Campaigning for Rajinder Nagar bypoll ended on Tuesday evening with major contenders AAP and the BJP reaching out to the voters through roadshow as well as door-to-door campaigns and claiming victory ahead of voting on June 23.

Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh asserted that party candidate Durgesh Pathak will defeat BJP's Rajesh Bhatia with a "huge margin" in the bypoll.

The AAP leaders also claimed on Tuesday that it will record a "historic victory" in the Rajinder Nagar assembly bypoll as the campaign for the election came to a close.

Singh exhuded confidence about the Pathak's victory, saying "During the poll campaign, mood of the people was very positive and in favour of the AAP. In every ward, there was much appreciation for the work done by the Kejriwal government," he said.

Addressing the media, Singh said that BJP’s Rajinder Nagar by-election candidate Rajesh Bhatia abuses the people while AAP candidate Durgesh Pathak hugs them. This makes us fundamentally different.

Everyone in constituency has a video of the BJP candidate abusing a vegetable seller. BJP’s Candidate has alarmed the people by showing true face right before the elections.

“Rajinder Nagar is ready to give an enormous majority to Durgesh Pathak and sweep other candidates with Jhaadu.

In the past few months, we were able to effectively interact with the citizens which have assured us that the people have made up their mind to favour the AAP in the upcoming elections.

They have witnessed development work taking place in the area to improve water and electricity supply, education,” Singh said.

The constituency has a total of 1,64,698 voters including 72,473 females. A total of 14 candidates, including eight independents are in the fray.

The result of the bypoll will be declared after counting of votes on June 26. The bypoll was necessitated after sitting AAP MLA Raghav Chadha was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab.