MCD Election Result 2022 Live News Updates: AAP Extends Lead in 40 Wards, BJP Ahead in 15; Counting of Votes Underway
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New Delhi, December 7: The results of high-stakes MCD elections 2022 in Delhi will be declared today. The counting of votes for the MCD election result 2022 will commence at 8 am. We will be providing live news updates on the MCD election result 2022. The main contest is between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been governing Municipal Corporation of Delhi since 2007, and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The Congress is party is one of the major contestants. Stay with us to get live updates on the MCD election result 2022 and names of winning candidates.
The polling for the 250-ward┬аMunicipal Corporation of Delhi was held on December 4. The result┬аwill decide the fate of 1,349 contenders, including 709 women. Notably, this is the first election┬аafter the Centre re-unified the three erstwhile municipal corporations тАУ East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) тАУ into a single entity as the MCD.
In order to win the MCD election one more time, the BJP deployed a battery of senior leaders and union ministers, including┬аNitin Gadkari, Meenakshi Lekhi, Piyush Goyal and Hardeep Singh Puri. AAP’s election campaign was spearheaded by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia. In contrast to the BJP and the AAP, the Congress party did not run a star-studded campaign and focused on local leaders.
While both┬аthe BJP and the AAP fielded candidates in all 250 wards of the MCD,┬аthe Congress contested┬а247 seats. In the MCD election┬а2017,┬аBJP candidates were elected from 181 of the 270 wards. The AAP won 48 seats, whereas┬аthe Congress bagged 27. Polling was not held for two seats due to the death of candidates. The number of wards has been decreased from 272 to 250 following the delimitation exercise. Stay here for instant and accurate┬аlive updates on the MCD election result 2022.