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After three unsuccessful attempts, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Dr Shelly Oberoi has been elected as Delhi's new mayor.
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia congratulated Shelly Oberoi for winning the mayoral election, saying the "goons lost, the public won."
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गुंडे हार गये, जनता जीत गयी.
दिल्ली नगर निगम में आम आदमी पार्टी का मेयर बनने पर सभी कार्यकर्ताओं को बहुत बधाई और दिल्ली की जनता का तहे दिल से एक बार फिर से आभार.
AAP की पहली मेयर @OberoiShelly को भी बहुत बहुत बधाई.
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia congratulated Shelly Oberoi for winning the mayoral election, saying the "goons lost, the public won."
#WATCH | AAP's Shelly Oberoi becomes #Delhi mayor with 150 votes pic.twitter.com/LLbAJ1Xh3D— ANI (@ANI) February 22, 2023
Dr Shelly Oberoi becomes Delhi mayor with 150 votes
Shelly Oberoi received 150 votes as against BJP candidate Rekha Gupta's 116.
Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Shelly Oberoi on Wednesday won the mayoral election, days after the Supreme Court ordered that nominated members will play no role in the voting process.
AAP claims victory in MCD polls
Voting concludes for Delhi's Mayoral election after over 2 hours. A total of 10 nominated MPs, 14 nominated MLAs and 241 elected Councilors out of 250 voted.
The municipal elections in Delhi were held on December 4 and the results were announced on December 7.
BJP's candidates for the MCD's standing committee, including Pankaj Luthra (Jhilmil), Gajendra Daral (Mundka), and former South Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Kamaljeet Sehrawat (Dwarka).
Over the previous nine months, the urban local body structure of Delhi's municipal governance has been drastically transformed.
Of the 274 valid votes for the mayoral election, nine Congress councillors are not participating in voting process as the grand old party has boycotted the mayoral election. Hence, a total of 265 votes are expected to be cast in Wednesday's election. Either of the two mayoral candidates needs 134 votes to win.
Around 200 councillors have cast their votes so far.
Nearly 80 councillors have voted so far besides MPs and MLAs.
"Voting for Mayor and Deputy Mayor has begun. BJP is voting honestly and we will win," said Hans Raj Hans, BJP MP from North-West Delhi to news agency ANI.
The municipal House, which began half an hour late at around 11.30 am, is holding election to the posts of mayor, deputy mayor and six members of the standing committee.
The mayoral election is being conducted following a Supreme Court order after three failed attempts earlier to hold the polls.
The proceedings of the municipal House began on Wednesday to elect the new mayor of Delhi, the exercise taking place after much delay since the high-stakes civic polls.
BJP MPs Meenakshi Lekhi and Hans Raj Hans were among the firsts to cast their votes.
BJP's poll candidates Rekha Gupta, Kamal Bagdi
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named Rekha Gupta and Kamal Bagdi as its candidates for elections to the posts of Mayor and deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
AAP's choice for Delhi mayoral post
Shelly Oberoi is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate for mayoral election in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Election process to be conducted in 1.5 hour; voting begins
Satya Sharma says mobile phones not allowed in polling booth; appeals for peaceful elections
Presiding officer Satya Sharma has arrived in chambers. The house proceedings have started.
Were aldermen traditionally allowed to vote in mayoral poll?
Traditionally, aldermen, as they are referred to, do not have this privilege to cast votes.
Meanwhile, authorities have stepped up security inside the municipal House and on the Civic Centre premises in Delhi for the mayoral poll, scheduled to begin shortly. Several civil defence personnel, including women members, have been deployed in the chamber of the House.
There was a ruckus at the MCD Civic Center as AAP volunteers protested, alleging that the police allowed BJP MLA Vijender Gupta to enter the House without a pass, and demanded that they also be allowed. It must be noted that the Supreme Courthad earlier ordered that aldermen would not be allowed to cast votes in Delhi mayoral elections.
MCD elections
The MCD elections refer to the elections held for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which is the governing body responsible for the administration of the city of Delhi, India. The MCD is divided into three parts - North Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal Corporation, and East Delhi Municipal Corporation - and each corporation has its own set of elected representatives. The MCD elections are held every five years to elect the members of the municipal corporation. The last MCD elections were held in 2017.
The total number of votes in the mayoral polls are 274. The numbers game favours the AAP, which has 150 votes against the BJP's 113.
What did MCD election result look like?
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. The electoral college for the election of mayor comprises the 250 elected councillors, seven Lok Sabha and three Rajya Sabha MPs from Delhi and 14 MLAs. The Delhi Assembly Speaker has nominated 13 AAP and one BJP member to the House.
What Supreme Court ruled on aldermen's voting eligibility?
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala, during a hearing on Friday, directed that the election of the Delhi mayor shall be conducted at the first MCD meet and once elected, the mayor shall preside over the deputy mayor's election.
The petitioner, Oberoi, had moved the apex court on February 7.
Delhi’s civic body will on Wednesday make a fourth attempt to elect a mayor, days after the Supreme Court ordered that nominated members will play no role in the voting process.
Last week, Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena gave his nod to convene the municipal House for holding the mayoral election following the apex court order, as reported by PTI.
The top court 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 court issued the order after hearing a plea moved by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi, who had sought an early conduct of the election. In a shot in the arm for the ruling AAP, the apex court also held that the members nominated to the MCD by the Lt Governor cannot vote to elect the mayor.
Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act, 1957
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.
Fourth attempt by Delhi municipal corporation to set its House in order
However, it has been over two months since the municipal elections were held on December 4. A month after the municipal polls, the House had convened for the first time on January 6. It was adjourned following acrimonious exchanges between members of the BJP and the AAP.
The second and third meetings on January 24 and February 6 also failed to carry out the exercise, and were both adjourned without electing a mayor, triggering much political bickering among parties in the two months since the civic polls. The crisis also impacted the annual budget proceedings and the schedule of taxes for 2023-24 was passed by the Special Officer of the MCD on February 15, since the deliberative wing has not come into place.
According to the norms, the schedule of taxes has to be passed by the House before or on February 15.
However, the remaining budget is expected to be passed by the House before March 31, as required, since the new deliberative wing led by a mayor is likely to come into place on February 22.
As per the direction from the Lt Governor, the House that will convene on Wednesday will be a reconvening of the adjourned first House on January 6. Both the BJP and AAP members had held each other responsible for the derailment of the proceedings.
The municipal House in Delhi then convened again on February 6 as the city hoped to get a mayor. It, however, failed to elect a mayor for the third time in a row following ruckus over the decision to allow aldermen to vote, even as the AAP had alleged a ''planned conspiracy'' by the BJP to stall the process and said it would move the Supreme Court to seek a ''court-monitored'' election.
The petitioner, Oberoi, had moved the apex court on February 7.
What Supreme Court ruled on aldermen's voting eligibility?
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala, during a hearing on Friday, directed that the election of the Delhi mayor shall be conducted at the first MCD meet and once elected, the mayor shall preside over the deputy mayor's election.
What did MCD election result look like?
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. The electoral college for the election of mayor comprises the 250 elected councillors, seven Lok Sabha and three Rajya Sabha MPs from Delhi and 14 MLAs. The Delhi Assembly Speaker has nominated 13 AAP and one BJP member to the House.
The total number of votes in the mayoral polls are 274. The numbers game favours the AAP, which has 150 votes against the BJP's 113.
MCD elections
The MCD elections refer to the elections held for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which is the governing body responsible for the administration of the city of Delhi, India. The MCD is divided into three parts - North Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal Corporation, and East Delhi Municipal Corporation - and each corporation has its own set of elected representatives. The MCD elections are held every five years to elect the members of the municipal corporation. The last MCD elections were held in 2017.
There was a ruckus at the MCD Civic Center as AAP volunteers protested, alleging that the police allowed BJP MLA Vijender Gupta to enter the House without a pass, and demanded that they also be allowed. It must be noted that the Supreme Courthad earlier ordered that aldermen would not be allowed to cast votes in Delhi mayoral elections.
Meanwhile, authorities have stepped up security inside the municipal House and on the Civic Centre premises in Delhi for the mayoral poll, scheduled to begin shortly. Several civil defence personnel, including women members, have been deployed in the chamber of the House.
Were aldermen traditionally allowed to vote in mayoral poll?
Traditionally, aldermen, as they are referred to, do not have this privilege to cast votes.
Presiding officer Satya Sharma has arrived in chambers. The house proceedings have started.
Satya Sharma says mobile phones not allowed in polling booth; appeals for peaceful elections
Election process to be conducted in 1.5 hour; voting begins
AAP's choice for Delhi mayoral post
Shelly Oberoi is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate for mayoral election in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
BJP's poll candidates Rekha Gupta, Kamal Bagdi
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named Rekha Gupta and Kamal Bagdi as its candidates for elections to the posts of Mayor and deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
BJP MPs Meenakshi Lekhi and Hans Raj Hans were among the firsts to cast their votes.
The proceedings of the municipal House began on Wednesday to elect the new mayor of Delhi, the exercise taking place after much delay since the high-stakes civic polls.
The mayoral election is being conducted following a Supreme Court order after three failed attempts earlier to hold the polls.
The municipal House, which began half an hour late at around 11.30 am, is holding election to the posts of mayor, deputy mayor and six members of the standing committee.
"Voting for Mayor and Deputy Mayor has begun. BJP is voting honestly and we will win," said Hans Raj Hans, BJP MP from North-West Delhi to news agency ANI.
Nearly 80 councillors have voted so far besides MPs and MLAs.
Around 200 councillors have cast their votes so far.
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