AAP's Shelly Oberoi Elected Delhi Mayor, Becomes First Woman To Hold Post After A Decade

AAP' Shelly Oberoi has been elected as the new mayor of Delhi on Wednesday. The mayoral election was held following the intervention by the Supreme Court.

The mayoral election was held following the intervention by the Supreme Court. The election took place after three failed attempts by the municipal body to hold the election to the top post. ( Image Source :Twitter/ANI )

New Delhi: After a long tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party, AAP's Shelly Oberoi has been elected as the new mayor of Delhi on Wednesday. The mayoral election was held following the intervention by the Supreme Court. The election took place after three failed attempts by the municipal body to hold the election to the top post.

#WATCH | AAP's Shelly Oberoi becomes #Delhi mayor with 150 votes pic.twitter.com/LLbAJ1Xh3D

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The election to the posts of mayor, deputy mayor, and six members of the standing committee was held today after Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena gave his nod to convene the municipal House last week.

The apex court had on February 17 ordered the issuance of a notice within 24 hours for convening the first meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to fix the date of elections for the mayor, the deputy mayor, and the members of the standing committee of the civic body.

The order was issued by the court after hearing a plea of ruling Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi, who had sought early conduct of the election.

The apex court also held that the members nominated by the L-G to MCD cannot vote to elect the mayor. According to the Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act, 1957, the mayor and the deputy mayor are to be elected in the very first session of the House after the civic polls.

The AAP had emerged as a clear winner in the December 4 polls, bagging 134 wards and ending the BJP's 15-year rule in the civic body. The BJP won 104 wards to finish second, while the Congress won nine seats in the 250-member Municipal House.