MCD Elections

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will not contest the upcoming mayoral and deputy mayoral elections in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for the second consecutive year.

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Though most tasks related to the MCD election have been completed, the model code of conduct (MCC) remains in force till December 15.

After drawing a blank in the past two Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Delhi, Congress was banking on the 2022 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections to regain some lost ground.

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.

Though AAP has been victorious in the 2022 mcd elections, it’s not certain if its councillor would become the first mayor of the merged corporation. Since the anti-defection law is not in force in Municipal Corporation of Delhi, cross-voting of councillors is possible, and BJP has claimed that the city would again have a mayor from the party.

MCD Election Result: More than half of the candidates who sought re-election to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have lost their seats, reflecting an anti-incumbency trend. Out of the 84 candidates, including Independents, only 36 won on Wednesday.

When the results of the municipal elections were announced on Wednesday, AAP’s Adarsh Nagar candidate Mukesh Kumar Goel, who won a record sixth term as councillor, was a happy man.

CHANDIGARH: In an effort to check the ruling AAP in Delhi from making in-roads in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections on April 23, the BJP has roped in Haryana cabinet ministers and other party workers from the state to woo Haryana natives living in the national capital.

Accepting his party's defeat in the MCD polls, BJP's Delhi president Adesh Gupta on Wednesday said that it will keep raising the issue of the general public.

As the early trend of which direction the Delhi Municipal Corporation would take began showing on the huge LCD screens at Aam Aadmi Party’s head office, the already optimistic mood turned ebullient.

The first transgender candidate to contest the MCD polls emerged victorious in the results announced on Wednesday. Bobi was fielded by AAP from the Sultanpuri-A ward.

Neither the leaked jail videos of Satyendar Jain nor delimitation nor any delays could help Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the municipal polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) election in-charge Durgesh Pathak said on Wednesday.

Though the municipal election results were clearly in favour of AAP, there was asymmetric voting trend, especially in the wards falling under the assembly constituencies of party stalwarts with large following.

The overwhelming support of the economically disadvantaged sections, who are also the biggest beneficiaries of AAP freebies, the bankable face of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, shift of Congress vote and the pitch of a “double-engine governance” were prime factors that helped AAP dethrone BJP in the municipal polls. These also helped the party gather a vote share of 42% against 26% five years ago.

Relatives of several AAP, BJP and Congress leaders who fought the election returned mixed results. While some managed to win, taking the legacy of their relatives forward, some failed to win the confidence of the electorate.

Prominent functionaries in the three erstwhile civic bodies have got a mixed report card in the first election for the merged Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Salma Khan, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Zakir Nagar ward took early lead as the counting of votes began at 8am on Wednesday.

Exit polls actually measure voting intentions, that is which party is getting what vote share, and then try and convert that into votes. But the two exit polls for the mcd elections gave the BJP a vote share that was way higher than what the party actually got when the results were out.

On the last day of the MCD poll campaigning, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) organised 500 padyatras and more than 14,000 other activities across the city, said its functionaries. AAP's star campaigners held roadshows in all 250 wards on Friday to seek votes for its candidates while party MLAs, MPs, Delhi ministers and other senior functionaries took part in public outreach programmes.

East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday said that community kitchens, similar to ones opened by him in East Delhi, would be opened in entire Delhi if the party comes to power in the civic body. Each constituency will have one such canteen, he added.

This year’s municipal corporation is much richer than the previous one. The civic body has at least 64 newly elected councillors with assets worth over Rs 5 crore compared with 39 in 2017, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms.

Delhi BJP might not repeat its outgoing councilors on at least 60-70 per cent of the wards, the saffron party hinted on Friday. The Election Commission is scheduled to announce the dates for polls on Friday evening.

Out of the 84 former councillors contesting in this mcd elections, the assets of 75 have increased manifold in the past five years, claimed an Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report on Wednesday.

The stage is set for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections with notification for delimitation having been issued on Tuesday.

The election of the mayor in the new Municipal Corporation of Delhi will have to contend with some legal niggles. Normally, the party in majority nominates its candidate for mayor at the beginning of the new financial year.

In view of the mcd elections on April 23, the Delhi government on Thursday ordered that dry days will be observed in the national capital from tomorrow evening till the polling day.