2017 MCD Election Results - BJP leads in 71 wards; Cong, AAP rally behind Wednesday April 26,2017

In May 2016, bypolls to 13 wards were held, in which the AAP had finished on the top with five seats, followed by the Congress with 4 and the BJP at 3. One seat had gone to an independent candidate.

As per the records of the Delhi poll commission, the polling percentage in 2012 was 53.43 per cent, highest in the last 15 years. The 2012 civic polls were also the first elections after the trifurcation of the MCD into the NDMC, the SDMC and the EDMC in the same year.

There are 1,004 candidates vying in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) area, 985 in South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and 548 in East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC).

Over 1.32 crore electorates were eligible to vote in the polls. While the male vote share stood at 54.04%, the figure for women was pegged at 53.02. 93 votes were polled by people belonging to the other category.

The polling was held in 270 of the 272 wards under the three municipal corporations. The election to two wards have been postponed due to the death of candidates.

Over 71 lakh electorates exercised their franchise to choose 270 ward councillors for three corporations.

Vote counting for 270 wards of three municipal corporations began at 35 centres across the city at 8 am.

Trends were availble for 104 seats.

The BJP took an early lead in MCD polls, heading ahead in 71 wards, while rivals Congress and AAP were left far behind leading in 16 and 14 wards, respectively, initial trends indicated today Wednesday April 26,2017