MCD poll results PHOTOS | AAP ends 15-year BJP rule in Delhi's Municipal Corporation

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann thanked the people for AAP's victory in the MCD polls.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann thanked the people for AAP's victory in the MCD polls. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)

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07 Dec 2022, 1:21 pm

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AAP members celebrate in the party office in Bengaluru on Wednesday, after winning the municipality election in Delhi. (Photo | Shashidhar Byrappa, EPS)

The AAP won the MCD polls with 134 seats, ending the 15-year rule of the BJP in the prestigious municipal corporation and reducing the Congress to just nine seats in a house of 250. The BJP, which was predicted to suffer a massive defeat in exit polls, put up a spirited fight, winning 104 municipal wards. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)

The Delhi Municipal Corporation has 250 seats, out of which Aam Admi Party won seats, BJP seats, Congress seats, and Independent candidates won seats. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)

Three women former mayors of Delhi won their wards while an ex-mayor of North Delhi lost the contest in Civil Lines. (Photo | Shashidhar Byrappa, EPS)

The famous 'chotta Kejriwal', who became a centre of attraction in previous elections, was also spotted at the AAP office. The young child, whose parents are AAP supporters, was seen sporting a moustache and a black muffler, a pair of spectacles without glasses and an AAP hat.

The BJP has been ruling Delhi Municipal Corporation for three consecutive terms since 2007. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)

The only transgender candidate in the fray, Bobi of the AAP, defeated Varuna Dhaka of the Congress by 6,714 votes in Sultanpuri A. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)