The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken an early lead in 78 wards over the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which is leading in 42 wards in the initial trends that have emerged after an hour of counting of votes for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections that began on Wednesday.
The counting of votes for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections began on Wednesday as the ruling BJP hopes to retain its 15-year-long rule in the national capital's civic body while the Aam Aadmi Party looks to make its own 'double-engine' government in the city.
The counting of votes for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election will be held on Wednesday to decide the winner of the high-stakes civic polls where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) face each other.
Municipal administration Urban Development and IT Minister KTR on Tuesday affirmed that the metro rail expansion process would be extended till Hayath Nagar point from LB Nagar after the elections and this would be interconnected to the present expansion network of Nagole to LB Nagar line.
Days after the West Bengal government banned hookah bars in the capital city of Kolkata citing the effects on public health, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Chairman Sabyasachi Dutta on Monday wrote to Bidhannagar Police Commissionarate seeking a ban on hookah parlours in the area citing "
The exit polls, which came a day after the polling for MCD elections, predicted that AAP, led by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will now also rule the municipal corporation of the national capital for the first time.
Three polling stations in Nangal Thakran ward in Narela block wore a deserted look as people choose to boycott Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls over lack of development.
Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda chaired a meeting of BJP general secretaries on Sunday to discuss elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assemblies.
The overall voter turnout at the end of polling for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday stood at 50 per cent (approx) at 5.30 pm, the State Election Commission informed.