updates-election-commission-to-announce-poll-schedule-dates-11578304330157.html\|access-date=2020-09-03\|website=Livemint\|language=en\|archive-date=7 January 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107093625/https://www.livemint.com/elections/assembly-elections/delhi-election-2020-live-updates-election-commission-to-announce-poll-schedule-dates-11578304330157.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> The counting of votes and subsequent announcement of results happened on 11 February.<ref name=":0" />

			The Aam Aadmi Party retained the government as the party won 62 out of 70 seats.<ref name="Delhi 2020 Hindu">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/delhi-assembly/delhi-assembly-election-results-2020/article30787472.ece\|title=Delhi Assembly election results 2020\|date=11 February 2020\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=12 February 2020\|archive-date=11 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211130832/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/delhi-assembly/delhi-assembly-election-results-2020/article30787472.ece\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-02-12\|title=Arvind Kejriwal's party wins more seats in close contests than it did in 2015\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/delhi-assembly-election-results-2020-arvind-kejriwal-s-party-wins-more-seats-in-close-contests-than-it-did-in-2015/story-gD4UPH6ycKlVNzKfJivZ1H.html\|access-date=2020-09-03\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|archive-date=18 September 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918052747/https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/delhi-assembly-election-results-2020-arvind-kejriwal-s-party-wins-more-seats-in-close-contests-than-it-did-in-2015/story-gD4UPH6ycKlVNzKfJivZ1H.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> ] became the ] for the third consecutive time. The party's vote share was 53.5%, according to the results.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=AAP scores landslide victory in Delhi polls, BJP improves marginally, Congress fails to score again\|work=The Economic Times\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/delhi/aap-scores-landslide-victory-in-delhi-polls-bjp-improves-marginally-congress-fails-to-score-again/articleshow/74089434.cms\|access-date=2020-09-03\|archive-date=14 August 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814154148/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/delhi/aap-scores-landslide-victory-in-delhi-polls-bjp-improves-marginally-congress-fails-to-score-again/articleshow/74089434.cms\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
	'''Issue 18)''' Other parties to support the Aam Aadmi Party in issues relating to central government.

			===2021 Chandigarh elections===
	== Agenda ==
			The AAP contested in ] for the first time, won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 elected seats.<ref name="NDTV 27 Dec">{{cite news \|title=AAP Wins Most Seats In Chandigarh Polls On Debut, BJP Mayor Among Losers \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chandigarh-civic-polls-aaps-big-debut-in-chandigarh-civic-polls-as-punjab-preps-for-elections-2673407 \|access-date=27 December 2021 \|work=NDTV.com \|archive-date=27 December 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227061922/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chandigarh-civic-polls-aaps-big-debut-in-chandigarh-civic-polls-as-punjab-preps-for-elections-2673407 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Sitting mayor Ravi Kant Sharma from BJP lost his seat to AAP candidate Damanpreet Singh.<ref name="Tribuneindia Full list MC 2021">{{cite news \|title=AAP emerges as leading party as Chandigarh MC poll throws up hung house; BJP's sitting mayor loses \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/counting-of-votes-under-way-for-chandigarh-municipal-corporation-polls-355069 \|work=Tribuneindia \|agency=Tribune News Service \|date=28 December 2021 \|language=en \|access-date=28 December 2021 \|archive-date=28 December 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228101014/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/counting-of-votes-under-way-for-chandigarh-municipal-corporation-polls-355069 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="outlookindia 27 Dec 21" /> In ward number 21, former mayor and BJP candidate Davesh Moudgil was defeated by AAP's Jasbir.<ref name="outlookindia 27 Dec 21">{{cite news \|title=Chandigarh Municipal Polls: AAP Emerges Leading Party; Party's Damanpreet Singh Defeats BJP Mayor \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-chandigarh-municipal-polls-aap-emerges-leading-party-partys-damanpreet-singh-defeats-bjp-mayor/406949 \|work=outlookindia.com \|date=27 December 2021 \|language=en \|access-date=28 December 2021 \|archive-date=28 December 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228221502/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-chandigarh-municipal-polls-aap-emerges-leading-party-partys-damanpreet-singh-defeats-bjp-mayor/406949/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	{{as of\|November 2013}}, the AAP is proposing to introduce four primary policies:<ref>{{cite web \|title=Aam Aadmi Party  Agenda \|url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/ \|publisher=Aam Aadmi Party \|accessdate=13 June 2013}}</ref>
	* ]
	* Right to Reject{{efn\|There is confusion in India between the terms "right to reject" (RTR) and "]" (NOTA), with media sources frequently using them synonymously. The ] ruling in September 2013 that a NOTA option must be implemented does not affect the AAP agenda for RTR. Votes registered as NOTA will simply not count towards an election outcome,<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/will-implement-voters-right-to-reject-candidates-straight-away-election-commission/articleshow/23171880.cms \|publisher=The Economic Times \|title=Will implement voters' right to reject candidates straight away: Election Commission \|first=Bharti \|last=Jain \|date=27 September 2013 \|accessdate=27 September 2013}}</ref> whereas the AAP's RTR concept is intended to allow a situation whereby if sufficient people vote to reject then the election is voided and a new election would be held.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/page/right-to-reject \|publisher=Aam Aadmi Party \|title=Right to Reject \|accessdate=27 September 2013}}</ref>}}
	* ]
	* ]

	=== ~~Awareness~~ ~~campaigns~~ ===		=== Assembly elections in 2022 ===
	The party has conducted public awareness campaigns to educate people about "right to reject" and requested Election Commissions of certain States to allow voters to exercise their right to reject in ]s.<ref name=reject>{{cite news\|last=Neeraja\|first=Sangeetha\|title=Aam Aadmi Party bats for the right to reject\|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Aam-Aadmi-Party-bats-for-the-right-to-reject/2013/05/02/article1570611.ece\|newspaper=The New Indian Express\|accessdate=17 June 2013\|date=2 May 2013}}</ref>

			In January 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting ]. The six states were ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="6 States HT 28 Jan 2021">{{cite news \|title=AAP to contest polls in 6 states, including Himachal Pradesh, UP, Gujarat \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/aap-to-contest-polls-in-6-states-including-himachal-pradesh-up-gujarat-101611814372385.html \|access-date=30 December 2021 \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=28 January 2021 \|language=en \|archive-date=30 December 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230050702/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/aap-to-contest-polls-in-6-states-including-himachal-pradesh-up-gujarat-101611814372385.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> The party won a landslide victory in ], defeating the incumbent Congress government of ], and state party convener ] was sworn in as the new CM. The party also gained two seats in ] and five seats in ].
	As part of its stance on cleaning up government, AAP seeks to work against an alleged nexus between government and private corporations. It also seeks a more gender-sensitive government, with stronger anti-rape laws.<ref name=WP1>{{cite news\|title=Delhi police arrests driver on rape charge after AAP activists protest\|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/delhi-police-arrests-driver-on-rape-charge-after-aap-activists-p-23226.html \|publisher=India TV News Channel \|location=New Delhi \|date=24 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Promise to Keep \|publisher=Frontline Magazine \|date= 15 December 2012 \|accessdate=3 August 2012 \|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2925/stories/20121228292503200.htm \|page=Volume 29}}</ref>

			==List of State Governments from AAP==
	== Support ==
			===NCT of Delhi===
			{\|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|Assembly
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Chief Minister
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|Ministry
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Deputy Chief Minister
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" ; colspan="3"\|Tenure
			\|-
			\|]
			\|rowspan="4"\|]<br/>]
			\|]
			\|''Vacant''
			\|28 December 2013
			\|14 February 2014
			\|''48 days''
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|rowspan="2"\|]<br>]<br>{{small\|(till 28 Feb 2023)}}
			\|14 February 2015
			\|15 February 2020
			\|''5 years, 1 day''
			\|-
			\| rowspan="3" \|]
			\|rowspan="2"\|]
			\|rowspan="2"\|16 February 2020
			\|rowspan="2"\|21 September 2024
			\|rowspan="2"\|{{Ayd\|16 February 2020\|21 September 2024}}
			\|-
			\| rowspan="2" \|''Vacant {{small\|(since 28 Feb 2023)}}''
			\|-
			\|]<br>]
			\|]
			\|21 September 2024
			\|''Incumbent''
			\|{{ayd\|21 SEPTEMBER 2024}}
			\|-
			\|}

			===Punjab===
	On 26 November 2012, the formal launch day of the AAP, the former law minister, Shanti Bhushan, donated {{INRConvert\|10\|m}}. Prashant Bhushan, his son, is a member of the party's National Executive Committee.<ref name="donations">{{cite news\|title=New Delhi Shanti Bhushan donates Rs. 1 crore to Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Shanti-Bhushan-donates-Rs-1-crore-to-Kejriwal-s-Aam-Aadmi-Party/Article1-964698.aspx\|date=26 November 2012\|accessdate=28 November 2012\|newspaper=]\|agency=]\|location=New Delhi}}</ref>
			{\|class="wikitable sortable"style="text-align:center;"
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|Assembly
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Chief Minister
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|Ministry
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" ; colspan="3"\|Tenure
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]<br/>]
			\|]
			\|16 March 2022
			\|''Incumbent''
			\|{{Ayd\|16 March 2022}}
			\|-
			\|}

			==List of MPs from AAP==
	On 18 May 2013, a group of Indian-Americans from 20 different cities in the USA held a convention in ] and extended support to the AAP. The convention was attended by two AAP leaders, ] and ], and Kejriwal addressed it via ].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indianamericans-extend-support-to-kejriwals-aam-aadmi-party/392801-37.html\|title=Indian-Americans extend support to Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party\|date=20 May 2013\|publisher=IBN Live \|agency=PTI}}</ref> ] and ], who had differences with Kejriwal on certain issues, supported him after his 15-day fast against inflated electricity bills.<ref name=end/>
			===Rajya Sabha===
			{{main\|List of Rajya Sabha members from the Aam Aadmi Party}}
			{\|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|State
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Name
			!style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Portrait
			! style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Term start
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Term end
			\|-
			\| rowspan="6" \|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|28 January 2018
			\|27 January 2024
			\|-
			\| rowspan="2" \|]
			\| rowspan="2" \|]
			\|28 January 2018
			\|27 January 2024
			\|-
			\|28 January 2024
			\|27 January 2030
			\|-
			\| rowspan="2" \|]
			\| rowspan="2" \|]
			\|28 January 2018
			\|27 January 2024
			\|-
			\|28 January 2024
			\|27 January 2030
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|28 January 2024
			\|27 January 2030
			\|-
			\|rowspan="7"\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|10 April 2022
			\|9 April 2028
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|10 April 2022
			\|9 April 2028
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|10 April 2022
			\|9 April 2028
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|10 April 2022
			\|9 April 2028
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|10 April 2022
			\|9 April 2028
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|5 July 2022
			\|4 July 2028
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|5 July 2022
			\|4 July 2028
			\|-
			\|}
			===Leader of AAP in Rajya Sabha===
			{\|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Name
			!style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Portrait
			! style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Term start
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Term end
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|State
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|Deputy Leader
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|State
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|28 January 2018
			\|Incumbent
			\|]
			\|]<br>{{small\|(2018-Incumbent)}}
			\|Delhi
			\|}

			===Lok Sabha===
	On 22 March 2014, the Janata Dal (Secular) party of Delhi announced it would merge with the Aam Aadmi Party, citing ] tenure as Chief Minister of Delhi.<ref>{{cite web\|title=JD(S) Delhi merges with AAP\|url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/jds-delhi-merges-with-aap\|publisher=Aam Aadmi Party\|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref>
			{\|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
			!style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|State
			!style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Lok sabha
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Constituency
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|Portrait
			! style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Name
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Election
			\|-
			\|rowspan="9"\|''']'''
			\|rowspan="4"\|]
			\|]
			\| ]
			\| ]
			\|rowspan="4"\|]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|]
			\|-
			\|rowspan="2"\|]
			\|]
			\| ]
			\| ]
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|]
			\|]<ref group="N" name=":0">Joined BJP in 2024</ref>
			\|-
			\|rowspan="3"\|]
			\|]
			\|]
			\| ]
			\| rowspan="3" \| ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|]
			\|]
			\|}

			===Leader of AAP in Lok Sabha===
	== Protests ==
			{\|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
	On 23 March 2013, Kejriwal began an indefinite fast in an attempt to mobilize people against inflated power and electricity bills at a house in Sundar Nagri, a low-income group resettlement colony in North-East Delhi.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Kejriwal's indefinite fast in Delhi\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-23/delhi/37959821_1_leader-arvind-kejriwal-today-fake-bills-inflated-bills \|publisher=The Times of India\|date=29 March 2013 \|accessdate=23 March 2013}}</ref> During the protest he urged ] citizens not to pay the "inflated" water and electricity bills.<ref>{{cite news\|first=Danish \|last=Raza \|date=24 March 2013 \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/kerjiwal-moves-to-delhis-power-corridor-to-protest-against-inflated-power-bills-673015.html \|title=Kerjiwal moves to Delhis power corridor to protest against inflated power bills \|publisher=First Post \|accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> The AAP also demanded an audit of power and electricity supply in Delhi by the ] also supported by Civil Society Groups like National Alliance of Peoples Movement (NAPM).<ref>{{cite news\|title=Civil society groups support Kejriwals campaign against "inflated" power bills\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/civil-society-groups-support-kejriwals-campaign-against-inflated-power-bills/article4576216.ece\|publisher=The Hindu\|date=3 April 2013}}</ref> The AAP claimed that the protest gathered support from {{formatnum:100000}} people in Delhi on a single day and from more than {{formatnum:300000}} people up to 28 March 2013.<ref name=support>{{cite news \|agency=PTI \|date=29 March 2013 \|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/eminent-personalities-support-kejriwals-movement/articleshow/19276389.cms \|title=Eminent personalities support Kejriwal's movement \|publisher=The Economic Times\|accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> Anna Hazare urged Kejriwal to end the fast and he did so on 6 April.<ref name=end>{{cite news\|last=PTI\|title=Aam Admi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal Ends Two-week long fast\|url=http://tehelka.com/aam-aadmi-party-leader-arvind-kejriwal-ends-two-week-long-fast/\|accessdate=18 June 2013\|publisher=Tehelka.com\|date=6 April 2013}}</ref>
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|S. No.

			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Name
	On 10 June 2013, Kejriwal supported the agitation by Delhi ] drivers, who were protesting the ] ban on advertisements on auto rickshaws. Kejriwal claimed the government's ban was because the drivers supported his party and carried AAP's advertisements on their vehicles. He said that the AAP would put 10,000 advertisements on auto rickshaws as a protest.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Ali\|first=Mohammed\|title=Kejriwal slams Sheila for banning ads on autos\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/kejriwal-slams-sheila-for-banning-ads-on-autos/article4801973.ece\|accessdate=14 June 2013\|publisher=The Hindu\|date=11 June 2013}}</ref> In retrospect, after Kejriwal had been elected and then resigned his position, a union representing the drivers expressed dissatisfaction saying "Arvind Kejriwal, who had won the elections because of the support of the auto drivers, has betrayed them by not fulfilling any of the promises made before the elections".<ref>{{cite news\|title=Auto-Rickshaw Union Refuses to Support Kejriwal\|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=829789\|accessdate=6 March 2014\|newspaper=Outlook India\|date=20 February 2014}}</ref>
			!style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Portrait

			! style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Term start
	== Delhi Assembly election, 2013 ==
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Term end
	{{main\|Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2013}}
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" \|Lok Sabha
	The 2013 Delhi state assembly elections were the party's first electoral contest. The Election Commission approved the symbol of a "broom" for use by the AAP in that campaign.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Aam Aadmi Party gets broom as election symbol\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/aam-aadmi-party-gets-broom-as-election-symbol/410942-37.html\|accessdate=2 August 2013\|publisher=IBN Live\|date=31 July 2013}}</ref> The party said that its candidates were honest and had been screened for potential criminal backgrounds.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/aap-picks-its-candidates-filmmaker-homemaker-and-loyalists-800919.html \|title=AAP picks candidates: Filmmaker, homemaker and loyalists \|first=Danish \|last=Raza \|date=21 May 2013 \|publisher=First Post \|accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> The AAP published its central manifesto on 20 November 2013, promising to implement the Jan Lokpal Bill within 15 days of coming to power.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-aap-promises-700-litres-of-free-water-cheap-power-jan-lokpal/435206-80-258.html \|title=Delhi: AAP promises 700 litres of free water, cheap power, Jan Lokpal \|publisher=IBN \|date=20 November 2013 \|accessdate=30 November 2013}}</ref>
			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|Constituency

			!Style="background-color:{{party color\|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white"\|State
	In November 2013, a ] conducted by Media Sarkar, alleged that several leaders of AAP, including ] and ] had agreed to extend their support to some people seeking assistance with land deals and other financial arrangements in return for donations in cash to AAP.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/DEL-sting-operation-controversial-political-career-shazia-ilmi-aam-aadmi-party-delhi-4441540-PHO.html \|publisher=Daily Bhaskar \|title=RECAP: The controversial political career of Shazia Ilmi \|date=22 November 2013 \|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref> Ilmi offered to withdraw her candidature as a result but the party refused to accept her offer, describing the footage as fabricated and a violation of the Model Code of Conduct.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aap-defends-shazia-ilmi-threatens-to-sue-media-sarkar-and-tv-channels/1198331/ \|title=AAP defends Shazia Ilmi, threatens to sue Media Sarkar and TV channels \|publisher=Indian Express \|date=23 November 2013 \|accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref> The Election Commission ordered an inquiry regarding the legitimacy of the video.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ec-begins-inquiry-into-sting-operation-against-aap-leaders/1/326154.html \|title=EC begins inquiry into sting operation against AAP leaders \|publisher=India Today \|date=22 November 2013 \|accessdate=30 November 2013}}</ref>
			\|-
			!rowspan=2\|1
			\|rowspan=2\|]
			\|rowspan=2\|]
			\|2014
			\|2019
			\|]
			\|rowspan=2\|]
			\|rowspan=4\|]
			\|-
			\|2019
			\|2022
			\|rowspan=2\|]
			\|-
			!2
			\|]
			\|]
			\|2023
			\|2024
			\|]
			\|-
			!3
			\|]
			\|]
			\|2024
			\|Incumbent
			\|]
			\|]
			\|}

			== Further reading ==
	AAP emerged as the second-largest party in Delhi winning 28 of the 70 Assembly seats; the ] as the single-largest party won 31 while its ally ] won 1, Indian National Congress won 8 and two were won by others.<ref></ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|title=Assembly Elections December 2013 Results \|accessdate=12 December 2013}}</ref> On 28 December 2013, the AAP formed a minority government in the hung Assembly, with what Sheila Dikshit describes as "not unconditional" support from Indian National Congress.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Fulfill promises, Sheila Dikshit tells Aam Aadmi Party \|agency=IANS \|publisher=NDTV \|date=23 December 2013 \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/fulfill-promises-sheila-dikshit-tells-aam-aadmi-party-462091?curl=1387819909 \|accessdate=23 December 2013}}</ref> Arvind Kejriwal became the second-youngest ].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Arvind Kejriwal becomes Delhi's youngest Chief Minister \|publisher=IBN \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-assembly-elections/Aam-Admi-Arvind-Kejriwal-takes-oath-as-Delhi-CM-vows-change-in-governance/articleshow/28047952.cms \|date=28 December 2013 \|accessdate=28 December 2013}}</ref>

			* '']'' is a 2017 Hindi/English Indian socio-political documentary co-produced and directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla and also co-produced by filmmaker ].<ref name="BS 2">{{cite news\|title='Ship of Theseus' team's next is 'Proposition for a Revolution'\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/ship-of-theseus-team-s-next-is-proposition-for-a-revolution-114033100286_1.html\|access-date=2 July 2014\|work=]\|date=31 March 2014\|author1-link=Indo-Asian News Service\|archive-date=10 January 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110134312/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/ship-of-theseus-team-s-next-is-proposition-for-a-revolution-114033100286_1.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FP 1">{{cite news\|title=After Ship of Theseus, Recyclewala Labs to make Proposition for a Revolution\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/after-ship-of-theseus-recyclewala-labs-to-make-proposition-for-a-revolution-1458995.html\|access-date=2 July 2014\|work=]\|date=31 March 2014\|author1-link=Indo-Asian News Service\|archive-date=26 October 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026233748/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/after-ship-of-theseus-recyclewala-labs-to-make-proposition-for-a-revolution-1458995.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> The documentary is about the rise of ] protests in India and the formation and rise to power of the Aam Aadmi Party.<ref name="The Hindu 1">{{cite news\|last1=Bhattacharya\|first1=Budhaditya\|title=Talking about a revolution\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/talking-about-a-revolution/article5931052.ece\|access-date=2 July 2014\|work=]\|date=20 April 2014\|archive-date=1 July 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701214352/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/talking-about-a-revolution/article5931052.ece\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	== Government of Delhi ==
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	After coming to power in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal announced reduction in electricity bills for up to 400 units, driven by subsidy. He also ordered an audit of power distribution companies. The AAP government also announced that the homes with metered connections will receive 20 kilolitres of free water per month, but will have to pay 10 per cent more if they exceed that limit. The government scrapped ] in multi-brand retail, thus preventing development by international businesses such as ] and ]. It established an anti-graft helpline for the citizens to report corrupt officials.<ref name="NDTV_five_2014">{{cite news \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cheat-sheet/one-month-of-arvind-kejriwal-s-government-five-hits-and-five-misses-476214 \|title=One month of Arvind Kejriwal's government: Five hits and five misses \|first=Deepshikha \|last=Ghosh \|publisher=NDTV \|date=28 January 2014 \|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref>
			* {{cite journal\|last=Shukla\|first=SP\|date=2013-02-16\|title=Myopia, Distortions and Blind Spots in the Vision Document of AAP\|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2013/07/commentary/myopia-distortions-and-blind-spots-vision-document-aap.html\|volume=48\|issue=7\|journal=]\|publisher=Sameeksha Trust\|access-date=2021-03-29\|archive-date=21 April 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421070701/https://www.epw.in/journal/2013/07/commentary/myopia-distortions-and-blind-spots-vision-document-aap.html\|url-status=live}}
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			== See also ==
	The government's plan to conduct ''Janata Durbar''s (public hearings with ministers) were abandoned due to mismanagement. ], an AAP ] was expelled after rebelling against the party.<ref name="NDTV_five_2014"/>
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	On 20 January 2014, Kejriwal and his ministers staged protests at ] against the ] Home Ministry. These came after his Law Minister, ], had been dissatisfied with the response from the Delhi police to allegations relating to a neighbourhood popular with immigrants from Uganda and Nigeria. Kejriwal was demanding that the police should come under direct control of the Delhi government and that officers who had refused to do as Bharti had requested should be suspended. He said that the protest will not hamper his work as he had brought along files and would carry on working from the venue of the protest.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Will work at sit-in, files are being delivered to me: Arvind Kejriwal\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/will-publisher-at-sit-in-files-are-being-delivered-to-me-arvind-kejriwal-473239?pfrom=home-lateststories\|accessdate=20 January 2014\|publisher=NDTV\|date=20 January 2014}}</ref> He later claimed that it was the first time in Indian political history that a ] had protested on the streets to raise his Government's demands for a fair inquiry. After two days, he ended his fast when the ], ], intervened by sending on leave two of the policemen involved and setting up a judicial enquiry.<ref>{{cite news\|title=It is people's victory, says Arvind Kejriwal \|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-21/news/46411239_1_arvind-kejriwal-aam-aadmi-party-aap-demands\|accessdate=21 January 2014\|publisher=The Economic Times\|date=21 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Arvind Kejriwal calls off sit-in that gridlocked Delhi, shocked Centre\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/arvind-kejriwal-calls-off-sit-in-that-gridlocked-delhi-shocked-centre-473818?pfrom=home-lateststories\|accessdate=21 January 2014\|publisher=NDTV\|date=21 January 2014}}</ref>
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	Also in January 2014, the party's office in ] was attacked by right-wing activists protesting against Prashant Bhushan, who has expressed a personal opinion against the ] in ] by talking of a referendum in that state to decide whether the people want the army to handle internal security. This caused the AAP to determine that its significant members would in future refrain from expressing opinions on anything that was not agreed by a broad consensus within the party.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-09/news/46030260_1_prashant-bhushan-aap-aam-aadmi-party \|title=After facing extreme reactions on Prashant Bhushan's AFSPA remark, AAP keeps silent \|date=9 January 2014 \|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>
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	Financial support for the party from ]s have halved while it has been in government, possibly reflecting disenchantment. It has also admitted that its systems may have significantly overstated members introduced through a nationwide recruitment campaign that was affected by hoaxers.<ref name="NDTV_five_2014"/>

	In February 2014, the AAP tried to introduce a Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly, However, Jung said that tabling the bill without his agreement would be "unconstitutional" because the correct procedures for introduction had not been followed. This view was supported by Congress and the BJP, and Jung advised the Assembly Speaker not to allow the tabling.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lt-governor-najeeb-jung-advises-speaker-not-to-allow-tabling-of-jan-lokpal-bill-1962022 \|title=Lt Governor Najeeb Jung advises Speaker not to allow tabling of Jan Lokpal Bill \|date=14 February 2014 \|newspaper=DNA }}</ref> The AAP government stated that it was following all the procedures, and tried to table the bill. When BJP and INC blocked the introduction of the bill, the AAP government resigned. Kejriwal alleged that there was a nexus among Congress, BJP and the industrialist ], and the two parties had "ganged up" against AAP after it filed an ] against Ambani.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/arvind-kejriwal-quits-over-jan-lokpal/article5688528.ece \|title=Arvind Kejriwal quits over Jan Lokpal \|first1=Mohammad \|last1=Ali \|first2=Vishal \|last2=Kant \|first3=Sowmiya \|last3=Ashok \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=15 February 2014 }}</ref>

	== General election, 2014 ==
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	The party announced in December 2013 that it intended to contest seats in the ], including all those in ], ], ],<ref name="IndExp20140105">{{cite news \|title=AAP gears for Lok Sabha polls, to contest all seats in Gujarat, Haryana\|publisher=Indian Express Portal \|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/aap-gears-for-lok-sabha-polls-to-contest-all-seats-in-gujarat-haryana/1215513/0 \|date=28 December 2013 \|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref> ]<ref>{{cite news \|title=AAP to contest all Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra: Anjali Damania \|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-08/news/45991566_1_anjali-damania-aap-ticket-maharashtra \|date=8 January 2014 \|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite news \|title=AAP to contest all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/aap-to-contest-all-39-lok-sabha-seats-in-tamil-nadu-473025 \|date=19 January 2014 \|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref> It has recognised that its support is based primarily in urban areas and that different strategies may be required for regions such as ] where ]-based politics are the norm.<ref name="IndExp20140105" /> By 3 April 2014, 426 AAP candidates had been announced but the party was signalling caution regarding success, pointing out that its funding was limited and that there was too much demand for local visits from key figures such as Kejriwal. The strategy was to field a lot of candidates to maximise the likelihood that it would achieve official recognition by the ECI as a national party, rather than being classified as a state-level party.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Aam Aadmi Party seeks national role, names 426 candidates \|first=Brajesh \|last=Kumar \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/state-of-the-states/with-426-names-aap-leads-list-race/article1-1203578.aspx \|date=3 April 2014 \|accessdate=10 April 2014}}</ref>

	== How the Aam Aadmi Party Lost Its Way ==
	Prakash Singh/Agence France-Presse Getty ImagesArvind Kejriwal, former chief minister of Delhi, addressing the media at the venue of his sit-in protest in New Delhi on January 21.

	NEW DELHI One morning last December, I traveled from my house to Ramlila Maidan, a sprawling area in central Delhi, where Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, was to be inaugurated as the citys new chief minister.

	The enthusiasm at political rallies in India often feels choreographed, with thousands of participants, enticed by some minor reward, ferried in by the truckload. But the energy at Mr. Kejriwals inauguration felt spontaneous and organic. An estimated 100,000 people reached Ramlila Maidan by their own means.

	At Ramlila Maidan, I met Ishrat Ali, who had run from a constituency in East Delhi on an Aam Aadmi Party ticket and lost. Mr. Ali, heeding Mr. Kejriwals call to shun the culture of the citys political elite, had joined the rally as an ordinary citizen. Mr. Kejriwal himself traveled to his inauguration by subway.

	It was an exhilaratingly motley crowd, with supporters who came from beyond Delhi decrepit satellite towns like Faridabad and Meerut as well as citizens from the capitals prosperous, middle-class neighborhoods. I met a man who said he was a military officer. He was articulate and well spoken, but was reluctant to share his name. I am not allowed to support a political party, he said. But I am here because in every defense deal, there is corruption.

	Mr. Kejriwal gave a rousing speech after being sworn in. We have proved that elections can be fought and won with honest means, he said, to huge cheers, in the same place where his mentor, Anna Hazare, had led a popular anticorruption protest more than two years ago. At Mr. Kejriwals inauguration, there were joy and relief that after years of struggle, a substantial victory had been achieved.

	In the early days of Mr. Kejriwals time as chief minister, the Aam Aadmi Partys popularity, especially in urban areas across India, was beginning to rival that of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. Many political analysts thought the Aam Aadmi Party could win anywhere between 30 and 50 seats in the national elections, thereby emerging as Indias third-largest party and stalling the surge in favor of Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Partys prime ministerial candidate.

	Less than four months later, a series of strategic mistakes have belied those expectations and arrested what, at one point, seemed the Aam Aadmi Partys irresistible momentum. Most opinion polls now project fewer than 10 seats for the Aam Aadmi Party.

	Mr. Kejriwal lasted all of seven weeks as Delhis chief minister. It is difficult to know what to make of the Aam Aadmi Partys spell in office. Much of that seemed defined by an unseemly haste and a lack of deliberation.

	As if it was exhilarated by its unexpected ascent to office, every move of Mr. Kejriwals government appeared to be geared toward making a larger imprint in the 2014 national election. It conveyed the impression of a government perennially distracted by the clamor around it, and employed wholly in the service of short-term strategic aims. In pursuit of maximizing its advantage, Mr. Kejriwals government began to increasingly employ confrontation as a modus operandi.

	In late January, barely a month after taking office, Mr. Kejriwal staged an extraordinary sit-in on the streets of central Delhi after Indias Home Ministry, which controls Delhis police force, refused his request for the suspension of a few police officials. The drama, which lasted two days and included Mr. Kejriwals sleeping on the pavement in the harsh winter, earned the Aam Aadmi Party stinging criticism from the press.

	The party had ridden to power in Delhi by building a successful cross-class coalition. To add to its core constituency of the urban working classes and the lower middle class, the party had proved successful in attracting the citys wealthy and influential upper middle class into its fold.

	In the aftermath of Mr. Kejriwals sit-in, a large section of the upper and middle classes, fatigued with agitation politics and stalled governance, began to be disenchanted with the Aam Aadmi Party.

	France-Presse Getty ImagesArvind Kejriwal, center, Aam Aadmi Partys official candidate from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency, with supporters on the banks of River Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on March 25.

	The support of the upper middle class was significant to the partys prospects in a deeper way than merely the votes it brought. The partys Delhi campaign had been entirely propped up by this class. But after Mr. Kejriwals sit-in, funding from the upper middle class began to dry up.

	The extent of upper-middle-class disappointment with the Aam Aadmi Party can be gauged from the fact that the party, which had set itself the goal of raising a billion rupees, or $17 million, for the general elections, has been able to raise only about one-fifth of that amount.

	The Aam Aadmi Partys minuscule resources have been allied with quixotic ambition. Its funding target of a billion rupees was derived from a plan to contest about 100 seats in the national elections. That seemed a sensible approach for a party with only a nascent grass-roots organization beyond Delhi and few prominent leaders apart from Mr. Kejriwal.

	Instead, the Aam Aadmi Party has scaled its target unrealistically upward and is now contesting 424 seats, more than either the governing Indian National Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party. Unlike its shrewd campaign in the Delhi election last year, its decision to contest such a large number of seats has prevented the party from pooling its resources in constituencies where it has a stronger chance of competing.

	What has followed is a scattered campaign, in which most candidates have been left to fend for themselves. Mr. Kejriwal, perhaps the partys only leader with mass appeal, has not spent enough time campaigning in any one region to make a substantial impact. He has made short, much-publicized trips to the states of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, but the partys lack of clear strategy has meant that he has, in a sense, been everywhere and nowhere.

	Belatedly, during the last couple of weeks, after realizing its core base was weakening, the party decided to refocus its organizational energies on Delhi and its surrounding regions. But the move may have come a little too late: The partys campaign in the capital has been flat, and it may end up paying a heavy price for ignoring its primary base in pursuit of its national ambition.

	There may be another reason behind the sharp fall in enthusiasm among Delhis voters for the party they embraced with such passion only a few months ago: Mr. Kejriwals decision to stand for election in a constituency outside the capital.

	In late March, Mr. Kejriwal announced that he would run directly against Mr. Modi from Varanasi, one of Indias holiest cities, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Though Mr. Kejriwals decision may pay long-term dividends, pitting him as the main national challenger to Mr. Modi, there is a feeling among Delhis voters of having been deserted by the man they recently elected as their chief minister.

	For many, Mr. Kejriwals decision to run from Varanasi reveals something of the dilettante and confirms accusations from political rivals that he is essentially a maverick. There exists a possibility that the Aam Aadmi Party may even suffer losses within the New Delhi constituency, from which Mr. Kejriwal was elected barely five months ago.

	Among political observers, there is a sense that the 2014 national elections were always going to prove too early for the Aam Aadmi Party.

	Provided it doesnt make too many mistakes, the party still has a promising future. If Mr. Modi comes to power, as most poll projections state, his tenure as prime minister is likely to be divisive, creating as many winners as losers, while, once out of power, the Congress party is expected to weaken further. These conditions provide fertile ground for the Aam Aadmi Party to expand further, and it can aim to be a major force in time for 2019.

			==Notes==
	But the Aam Aadmi Party may regret its failure to seize the opportunity to make a larger imprint in this election. A series of strategic errors cost the party momentum, and its national campaign was diminished by recklessness, an absence of clear strategy and overweening ambition.
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	== Jan Lokpal Bill an alibi for Aam Aadmi Party to run away from government ==
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	NEW DELHI: Congress today attacked Arvind Kejriwal for his statement that AAP should not have quit the government in Delhi in a hurry, saying the party made the non-passage of Jan Lokpal Bill an alibi to "run away".

	Congress General Secretary Shakeel Ahmed told reporters that Aam Aadmi Party coming to power was a fluke as Congress had "rightly decided" to support them to form the government knowing fully well that they could not implement the promises made to the people. He said Kejriwal and his team quit Delhi government as they had national ambitions and therefore they made the non-passage of Jan Lokpal Bill an alibi to "run away".

	Ahmed said his party supported AAP in forming government as it could not support the BJP. He said the so called big leaders in AAP pressurized Kejriwal to quit the Delhi government as Lok Sabha polls were nearing and they had national ambitions. The remarks of Ahmed, who is in-charge of party affairs in Delhi, came close on the heels of an interview by Kejriwal to suggest that the AAP made mistake to assume that the people will celebrate "our decision to quit on principle." He said the statement would not break the ice with the people of Delhi, which could go for Assembly polls anytime.

	"We should not have quit government the same day BJP and Congress blocked the passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill. We should have waited for a few days, held public meetings to explain the rationale behind our decision. "We quit suddenly and people could not understand why we did it. It was perceived negatively. We made a mistake on the communication front and we'll have to be more careful in future," Kejriwal had said.

	== Our enemies are corruption, price rise and communalism': Aam Aadmi Party==
	ALLAHABAD: In a bid to attract people of Sangam city, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took out its first road show in the city's south assembly segment on Friday.

	The road show, led by party candidate from Allahabad parliamentary seat, Adarsh Shastri and district convener, Anjani Kumar Mishra started at Rambagh labour crossing and concluding at Atala.

	AAP, district convener, Anjani Kumar Mishra said, "motive of the road show was to create public awareness and appealing them to know the power of common man." He added that the road show has received an overwhelming response and people came out to support the movement started by party's national convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

	He added that people of the country were fed up with corruption and price rise and AAP is the only party that could bring hope for the common man. Volunteers of the party appealed to the masses to reach a common platform and show unity.

	"Our enemies are corruption, price rise, and communalism," said the volunteers. The road show has covered various areas in the city's south assembly seat which is politically significant for Allahabad parliamentary seat.

	"State is dominated by caste and religion politics and we want to replace it with politics of development," said a leader adding "we are uniting the countrymen to fight against corruption and price rise," he added.

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Political party in India

Indian political party

Aam Aadmi Party

Abbreviation	AAP
Leader	Arvind Kejriwal
Spokesperson	Saurabh Bhardwaj and others
Lok Sabha Leader	Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
Rajya Sabha Leader	Sanjay Singh
Founder	Arvind Kejriwal and others
Founded	26 November 2012; 12 years, 36 days ago
Headquarters	206, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, New Delhi, Delhi India-110002
Student wing	Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS)
Youth wing	AAP Youth Wing (AYW)
Women's wing	AAP Mahila Shakti (AMS)
Labour wing	Shramik Vikas Sangathan (SVS)
Membership	10.05 million (2014)
Ideology	Welfarism Indian nationalism Populism
Political position	Centre to Centre-left
Colours	Blue
ECI Status	National Party
Alliance	I.N.D.I.A. (national) (2023–present) United Opposition Forum (Assam) Maha Vikas Aghadi (Maharashtra)
Seats in Lok Sabha	3 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	10 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies	159 / 4,036List 62 / 70(Delhi) 92 / 117(Punjab) 2 / 40(Goa) 4 / 182(Gujarat) 1 / 90(Jammu and Kashmir)
Number of states and union territories in government	3 / 31
Election symbol

Party flag

Website
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The Aam Aadmi Party (transl. Common Man's Party; abbr. AAP) is a political party in India. It was founded on 26 November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions, following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement against then Indian government of Indian National Congress. The AAP is currently the governing party in the Indian state of Punjab and the union territory of Delhi. On 10 April 2023, the AAP was officially granted the status of national party by the ECI. The party's election symbol is a broom. The party is currently part of the coalition I.N.D.I.A. Recently, popular UPSC educator Awadh Ojha joined the AAP.

The party came into existence following a difference of opinion between Kejriwal and activist Anna Hazare regarding the incorporation of electoral politics into the popular 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, which had been demanding a Jan Lokpal Bill since 2011. Hazare preferred the movement should remain politically unaligned, whereas Kejriwal felt the failure of the agitation route necessitated changes in the government's representation itself. On 3 December 2015, the Jan Lokpal Bill was passed by the AAP government with a majority in the Delhi legislative assembly.

Making its electoral debut in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, the AAP emerged as the second-largest party and managed to form the government with support from INC members of the assembly. Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi, but his government resigned 49 days after he could not pass the Jan Lokpal Bill in the assembly, because of the lack of support from the INC. After the President's rule in Delhi, in the following 2015 elections, the AAP won 67 of the 70 seats in the assembly and Kejriwal was again sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi. In the subsequent 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, AAP was re-elected as the governing party after winning 62 seats out of 70.

Outside Delhi, the AAP cemented its popularity when it emerged as the principal opposition party in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election after securing 20 seats. Later, in the subsequent 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, AAP was elected as the main governing party after winning 92 seats. Following this, its member Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab. In December 2022, the party emerged as the third front in the politics of Gujarat after 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. It secured 12.92% of the votes polled and five seats in the Assembly. Apart from Gujarat, AAP is also accorded the status of state party in Goa.

In the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, AAP opened its account in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) by winning of Mehraj Malik of AAP from Doda Assembly constituency seat in Jammu region by a margin of 4538 votes, making him the first AAP MLA of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory).

History

Formation

Massive anti-corruption protests and strikes in 2011 were initiated by a well known social activist Anna Hazare in response to exposure of unprecedented financial scams and corruption by erstwhile UPA government. The aim was to press the government to enact a strong and effective Lokpal (Federal Ombudsman) through a Jan Lokpal Bill. Hazare was supported by a clutch of activists and professionals which became popularly known as Team Anna. Team Anna also included a civil-servant turned activist Arvind Kejriwal. Hazare had wanted to keep the movement politically neutral but Kejriwal considered that direct involvement in politics was necessary because attempts to obtain progress regarding the Jan Lokpal Bill through talks with existing political parties had, in his opinion, achieved nothing. A survey conducted on a Facebook page that purported to be operated by India Against Corruption and other social networking services had indicated that there was wide support for politicisation. Hazare rejected the poll, saying "elections require huge funds, which will be tough for activists to organise without compromising on their values". He also said it would be difficult to ensure that candidates are not corrupted once elected. Hazare and Kejriwal agreed on 19 September 2012 that their differences regarding a role in politics were irreconcilable. Kejriwal had support from some anti-corruption movement activists, such as Prashant Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan, but was opposed by others such as Kiran Bedi and Santosh Hegde. On 2 October, Kejriwal announced that he was forming a political party and that he intended the formal launch to be on 26 November, coinciding with the anniversary of India's adoption of its Constitution in 1949.

The party's name reflects the phrase Aam Aadmi (transl. common man), whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent. A party constitution was adopted on 24 November 2012, when a National Council comprising 320 people and a National Executive of 23 were also formed. Both the Council and the Executive were expected to have more members in due course, with the intention being that all districts and all classes of people would have a voice. Various committees were proposed to be formed to draft proposals for adoption by the party in a process that was expected to take several months. Although one aim was to limit nepotism, there were complaints at this initial meeting that the selection of people invited to attend was itself an example of such practices. The party was formally launched in Delhi on 26 November and in March 2013, it was registered as a political party by the Election Commission of India.

Funding

On 26 November 2012, the formal launch day of the AAP, former law minister Shanti Bhushan donated ₹10 million (US$120,000) to the party. Prashant Bhushan, his son, was a member of the party's National Executive Committee. The party raised ₹20 crore (US$2.3 million) by November 2013 and received ₹18 crore (US$2.1 million) in 2015 assembly polls.

Initial period

On 18 May 2013, a group of Indian Americans from 20 different cities in the US held a convention in Chicago and extended support to the AAP. The convention was attended by two AAP leaders, Kumar Vishwas and Yogendra Yadav, and Kejriwal addressed it via video conferencing. Aruna Roy and Medha Patkar, who had differences with Kejriwal on certain issues, supported him after his 15-day fast against inflated electricity bills.

On 22 March 2014, the Janata Dal (Secular) party of Delhi announced it would merge with the Aam Aadmi Party, citing Kejriwal's tenure as Chief Minister of Delhi.

Two of the founders of the party, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, left the Aam Aadmi Party and formed Swaraj Abhiyan.

Protests

On 23 March 2013, Kejriwal began an indefinite fast in an attempt to mobilise people against inflated power and electricity bills at a house in Sundar Nagri, a low-income group resettlement colony in North-East Delhi. During the protest, he urged Delhi citizens not to pay "inflated" water and electricity bills. The AAP also demanded an audit of power and electricity supply in Delhi by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, something that was also supported by civil society groups like the National Alliance of People's Movement (NAPM). The AAP claimed that the protest gathered support from 100,000 people in Delhi on a single day and more than 300,000 people up to 28 March 2013. Anna Hazare urged Kejriwal to end the fast on 29 March and he did so on 6 April.

On 10 June 2013, Kejriwal supported agitation by Delhi auto rickshaw drivers, who were protesting the Delhi government's ban on advertisements on auto rickshaws. Kejriwal claimed the government's ban was because the drivers supported his party and carried AAP's advertisements on their vehicles. He said that the AAP would put 10,000 advertisements on auto rickshaws as a protest. In retrospect, after Kejriwal had been elected and then resigned his position, a union representing the drivers expressed dissatisfaction, saying: "Arvind Kejriwal, who had won the elections because of the support of the auto drivers, has betrayed them by not fulfilling any of the promises made before the elections".

On 22 April 2015, the AAP organised a rally in Delhi against a land acquisition bill.

Ideology

At the time of formation, the AAP said that the promise of equality and justice that forms a part of the Constitution of India and of its preamble has not been fulfilled and that the Independence of India has replaced enslavement to an oppressive foreign power with that to a political elite. It claimed that the common people of India remain unheard and unseen except when it suits politicians. The AAP's goal is to reverse the way that government accountability operates, and the party takes an interpretation of the Gandhian socialist concept of swaraj as a tenet. It believes that through swaraj, the government will be directly accountable to the people instead of higher officials. The swaraj model lays stress on self-governance, community building, and decentralization.

Kejriwal has stated that the AAP refuses to be guided by ideologies and that they are entering politics to change the system, saying, "We are common men. If we find our solution in the left, we are happy to borrow it from there. If we find our solution in the right, we are happy to borrow it from there." Kejriwal has put forward 3 pillars of Aam Aadmi Party's core ideology: staunch patriotism, staunch honesty and humanity.

The party advocates scrapping Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and legalizing both homosexuality and same-sex marriage. The party is also regarded as being populist, and centrist.

During AAP government's tenure, Delhi has replaced Bengaluru as the start-up capital of India. The AAP government has facilitated various start-up policies in Delhi from time to time during its tenure.

Organisation

The party leadership consists of the following bodies:

National Convener: Arvind Kejriwal
National Secretary: Pankaj Gupta
National Treasurer: Narain Dass Gupta

Political Affairs Committee

Political Affairs Committee is the highest decision-making body of the party. The current member of the PAC are Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Gopal Rai, Atishi, Imran Hussain, Durgesh Pathak, Raghav Chadha and Rakhi Bidlan. Pankaj Kr Gupta (National Secretary) and Narain Dass Gupta (National Treasurer) are the ex officio members of the PAC.

National Executive Committee

The party's National Executive Committee had 34 members in 2022.

State Leadership

The AAP has state wings in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Punjab, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

State/UT	State President	State General Secretary	State Incharge	National Joint Secretary	State Co-incharge
Andhra Pradesh	Mani Naidu
Arunachal Pradesh	Yamra Taya	Toko Nikam	Rajesh Sharma
Assam	Manoj Dhanowar		Rajesh Sharma	Dr. Bhaben Choudhury
Bihar
Chhattisgarh	Komal Hupendi		Sanjeev Jha		Amolak Singh, Amritpal Singh Sukhanand
Goa	Amit Palekar
Gujarat	Isudan Gadhvi
Haryana	Sushil Gupta
Himachal Pradesh	Surjeet Singh Thakur
Jharkhand	Dr. Ajay Kumar singh
Karnataka	H. N. Chandrashekhar
Kerala	Adv. Vinod Wilson Mathew
Madhya Pradesh	Rani Agrawal				Rajnish Kumar Dahiya, Jagtar Singh Diyalpura
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram	Andrew Lalremkima Pachuau		Rajesh Sharma
Nagaland	Asu Keyho		Rajesh Sharma
Odisha	Nishikanta Mohapatra		Sandeep Pathak
Punjab	Aman Arora
Rajasthan	Naveen Paliwal		Vinay Mishra
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarkhand	Deepak Bali		Dinesh Mohaniya
West Bengal			Sanjoy Basu
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Lakshadweep
Delhi	Gopal Rai
Jammu and Kashmir
Ladakh
Puducherry

Electoral performance

Main article: Electoral performance of Aam Aadmi Party

General election results

Election Year	Lok Sabha	Leader	Seats contested	Seats won	+/- seats	Overall Votes	Percentage of votes	+/- Vote
2014	16th	Arvind Kejriwal	432	4 / 543	New	11,325,635	2.1%	New
2019	17th		35	1 / 543	3	2,716,629	0.4%	1.7%
2024	18th		22	3 / 543	2	7,147,800	1.11%	0.71

State assembly elections

Election Year	Leader	seats contested	seats won	+/- in seats	Overall votes	% of overall votes	+/- in vote share	Sitting side
Assam Legislative Assembly
2026 (debut)			0 / 126
Bihar Legislative Assembly
2025 (debut)			0 / 243
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2018 (debut)		85	0 / 90		123,525	0.87
2023	Komal Hupendi	57	0 / 90		144,710	0.93	0.06
Delhi Legislative Assembly
2013 (debut)	Arvind Kejriwal	69	28 / 70		2,322,330	29.49		Right (Government)
2015		69	67 / 70	39	4,838,397	54.3	24.8	Right (Government)
2020		70	62 / 70	5	4,974,522	53.57	0.73	Right (Government)
2025		70	0 / 70					Right (Government)
Goa Legislative Assembly
2017 (debut)		39	0 / 40		57,420	6.3
2022	Amit Palekar	39	2 / 40	2	64,354	6.77	0.5	Left (Opposition)
Gujarat Legislative Assembly
2017 (debut)		29	0 / 182		29,509	0.10
2022	Isudan Gadhvi	180	5 / 182	5	4,112,055	12.92	12.82	Left (Opposition)
Haryana Legislative Assembly
2019 (debut)		46	0 / 90		59,839	0.48
2024	Sushil Gupta	88	0 / 90			1.79	1.31
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2022 (debut)	Surjeet Singh Thakur	67	0 / 68		46,270	1.10
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
2024 (debut)	Mehraj Malik	7	1 / 90	1	29,733	0.52	0.52
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2019 (debut)		26	0 / 81		35,252	0.23
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
2018 (debut)		28	0 / 224		23,468	0.06
2023	Prithvi Reddy	209	0 / 224		225,869	0.58	0.42
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2018 (debut)	Alok Agrawal	208	0 / 230		253,106	0.66
2023	Rani Agrawal	69	0 / 230		233,458	0.54	0.12
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
2019 (debut)		24	0 / 288		57,855	0.10
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
2018 (debut)		6	0 / 60		1,410	0.09
Mizoram Legislative Assembly
2023 (debut)	Andrew Lalremkima	4	0 / 40		915	0.09
Nagaland Legislative Assembly
2018 (debut)		3	0 / 60		7,491	0.75
Odisha Legislative Assembly
2019 (debut)		15	0 / 147		14,916	0.06
2024	Nishikanta Mohapatra	TBD	0 / 147		42,281	0.17	0.11
Punjab Legislative Assembly
2017 (debut)	Gurpreet Ghuggi	112	20 / 117		3,662,665	23.7		Left (Main Opposition)
2022	Bhagwant Mann	117	92 / 117	72	6,538,783	42.01	18.3	Right (Government)
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
2018 (debut)		142	0 / 200		136,345	0.38
2023	Naveen Paliwal	85	0 / 200		148,709	0.38
Telangana Legislative Assembly
2018 (debut)		41	0 / 119		13,134	0.06
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
2022 (debut)	Ajay Kothiyal	70	0 / 70		178,134	3.31
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2022 (debut)	Sanjay Singh	349	0 / 403		347,187	0.38

Municipal corporation election results

Year	Municipal Corporation	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Percentage of votes	Vote swing
Assam
2022	Guwahati	39	1 / 60	1	10.69
Chandigarh
2021	Chandigarh	35	14 / 35	14	27.08
Delhi
2017	North Delhi	104	21 / 104	21	27.88
	South Delhi	104	16 / 104	16	26.44
	East Delhi	64	12 / 64	12	23.40
2022	Delhi	250	134 / 250	85	42.05	15.82
Gujarat
2021	Surat	120	27 / 120	27	28.47
2021	Gandhinagar	40	1 / 44	1	21.77
Madhya Pradesh
2022	Singrauli		5 / 45
Punjab
2018	Amritsar	85	9 / 85	9
2018	Ludhiana	95	1 / 95	1
2021	Batala	51	4 / 51	4
2021	Moga	50	8 / 50	8
Uttar Pradesh
2023	Ayodhya	60	1 / 60	1
2023	Firozabad	70	1 / 70	1
2023	Ghaziabad	100	3 / 100	3
2023	Jhansi	60	1 / 60	1
2023	Kanpur	110	1 / 110	1

Delhi Assembly election, 2013

Main article: 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

The 2013 Delhi state assembly elections were the party's first electoral contest. The Election Commission approved the symbol of a broom for use by the AAP in that campaign. The party said that its candidates were honest and had been screened for potential criminal backgrounds. It published its central manifesto on 20 November 2013, promising to implement the Jan Lokpal Bill within 15 days of coming to power.

In November 2013, a sting operation conducted by Media Sarkar alleged that several leaders of the AAP, including Kumar Vishwas and Shazia Ilmi, had agreed to extend their support to some people seeking assistance with land deals and other financial arrangements in return for donations in cash to the AAP. Ilmi offered to withdraw her candidature as a result, but the party refused to accept her offer, describing the footage as fabricated and a violation of the Model Code of Conduct. The Election Commission ordered an inquiry regarding the legitimacy of the video.

The AAP emerged as the second-largest party in Delhi, winning 28 of the 70 Assembly seats; the Bharatiya Janata Party, as the largest party, won 31, while its ally Shiromani Akali Dal, won 1; Indian National Congress won 8, and two were won by others. On 28 December 2013, the AAP formed a minority government in the hung Assembly, with what Sheila Dikshit describes as "not unconditional" support from Indian National Congress. Kejriwal became the second-youngest Chief Minister of Delhi. As a result of the Delhi elections, the AAP became a recognised state party in Delhi.

General election, 2014

Main article: 2014 Indian general election

The AAP fielded 434 candidates in the 2014 Indian general election, in which it did not expect to do well. It recognised that its support was based primarily in urban areas and that different strategies might be required for different regions of the country. The party pointed out that its funding was limited and that there were too many demands for local visits from Kejriwal. The intention was to field candidates in large numbers to maximise the likelihood of recognition as a national party by the Election Commission. The outcome was that four AAP candidates won, all from Punjab. Consequently, the AAP became a recognised state party in Punjab. The party obtained 2% of all votes cast nationwide and 414 of its candidates forfeited their deposit by failing to secure one-sixth of the vote in their constituencies. Although the party secured 32.9 per cent of the votes in Delhi, it failed to win any seats there.

AAP convenor, Arvind Kejriwal fought from Varanasi against BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, but lost by a margin of 371,784 (20.30%) votes and came second ahead of BSP, Congress, SP.

Immediately after the elections, Shazia Ilmi (PAC member) resigned from the party. The National Executive member Yogendra Yadav in a letter to his party members criticised Kejriwal's style of leadership.

After the National Executive meeting on 8 June, the party and Kejriwal acknowledged these differences and announced the launch of "Mission Vistar" (Mission Expand), to include more people in local as well as national decision making.

Delhi Assembly election, 2015

Main article: 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

Vote Share of different parties in the 2015 Delhi election.

Aam Aadmi Party (53.4%) BJP (32.2%) INC (9.7%) BSP (1.3%) INLD (0.6%) Independents (0.5%) SAD (0.5%) NOTA (0.4%) Other (1.4%)

The Delhi state assembly elections for the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi were held on 7 February 2015, as declared by the Election Commission of India. The Aam Aadmi Party scored a landslide victory by winning a majority of 67 of the 70 seats. The BJP was able to win 3 seats and the Congress party saw all its candidates lose. Kejriwal became the Chief Minister for the second time. The AAP had started campaigning in Delhi in November 2014 and declared candidates for all 70 seats.

During the campaign, Kejriwal claimed that the BJP had been trying to bribe AAP volunteers. He asked Delhi voters to not deny the bribes offered to them. He suggested that voters should accept the bribe from others and yet vote for AAP through the secret ballot in the election. The situation caused the Election Commission of India to instruct Kejriwal to desist from breaking laws governing the model code of conduct for elections in India, but the Delhi court then allowed Kejriwal to challenge this.

The President's Rule was subsequently rescinded and Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi with six cabinet ministers (Manish Sisodia, Asim Ahmed Khan, Sandeep Kumar, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, and Jitender Singh Tomar).

Major differences surfaced within the party leadership soon after its victory. It created deep fissures between the founding members who had together championed the anti-corruption movement. Problems emerged in February 2015 when Yogendra Yadav and Prashanth Bhushan wrote a joint letter to the National Executive, highlighting Kejriwal's tendency to unilateral decision-making, which they alleged had compromised the party's core principle of Swaraj. After continued allegations, counter-allegations and several failed attempts at reconciliation between the two sides, Yadav and Bhushan were first removed from the PAC and later from the National Executive after the party's National Council passed a resolution to expel them for their alleged anti-party activities. Party leaders refuted accusations made by Yadav and Bhushan at the meeting that the party was murdering democracy and resorting to intimidation. In April 2015, Yadav, Bhushan, Anand Kumar, and Ajit Jha were removed from the party.

Assembly elections, 2017

For the first time, the AAP contested the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election and 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. In Goa the AAP could not win any seat, and 38 out of 39 candidates failed to save their security deposits.

For the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, the Lok Insaaf Party allied with the AAP. This alliance was called the AAP Alliance and was represented on news channels as AAP+. It won 22 seats in total, two of which were won by the Lok Insaaf Party and the other twenty by the AAP.

General election, 2019

Main article: 2019 Indian general election

Unlike the 2014 Indian general election, the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the party decided to contest elections on limited seats of some of the states and all the seats in Delhi, Goa, and Punjab. In the state of Haryana, the AAP formed an alliance with Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janata Party to contest three Lok Sabha constituencies. The PAC also decided to support and campaign for CPI (M) in Kerala. The party also fielded its first transgender candidate from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. The AAP won only 1 constituency of Sangrur.

Delhi Assembly election, 2020

Vote Share of major political parties in Delhi Assembly Election 2020

AAP (53.57%) BJP (38.51%) INC (4.26%) NOTA (0.46%) Others (3.2%)

Voting for the Delhi Assembly elections took place on 8 February 2020, following vehement campaigns run by the major political parties contesting the election. The counting of votes and subsequent announcement of results happened on 11 February.

The Aam Aadmi Party retained the government as the party won 62 out of 70 seats. Arvind Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi for the third consecutive time. The party's vote share was 53.5%, according to the results.

2021 Chandigarh elections

The AAP contested in 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election for the first time, won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 elected seats. Sitting mayor Ravi Kant Sharma from BJP lost his seat to AAP candidate Damanpreet Singh. In ward number 21, former mayor and BJP candidate Davesh Moudgil was defeated by AAP's Jasbir.

Assembly elections in 2022

In January 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting six state elections in 2022. The six states were Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, and Punjab. The party won a landslide victory in Punjab, defeating the incumbent Congress government of Charanjit Singh Channi, and state party convener Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the new CM. The party also gained two seats in Goa and five seats in Gujarat.

List of State Governments from AAP

NCT of Delhi

Assembly	Chief Minister	Ministry	Deputy Chief Minister	Tenure
5th	Arvind Kejriwal	Kejriwal I	Vacant	28 December 2013	14 February 2014	48 days
6th		Kejriwal II	Manish Sisodia (till 28 Feb 2023)	14 February 2015	15 February 2020	5 years, 1 day
7th		Kejriwal III	Manish Sisodia (till 28 Feb 2023)	16 February 2020	21 September 2024	4 years, 218 days
		Kejriwal III	Vacant (since 28 Feb 2023)	16 February 2020	21 September 2024	4 years, 218 days
	Atishi	Atishi ministry	Vacant (since 28 Feb 2023)	21 September 2024	Incumbent	102 days

Punjab

Assembly	Chief Minister	Ministry	Tenure
16th	Bhagwant Mann	Mann I	16 March 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 291 days

List of MPs from AAP

Rajya Sabha

Main article: List of Rajya Sabha members from the Aam Aadmi Party

State	Name	Term start	Term end
Delhi	Sushil Kumar Gupta	28 January 2018	27 January 2024
	Sanjay Singh	28 January 2018	27 January 2024
	Sanjay Singh	28 January 2024	27 January 2030
	N. D. Gupta	28 January 2018	27 January 2024
	N. D. Gupta	28 January 2024	27 January 2030
	Swati Maliwal	28 January 2024	27 January 2030
Punjab	Harbhajan Singh	10 April 2022	9 April 2028
	Raghav Chadha	10 April 2022	9 April 2028
	Sandeep Pathak	10 April 2022	9 April 2028
	Ashok Mittal	10 April 2022	9 April 2028
	Sanjeev Arora	10 April 2022	9 April 2028
	Balbir Singh Seechewal	5 July 2022	4 July 2028
	Vikramjit Singh Sahney	5 July 2022	4 July 2028

Leader of AAP in Rajya Sabha

Name	Portrait	Term start	Term end	State	Deputy Leader	State
Sanjay Singh		28 January 2018	Incumbent	Delhi	N. D. Gupta (2018-Incumbent)	Delhi

Lok Sabha

State	Lok sabha	Constituency	Name	Election
Punjab	16th	Sangrur	Bhagwant Mann	2014
		Fatehgarh Sahib (SC)	Harinder Singh Khalsa
		Faridkot (SC)	Sadhu Singh
		Patiala	Dharamvir Gandhi
	17th	Sangrur	Bhagwant Mann	2019
	17th	Jalandhar	Sushil Kumar Rinku	2023 (by poll)
	18th	Sangrur	Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer	2024
		Hoshiarpur	Raj Kumar Chabbewal
		Anandpur Sahib	Malvinder Singh Kang

Leader of AAP in Lok Sabha

S. No.	Name	Term start	Term end	Lok Sabha	Constituency	State
1	Bhagwant Mann	2014	2019	16th	Sangrur	Punjab
1	Bhagwant Mann	2019	2022	17th	Sangrur
2	Sushil Kumar Rinku	2023	2024	17th	Jalandhar
3	Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer	2024	Incumbent	18th	Sangrur

Notes

The Election Commission of India gazetted the AAP as a "registered unrecognised party" on 9 April 2013.

Joined BJP in 2024

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