The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has suffered a massive jolt in the recently-held Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh with all its candidates losing their deposit.
The party, led by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, tried its luck for the first time in Chhattisgarh polls and fielded candidates from as many as 85 seats, out of the total 90 seats in the state.
In its bid to woo tribal communities, particularly in Bastar division, the party had declared Komal Hupendi, who contested from Scheduled Tribe (ST) reserved Bhanupratappur seat, as its chief ministerial face.
However, all candidates of the AAP, including Hupendi who got 9,634 votes, lost their deposits.
The party bagged only 0.9 per cent votes, less than the NOTA votes, which were two per cent of the counted votes in the state, he said.
AAP's state convener, Sanket Thakur, who contested from Raipur rural seat, managed to get only 1,096 votes.
During the poll campaign, senior AAP leaders had held rallies in several parts of the state and targetted the then Raman Singh government.
The Congress registered a massive victory in the polls, winning 68 seats in the 90-member House.
The BJP was reduced to 15 seats while former chief minister Ajit Jogi-led Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) managed to win 5 seats.
Jogi's ally Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has won 2 seats.
The elections were held in two phases- on November 12 and 20.