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(Pi Bureau)
New Delhi : The counting is on for the crucial Delhi MCD elections 2017. The BJP is leading in all three municipal corporations in the capital, three days after voting took place in 270 wards across the three civic bodies – North Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation. Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party is neck and neck with the Congress in the race for the second spot in the three civic bodies. The overall turnout was recorded at 54 per cent, almost the same as the 2012 elections. Other parties which contested the election also include Swaraj India, the political arm of Swaraj Abhiyan – co-founded by activists Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan.
The Aam Aadmi Party, which is leading in the second spot, has called a press conference. AAP minister Gopal Rai is likely to address the media
AAP minister Gopal Rai: AAP winning or losing is a small thing. But if EVM decides democracy, then it is a dangerous trend
AAP’s Ashutosh reiterates the party’s EVM tampering charge. “The BJP has ruined MCD in 10 years. People’s verdict is supreme. But even the people are not aware of the EVM fraud. MCD is the most corrupt department. I am not ready to belive that the people are voting for the BJP.”
Mayawati’s BSP which is also testing the waters in MCD elections 2017 has won in Seelampur, East Delhi
NORTH DELHI BJP 69 INC16 AAP15 OTH3 More [+]
SOUTH DELHI BJP 73 AAP15 INC11 OTH5 More [+]
EAST DELHI BJP 48 AAP9 INC5 OTH1 More [+]
