The AAP on Wednesday won four of the five civic wards in Delhi in a bypoll, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserting that people were desperate to bring the party to power in the three municipal corporations in the national capital.
The AAP, however, suffered a shock defeat in the minority-dominated Chauhan Bangar ward, where Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad of the Congress defeated the party s candidate Mohammad Ishraq Khan by a whopping margin of 10,642 votes.
The BJP failed to open its account in the bypolls, being seen as the semi-final ahead of the civic polls due in 2022, and even lost the Shalimar Bagh seat held by it to the AAP.
AAP wins 4 out of 5 wards in civic bypolls
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BJP fails to retain Shalimar Bagh seat, Cong. wins Chauhan Banger ward in riot-affected north-east Delhi
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BJP fails to retain Shalimar Bagh seat, Cong. wins Chauhan Banger ward in riot-affected north-east Delhi
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday won four out of five wards in the municipal corporation bypolls. The Congress won the Chauhan Banger ward located in north-east Delhi, which witnessed communal violence last year. The seat was earlier held by the AAP.
The BJP was a runner-up in four wards and placed third in the minority-dominated Chauhan Banger.
New Delhi, Mar 3: The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday won four of the five wards in the bye-polls to Delhi Municipal Corporation. The Congress won the one remaining seat.
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Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with AAP candidates after emerging victorious during counting day of five by-elections the MCD, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: Though they were by-elections but the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MDC) poll results have certainly thrown some indications for the way its general election next year may go.
MCD bypolls were held in five civic body wards - Ward No 32N, (Rohini-C), Ward No 62N, (Shalimar Bagh North) in North Delhi and Ward No 02-E (Trilokpuri), Ward No 08-E (Kalyanpuri) and Ward No 41-E (Chauhan Bangar) in East Delhi - last week.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP candidates had won in four out of five wards - Rohini-C, Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri and Chauhan Bangar. The BJP was winner in Shalimar Bagh North.