Counting of votes is underway in the 13 wards of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to which byelections were held. The results of the elections are likely to have a bearing on the 2017 municipal elections.
45.9 per cent of the 6,68,870 eligible voters exercised their franchise in the high-stake bypolls for the wards falling under three corporations – SDMC (7), NDMC (4) and EDMC (2), being billed as a litmus test for popularity of the AAP government.
Both BJP and Congress have exuded confidence of impressive performance at the civic hustings.
The 13 wards which went to the bypolls are Quamruddin Nagar, Shalimar Bagh (North), Ballimaran, Nawada, Vikas Nagar, Matiala, Nanakpura, Munirka, Bhati, Tehkhand, Khichripur, Jhilmil and Wazirpur.
LIVE UPDATES
10:35 am: Congress adds two more wards to its tally – Qamaruddin Nagar and Khichripur.
10:25 am: The picture so far.
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Here are the latest updates:
#MCD Bypoll results: Ashok Bhardwaj of Congress wins Qamaruddin Nagar seat by 7434 votes.
- AAP’s Anil Malik wins Nanakpura seat by 552 votes.
- BJP’s Vinod Binny loses Khichripur, Congress’ Anand Kumar bags the seat.
- Another win for AAP in Matiala and Vikas Nagar.
- Congress wins Munirka seat.
- AAP’s Abhishek Bidhuri wins Tekhand seat by 1555 votes.
- Wazirpur’s BJP candidate Mahendra Nagpal wins by 3700 votes
- Congress defeats BJP, wins Jhilmil ward number 238 by 10318 votes
- BJP also wins from Shalimar Bagh ward.
- Independent Rajender Singh Tanwar scores a win in Bhati ward.
- BJP wins Nawada ward by 4843 votes.
- BJP is leading Shalimarbagh by 372 votes over Congress.
- AAP is leading Nanakpura ward in second round of counting.
- Congress leads in Munirka in the third round of counting.
- Congress is ahead of BJP in Jhilmil ward.
- AAP candidate Ramesh is certain of his victory in Matiala, ahead of BJP by 4563 votes.
- Independent candidate Mohammad Qazi is leading ahead of AAP’s Mohammad Sadiq by 40 votes.
- Congress candidate Bhagmal Sharma from Shalimar Bagh is leading ahead of AAP by 32 votes
- In Quamruddin Nagar, Congress’ Ashok Bharadwaj is ahead of the BJP by 182 votes.
- BJP’s Ajay Gehlot from Nawada ward is leading by 150 votes in the first round.
- Counting has begun in all the ten centres.
