2017 Delhi Municipal Corporation election

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2017 Delhi Municipal Corporation election - Wikipedia

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2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi election

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All 272 seats in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi
137 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

53.58%^[1]

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Manoj Tiwari	Arvind Kejriwal	Ajay Maken
Party	BJP	AAP	INC
Last election	138	Did not exist	77
Seats won	181	49	31
Seat change	43	49	46
Popular vote	25,75,116	18,71,964	15,04,964
Percentage	36.08%	26.23%	21.09%

MCD majority before election

BJP

Elected MCD majority

BJP

The elections for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi were held on 23 April 2017. The next elections will held in 2022.^[2]^[3] The results were declared on 26 April 2017 in which BJP was elected.^[4]^[3] The total turnout for the election was 54%.^[5]^[6] The major parties contesting the election are BJP, INC and AAP.^[7]

Schedule

Poll Event	Schedule	Day
Issue of notification of election	27 March 2017	Monday
Last Date for filing nomination	3 April 2017	Monday
Scrutiny of Nominations	5 April 2017	Wednesday
Withdrawal of Candidature	8 April 2017	Saturday
Date of Poll	23 April 2017	Sunday
Date of Counting	26 April 2017	Wednesday
Date of Completion	5 May 2017	Friday

Delimitation exercise

In 2016, delimitation was carried out for MCD elections. the average population of each ward was to be 60,000 with a variation of 10% to 15%.^[8]

Election results

The votes were counted and result was declared on 26 April 2017.^[9]^[10]

North Delhi Municipal Corporation
Party		Seats won	Seats +/−	Vote %
	Bharatiya Janata Party	64	5	35.63
	Aam Aadmi Party	21	21	27.88
	Indian National Congress	16	13	20.73
	Others	3	13	15.76
Total		104	-	100

South Delhi Municipal Corporation
Party		Seats won	Seats +/−	Vote %
	Bharatiya Janata Party	70	26	34.87
	Aam Aadmi Party	16	16	26.44
	Indian National Congress	12	17	20.29
	Others	6	25	18.40
Total		104	-	100

East Delhi Municipal Corporation
Party		Seats won	Seats +/−	Vote %
	Bharatiya Janata Party	47	12	38.61
	Aam Aadmi Party	12	12	23.40
	Indian National Congress	3	16	22.84
	Others	2	8	15.15
Total		64	-	100

2021 By election

In 2021, by elections were conducted by Delhi Election Commission in the following 5 vacant seats:


Ward	Party Before	Party After	Reason for by poll
Rohini C	AAP	AAP	Resignation
Shalimar Bagh	BJP	AAP	Death
Trilokpuri	AAP	AAP	Resignation
Kalyanpuri	AAP	AAP	Resignation
Chauhan Bangar	AAP	INC	Resignation

References

^ "MCD election 2017: Voting concludes, 53.58 per cent overall turnout". India Today. New Delhi. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
^ Jose, Bijin (23 April 2017). "MCD election 2017: Over 1.3 crore people to cast their vote today; tough battle for AAP, BJP, Congress". India Today. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b Marwaha, Nonika (23 April 2017). "MCD Election 2017: Voting Begins For Delhi Civic Polls". NDTV. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Delhi Municipal Election Results
^ Kant, Vishal (23 April 2017). "MCD election 2017: Exit polls predict BJP win, Kejriwal rout on day of 54% turnout". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Sanyal, Anindita (23 April 2017). "MMCD Elections 2017: Exit Polls Predict Sweep For BJP, AAP Rout - 10 Points". NDTV. New Delhi. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Bhatnagar, Gaurav (14 April 2017). "MCD Polls: Environmental Issues Top Swaraj India's Manifesto - 10 Points". The Wire (India). New Delhi. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
^ "Delimitation panel to use digitised maps, rope in MCD employees to redraw ward boundaries".
^ "Municipal Corporation of Delhi election results 2017". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "MCD Results 2017 | State Election Commission, NCT of Delhi". sec.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

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