AAP's Shelly Oberoi Elected Delhi Mayor Unopposed, Aaley Iqbal Wins Dy Mayor Post: HIGHLIGHTS
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Aam Aadmi Party's Aaley Mohammad Iqbal has won the post of Deputy Mayor defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's Soni Pandey.
Aam Aadmi Party's Shelly Oberoi has been elected Delhi Mayor after Bharatiya Janata Party's Shikha Rai withdraws her nomination, reports PTI.
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.
Aam Aadmi Party's Aaley Mohammad Iqbal will be contesting for the post of Deputy Mayor eyeing a second term. The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Soni Pandey an activist of the Purvanchal Morcha.
Aam Aadmi Party councillor Mukesh Goyal will be the presiding officer for the election of the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) after LG VK Saxena approved his name.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will choose its next mayor today in a direct contest between Aam Aadmi Party's Shelly Oberoi and Bharatiya Janata Party's Shikha Rai. Oberoi will seek a second term after her tenure ended March 31 this year.
Background
MCD Mayor Polls Live: Hello and welcome to ABP Live's MCD Mayor polls live blog. Follow this space for all the latest updates and breaking news as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi would choose its next Mayor today. The Aam Aadmi Party, which emerged victorious in the recently-concluded MCD polls after itz unification has pitted incumbent Shelly Oberoi for mayoral post while Aaley Mohammad Iqbal, son of MLA Shoaib Iqbal, is also looking for a second term for the office of deputy mayor.
Shikha Rai has been fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party agaisnt Oberoi and Soni Pandey, an activist of the Purvanchal Morcha against Iqbal for today's polls.
Like last time in February, the mayoral election is expected to be a stormy affair at the Civic Centre — the headquarters of the MCD. The tenure of the House ended on March 31.
In the last mayoral polls, AAP's Shelly Oberoi had 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.
A former visiting professor at Delhi University, Oberoi is 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.
For the post of deputy mayor, the contest is between AAP's Aaley Mohammad Iqbal and Soni Pandey, the councillor from ward number 249. Aaley had defeated BJP candidate Kamal Bagri by a margin of 31 votes to become the deputy mayor in February.
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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