New Delhi: The close fight between Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party continued in the first hour of counting with flip-flop of leads in the trends between the two parties. While earlier BJP was ahead of the AAP hinting towards a result opposite the exit polls, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP soon took over and as per the latest trends, the AAP is leading on 125 wards while BJP is ahead on 118 wards.
As per the latest official trends Bharatiya Janata Party is leading on 106 seats while the Aam Aadmi Party is on 78 seats. Congress on 10, Independent 4 and Nationalist Congress Party on 1.
Earlier the incumbent BJP was leading on 106 seats while AAP on 59, Congress on 7, Independent 2 and NCP on 1.
The first official trend that the counting of MCD Polls 2022 started with had shown a lead to AAP on four seats and BJP on 3 seats.
The BJP has been in power for past 15 years in the MCD and it ran a high-pitched campaign as senior party leaders campaigned in the civic body elections. On the eve of the announcement of election results for the MCD, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said that he predicted a landslide victory for the AAP.
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"This mandate will be a signal from Delhi to the whole country that AAP is a fiercely-honest party. The BJP levelled fake allegations against me, ran a witch-hunt against Satyendar Jain. But the people of Delhi have proven with their mandate that there was no scam in Delhi and all the allegations levelled by the BJP were false, motivated by conspiracy and dirty politics," Sisodia added.