MCD ward committee election: AAP wins in Karol Bagh, City S.P., BJP in Keshavpuram

MCD ward committee polls held in Delhi, AAP wins unopposed in various zones, BJP wins in Keshavpuram.

The 12 ward committee’s polls in Municipal Corporation of Delhi were held on Wednesday (September 4, 2024).

The councillors voted to elect a chairman and deputy chairman for nine of the 12 zonal-level ward committees, and one member each for the standing committee, MCD’s highest decision-making body.

From the Karol Bagh zone, AAP councillor Rakesh Joshi was elected unopposed as chairman of the ward committee while Jyoti Gautam and Ankush Narang bagged the posts of deputy chairman and member of the standing committee since the BJP did not field any candidate.

Similarly, AAP candidates Mohd Sadiq, Kiran Bala and Punardeep Singh Sawhney were elected unopposed as chairman, deputy chairman of the ward committee, and member of the standing committee from City S.P. Zone in the absence of any candidates from the BJP.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won in Keshavpuram unopposed.

In the Rohini zone, AAP won unopposed in two posts - Deputy Chairperson for Ward committee and Standing Committee member after the BJP candidates withdrew their nominations. In the post of Ward Committee Chairperson, the AAP won securing 14 votes out of 22, while the BJP candidate received 8 votes.

MCD zones Rohini, Najafgarh, West, South, and Central will vote between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the first floor of the agency headquarters in Hansraj Gupta Auditorium.