Delhi MCD Mayor Election 2023 Highlights: AAPs Shelly Oberoi becomes Delhi mayor with 150 votes, Aaley Mohammad Iqbal elected as Deputy Mayor
Delhi MCD Mayor Election 2023 Highlights: AAPs Shelly Oberoi becomes Delhi mayor with 150 votes, Aaley Mohammad Iqbal elected as Deputy Mayor
Delhi MCD Mayor Election Highlights: AAP's Shelly Oberoi defeated BJP's Rekha Gupta by a margin of 34 votes to become the mayor of Delhi. Oberoi polled 150 votes while Gupta received 116 votes out of the total 266 votes polled. The voting was held at the Civic Centre. The Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena had given his nod to convene the municipal House for holding the mayoral election following the apex court order. In a shot in the arm for the AAP, the apex court also held that the members nominated to the MCD by the Lt Governor cannot vote to elect the mayor.
Who can vote in Delhi MCD Mayor Election ?
Electoral College for election of mayor
Elected councillors - 250
Lok Sabha MPs - 7 (Delhi)
Rajya Sabha MPs - 3 (Delhi)
MLAs - 14
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.
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Delhi MCD Mayor, Deputy Mayor Election Results 2023
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Aaley Mohammad Iqbal elected as Deputy Mayor
AAP's Shelly Oberoi elected Delhi Mayor
Aam Aadmi Party candidate Shelly Oberoi has been elected as the new mayor of Delhi after having secured 150 votes on Wednesday. "I assure you all that I will run this House in a constitutional manner. I expect you all will maintain the dignity of the House and cooperate in its smooth functioning," Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi said as soon as she was elected as the mayor.
Delhi MCD Mayor Election results LIVE: AAP's Shelly Oberoi defeats BJP's Rekha Gupta to become Delhi mayor
AAP's Shelly Oberoi defeated BJP's Rekha Gupta by a margin of 34 votes to become the mayor of Delhi. Oberoi polled 150 votes while Gupta received 116 votes out of the total 266 votes polled. The voting was held at the Civic Centre. Delhi got the mayor in the fourth attempt since the earlier elections were stalled amid ruckus over voting rights being given to nominated members.
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AAP claims its candidate Shelly Oberoi has won the elections.
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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.
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Delhi MCD Mayor Election Results LIVE: Who can vote?
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.
Delhi MCD Election Results
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.
Delhi MCD Mayor Election LIVE: BJP, AAP held each other responsible
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.
Delhi Mayor Election LIVE: MCD annual Budget impacted
The crisis 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.
Delhi Mayor Election LIVE: Rules for election of mayor
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. However, it has been over two months since the municipal elections were held on December 4.
Delhi Mayor Election LIVE: Polling after Apex Court verdict
The exercise to hold elections to the top post will be carried out after three failed attempts. 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. 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 Mayor Election LIVE: Stage set to elect new MCD mayor
After much delay since the high-stakes civic polls in Delhi, the stage is set for the election of a new mayor on Wednesday following a Supreme Court order. The municipal House is slated to begin at 11 am during which the election to the posts of mayor, deputy mayor and six members of the standing committee will be held.
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