NEW DELHI: Of the 134 AAP candidates who managed to win MCD elections, at least 71 are women. That means nearly 55% of the victorious AAP candidates are women, according to the state election commission data.
The MCD poll results for all 250 wards were declared on Wednesday. While AAP gained majority by winning 134 seats, BJP and Congress won 104 and nine seats, respectively.
AAP had fielded 138 women candidates whereas BJP and Congress nominated 136 and 129, respectively. In BJP, of the 136 women candidates, 52 managed to win. Shagufta Chaudhary, a woman candidate from Congress, managed to win with a huge margin of 15,193 votes.
Unlike 2017 municipal elections, when candidates from various political parties managed to win seats, this time, not a single ward has gone to parties that are small players in Delhi. Only three Independent candidates have won.
Three former women mayors of Delhi who fought on BJP tickets emerged victorious in the civic polls-Neema Bhagat, Satya Sharma and Kamaljeet Sehrawat. While Bhagat and Sharma had served as the east Delhi mayor, Sehrawat is a former mayor of south Delhi.
Sehrawat, who registered a victory in Dwarka-B ward, took to Twitter to thank voters. Sharma won from Gautam Puri ward.