The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has on Wednesday put a stellar show by winning four of the five municipal wards in Delhi. The four wards where AAP candidates emerged victorious are -- Shalimar Bagh (North), Kalyanpuri, Trilokpuri and Rohini-C. The Congress won the remaining one ward - Chauan Banger. The BJP failed to open its account in the bypolls. Out of the five wards, four were held by the AAP while Shalimar Bagh North had a BJP councillor. AAP leader and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in a tweet congratulated the party workers for the victory and said people were fed up with the BJP and would bring in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's politics of honesty and work.
Delhi MCD Election Results Highlights:
Manish Sisodia congratulates winners
Manish Sisodia in a tweet congratulated the winners and said people want Arvind Kejriwal's politics of honesty and work.
Rohini C: Ram Chander of the AAP defeats BJP candidate Rakesh Goyal by 2,985 votes.
Trilokpuri: AAP's Vijay Kumar defeats BJP's Om Prakash by a margin of 4,986 votes.
Shalimar Bagh (North): Aam Aadmi Party's Sunita Mishra declared the winner by 2,705 votes from Ward No 62N. Mishra secured 9,764 votes. BJP's Surbhi Jaju got 7,059 votes. The seat was earlier held by the BJP.
Kalyanpuri: AAP candidate Dhirender Kumar wins. Kumar secured 14,302 votes while BJP's Siya Ram pocketed 7,259 votes.
Chauan Banger: Congress candidate Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad defeats AAP candidate Mohammad Ishraq Khan by 10,642 votes.
Delhi MCD ELection Result LIVE: Kalyanpuri: AAP gets 6,227 votes (Leading after 7th round) | Trilokpuri: AAP gets 3,791 votes (Leading after 6th round) | Chauan Banger: Congress gets 8,323 votes (Leading after 7th round) | Shalimar Bagh (North): AAP gets 1,759 votes (Leading after 6th round) | Rohini-C: AAP gets 2,157 votes (Leading after 8th round)
Delhi MCD Election Results Live Updates: In the 2017 civic polls, the BJP had retained all three corporations. The AAP finished a distant second. The saffron party had swept the polls by winning 181 seats. The AAP had secured 48 and Congress won 30.
elhi MCD Election Results 2021: Latest visuals
Delhi MCD election bypolls result: While two wards are under the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), three others are under the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC). These municipal wards are Rohini-C, Shalimar Bagh (North), Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri and Chauan Banger.
Delhi MCD Election Results 2021 Live: The AAP candidates were leading in Shalimar Bagh North, Kalyanpuri, Trilokpuri and Rohini- C wards. The Congress candidate was leading in Chauhan Bangar.
Delhi MCD Election Results Live Updates: AAP candidates leading in four wards as the counting for municipal bypolls began on Wednesday morning.