AAP's Shelly Oberoi Elected Delhi Mayor As BJP's Shikha Rai Withdraws Nomination

AAP's Shelly Oberoi has been unanimously elected mayor of Delhi MCD after BJP candidate Shikha Rai withdrew her nomination.

AAP's Shelly Oberoi elected Delhi mayor for second consecutive term.

Delhi Mayoral Polls: In a rather interesting development, Aam Aadmi Party's Shelly Oberoi has been unanimously elected mayor of Delhi MCD after BJP candidate Shikha Rai withdrew her nomination. BJP candidate for the Deputy Mayor elections, Soni Pandey, also withdrew her candidature. With this, AAP's Aaley Mohammad Iqbal, son of MLA Shoaib Iqbal, has been elected as the deputy mayor for the second consecutive term.

दिल्लीवासियों को बधाई 🎉

Delhi की जनता को एक बार फ़िर मिले ईमानदार Mayor और Dy. Mayor 💯@OberoiShelly निर्विरोध मेयर और @AaleyIqbal Dy. Mayor का चुनाव जीते। 💐

दिल्ली को स्वच्छ और विश्वस्तरीय शहर बनाना AAP की प्राथमिकता है। pic.twitter.com/MueMFssNhK

— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) April 26, 2023

 

Notably, the AAP is the ruling party in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and earlier exuded confidence that its candidates are poised for a win. Like last time in February, the mayoral election was expected to be a stormy affair at the Civic Centre -- the headquarters of the MCD. The tenure of the House ended on March 31.

 

Delhi Mayor Election 2023: All You Need To Know

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  In the last mayoral election, AAP's Shelly Oberoi won by 34 votes and became the first Mayor of the reunified MCD on February 22. This time, she has been pitted against BJP leader Shikha Rai, the councillor from the Greater Kailash-1 ward.
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  Oberoi is a former visiting assistant professor at Delhi University and a first-time councillor. She contested the elections from former Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta’s home turf of East Patel Nagar and defeated candidate Deepali Kumar by 269 votes.
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  The post of mayor in Delhi sees five single-year terms on a rotational basis. The first year is reserved for women, the second for the open category, the third for the reserved category and the remaining two again for the open category.
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  Earlier this year, mayoral polls were held after three failed attempts due to a ruckus in the House, with some councillors seen pushing, slapping and punching each other.
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  The elections were finally conducted after the Supreme Court clarified that nominated members, called aldermen, cannot be given the right to vote.
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  Earlier this week, AAP councillor from Dwarka C ward Sunita joined the BJP in the presence of senior leaders of the Delhi unit. Earlier, Pawan Sehrawat from Bawana ward joined the BJP in February this year.
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  The unification of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (104 wards), South Delhi Municipal Corporation (104 wards) and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (64 wards) happened last year after a bill was passed in Parliament.