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AAP chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal termed the results as a victory for Delhiities and lashed out at the BJP, saying the “goons” were defeated. The margin of victory was 34 votes.
In mayoral polls, AAP led in arithmetic with 150 votes while BJP had 113 votes out of 274 votes. In addition, there were two votes of independent directors.
However, Oberoi received all the votes his party represented, while the BJP got three more votes than its total strength.
The constituency comprised the 250 elected councilors votes, seven members of the BJP Lok Sabha and three members of the AAP Rajya Sabha of Delhi and 14 MLAs, including 13 from the AAP and one from the BJP.
In the MCD House, Congress has nine advisers.
Declaring the results of the poll, BJP chairman and adviser Satya Sharma announced the names of eight advisers who were absent from the voting process. All of these advisers were from Congress.
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Oberoi, a University of Delhi teacher, is the first mayor of the Unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
The Gupta of the BJP received 116 votes, three more than her party’s total votes. She got two votes from independent advisers and also from the congressional adviser, MCD sources said.
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Delhi got its mayoralty in the fourth attempt since previous elections were stalled due to uproar over voting rights granted to LG-appointed members.
Last week, Delhi Deputy Governor VK Saxena motioned to convene the Municipal House for the holding of mayoral elections following the order of the Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court on Feb. 17 ordered a notice to be issued within 24 hours to convene the first meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to fix the election date for the mayor, deputy mayor and standing committee members of the il civic body.
The court issued the order after hearing a motion made by Oberoi.
In a swipe in the arm for the AAP, the apex court also ruled that members appointed to the MCD by the Lt Governor cannot vote to elect the mayor.
After the results were announced, Oberoi wore a wreath and acknowledged people’s greetings with folded hands.
Soon after the results were announced at MCD House, AAP councilors handed sweets to the newly elected mayor as female councilors were seen jostling around the stage to take a selfie with her, while other members flashed signs of victory.
After being elected, Oberoi said, “I thank CM Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and the people of Delhi. We will be visiting the landfills in the next three days.
“All the councilors will only work from today. The 10 guarantee program will be our focus. The elections for the deputy mayor and the permanent commission will be held today. I also thank the judiciary”.
Congratulating the people of Delhi, Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi: “The goons lost, the public won. In the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the people of Delhi won and the thugs were defeated. Shelly Oberoi mayoral election”.
गुंडे हार गए, जनता जीत गई। दिल्ली नगर निगम में आज दिल्ली दिल्ली की की की जीत औ गुंडागर गुंडागर गुंडागर की की।।।।। @OberoiShelly… https://t.co/FwletIvfaE
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) 1677056344000
His deputy Sisodia also congratulated Oberoi and the party workers on the victory.
“Goons lost, public won. Many congratulations to all workers as AAP candidate became Mayor of Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Once again all gratitude to the people of Delhi. Many many congratulations to the first Mayor @OberoiShelly by AAP,” he tweeted in Hindi.
गुंडे हार गये, जनता जीत गयी. दिल्ली नगर निगम में में आम पार्टी का का मेयर पर सभी कार कार कार कार कार यकर्ताओं को बधाई और और और और और और … https://t.co/ahx6byeys5
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) 1677054611000
Congress previously announced that all of its nine advisers would abstain from voting.
In today’s poll, a congressional adviser may have voted for the BJP, but there has been no official confirmation, either from the party or from the MCD Secretariat.
In reaction to this, Delhi Congress chief Anil Chaudhary said he learned that a party adviser had attended Wednesday’s voting and that they were trying to identify that person.
The AAP had emerged as a clear winner in the Dec. 4 MCD polls, bagging 134 wards and ending the BJP’s 15-year rule in the civic body. The BJP won 104 constituencies to finish second, while Congress won nine seats in the 250-member Municipal House.
(With inputs from PTI)
