The BJP’s Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of late veteran leader Sushma Swaraj and Oxford educated lawyer, defeated AAP s Somnath Bharti to win the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 78,370 votes. Swaraj, a first-timer, was fielded by the BJP in place of outgoing MP and Union Minister
Of 65 office-bearers named by Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva, 16 are women leaders; Kamlajeet Sehrawat and Sushma Swaraj's daughter Bansuri Swaraj have been appointed, respectively, as general secretary and secretary