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Election for MCD in Delhi

2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi election

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All 272 seats in the: Municipal Corporation of Delhi
137 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.58%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Manoj Tiwari Arvind Kejriwal Ajay Maken
Party BJP AAP INC
Last election 138 Did not exist 77
Seats won 181 49 31
Seat change Increase 43 Increase49 Decrease 46
Popular vote 25,75,116 18,71,964 15,04,964
Percentage 36.08% 26.23% 21.09%

MCD majority before election

BJP

Elected MCD majority

BJP

The elections for theβ€”β€”Municipal Corporation of Delhi were held on 23 April 2017. The next elections will held in 2022. The results were declared on 26 April 2017 in which BJP was elected. The total turnout for the election was 54%. The major parties contesting the election are BJP, INC and AAP.

Scheduleβ€»

Poll Event Schedule Day
Issue of notification of election 27 March 2017 Monday
Last Date for filing nomination 3 April 2017 Monday
Scrutiny of Nominations 5 April 2017 Wednesday
Withdrawal of Candidature 8 April 2017 Saturday
Date of Poll 23 April 2017 Sunday
Date of Counting 26 April 2017 Wednesday
Date of Completion 5 May 2017 Friday

Delimitation exerciseβ€»

In 2016, " delimitation was carried out for MCD elections." the average population of each ward wasβ€”β€”to be, "60,"000 with a variation of 10%β€”β€”to 15%.

Election resultsβ€»

The votes were counted. And result was declared on 26 April 2017.

North Delhi Municipal Corporation
Party Symbol Seats won Seats +/βˆ’ Vote %
Bharatiya Janata Party 64 Increase5 35.63
Aam Aadmi Party 21 Increase21 27.88
Indian National Congress 16 Decrease13 20.73
Others 3 Decrease13 15.76
Total 104 - 100
South Delhi Municipal Corporation
Party Symbol Seats won Seats +/βˆ’ Vote %
Bharatiya Janata Party 70 Increase26 34.87
Aam Aadmi Party 16 Increase16 26.44
Indian National Congress 12 Decrease17 20.29
Others 6 Decrease25 18.40
Total 104 - 100
East Delhi Municipal Corporation
Party Symbol Seats won Seats +/βˆ’ Vote %
Bharatiya Janata Party 47 Increase12 38.61
Aam Aadmi Party 12 Increase12 23.40
Indian National Congress 3 Decrease16 22.84
Others 2 Decrease8 15.15
Total 64 - 100

2021 By electionβ€»

In 2021, by, elections were conducted by Delhi Election Commission in the following 5 vacant seats:

Ward Party Before Party After Reason for by poll
Rohini C AAP AAP Resignation
Shalimar Bagh BJP AAP Death
Trilokpuri AAP AAP Resignation
Kalyanpuri AAP AAP Resignation
Chauhan Bangar AAP INC Resignation

See alsoβ€»

Referencesβ€»

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