MCD Results 2022 Reaction HIGHLIGHTS: 10-Year-Old Party Has Defeated Largest Party Of The Country, Says AAP's Sanjay Singh
MCD Results 2022 Reaction HIGHLIGHTS: Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 50.48 pc in the high-stakes municipal polls held on December 4.
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Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 50.48 pc in the high-stakes municipal polls held on December 4, results of which may have ramifications beyond the national capital. Voting for the election to the 250 wards took place on December 4, with a spirited Aam Aadmi Party, a confident Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a hopeful Congress locked in a triangular contest.
The civic polls recorded a voter turnout of 50.48 per cent, with maximum polling being registered in the Bakhtawarpur ward, the State Election Commission said on December 5.
Both the AAP and the BJP have exuded confidence that they will emerge victorious in the polls while the Congress is seeking to regain lost turf.
In the 2017 civic election, the BJP won 181 of the 270 wards. Polling could not be held on two seats due to the death of candidates. The AAP had won 48 wards and the Congress 27. The voting percentage that year was around 53 per cent.
The highest polling (65.72 per cent) in the 2022 MCD polls was recorded in ward no. 5 (Bakhtawarpur), while the lowest voting percentage (33.74 per cent) was registered in ward no.145 (Andrews Ganj).
Barring a few stray incidents of MCC (model code of conduct) violations and "a couple of other scattered incidents of impersonation", the polling remained peaceful throughout the day and no untoward incident of any kind was reported from anywhere, the SEC said a statement on December 4.
According to data shared by the SEC on Monday, 51.03 per cent of the male voters exercised their franchise while 49.83 per cent of the female electorate voted in the crucial civic polls.
The figures for some of the other wards were -- Civil Lines (44.86 per cent), Chandni Chowk (44.48 per cent), Karol Bagh (44.72 per cent), Najafgarh (51.97 per cent), Rajinder Nagar (44.26 per cent), Malaviya Nagar (44.89 per cent), Greater Kailash (38.99 per cent), Laxmi Nagar (49.02 per cent).
According to data shared by the State Election Commission officials, the total number of voters in Delhi is 1,45,05,358 -- 78,93,418 males, 66,10,879 females and 1,061 transgender people.
There are 250 wards in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and 1,349 candidates are in the fray in this election. Votes will be counted on December 7.
MCD Results 2022 Reaction LIVE: 10-Year-Old Party Has Defeated Largest Party Of the country, Says AAP's Sanjay Singh
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said the barely 10-year-old party has "defeated" the largest party of the country (BJP) in their stronghold. "The results have once again proved the AAP is a hardcore honest party." Singh also said the results were remarkable considering the BJP had gone all guns blazing, deploying all its top leaders, including 17 central ministers, for campaigning.
MCD Results 2022 Reaction LIVE: Adesh Gupta Takes Moral Responsibility For BJP’s Defeat
Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta said, "Despite 15 years of anti-incumbency, our performance is better. We worked for the people of Delhi at the municipal corporations but may be some people were not happy. There was no anger against the BJP though."
MCD Results 2022 Reaction LIVE: 'Not Just A Win, A Big Responsibility,' Says Manish Sisodia On AAP's Victory
We thank the people of Delhi for giving the mandate to AAP. This is not just a win but a big responsibility to make Delhi cleaner and better: Delhi Deputy CM & AAP leader Manish Sisodia pic.twitter.com/nHg8ZNAtsw
— ANI (@ANI) December 7, 2022
MCD Results 2022 Reaction LIVE: BJP Got Befitting Reply From BJP, Says AAP MP Raghav Chadha
Launching an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha said that people of Delhi have given a befitting reply to the BJP.
"BJP got a befitting reply from the people of Delhi. People have voted for the one who works for development. Today, Delhi has wiped out the 'keechar' that BJP tried to throw on Arvind Kejriwal. We'll transform Delhi into the most beautiful city in the world,' he said.
BJP got a befitting reply from the people of Delhi. People have voted for the one who works for development. Today, Delhi has wiped out the 'keechar' that BJP tried to throw on Arvind Kejriwal. We'll transform Delhi into the most beautiful city in the world: AAP MP Raghav Chadha pic.twitter.com/JtJn1cGGpH
— ANI (@ANI) December 7, 2022
MCD Results 2022 Reaction LIVE: Kejriwal Uprooted 15-Years Congress' Rule In Delhi, BJP In MCD, Says CM Bhagwant Mann
Punjab Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Bhagwant Mann applauded his Delhi counterpart on maintaining lead in the polls to the 250-wards Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Praising Kejriwal, Mann said that he uprooted Congress' 15-year long rule in Delhi and BJP's 15-year term in the MCD.
"Arvind Kejriwal uprooted 15-yr-long Congress rule in Delhi and now the 15-yr-long BJP rule in MCD. It shows people of Delhi don't like politics of hatred, they vote for schools, hospitals, electricity, cleanliness and infrastructure," he said.
Arvind Kejriwal uprooted 15-yr-long Congress rule in Delhi & now the 15-yr-long (BJP)rule in MCD. It shows people of Delhi don't like politics of hatred, they vote for schools, hospitals, electricity, cleanliness & infrastructure: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann#DelhiMCDElectionResults pic.twitter.com/WxUV9PUI3G
— ANI (@ANI) December 7, 2022
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