2022 Delhi Municipal Corporation election

2022 Delhi Municipal Corporation election

←  2017 4 December 2022
All 250 seats of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi 126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.48% [1] ( 3.10%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Arvind Kejriwal Adesh Kumar Gupta Anil Chaudhary Party AAP BJP INC Alliance None NDA UPA Leader since 2012 2020 2020 Last election 26.23%, 49 seats [a] 36.08%, 181 seats [b] 21.09%, 31 seats [c] Seats before 51 163 22 Seats won 134 104 9 Seat change 85 59 13 Percentage 42.05% 39.09% 11.68% Swing 15.82% 3.01% 9.41%
Map depicting the winning party for each ward
MCD majority before election NDMC - BJP SDMC - BJP EDMC - BJP MCD majority after election AAP

Municipal elections were held in Delhi on 4 December 2022 to elect 250 councillors of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The counting of the votes and declaration of results took place on 7 December 2022.

The Aam Aadmi Party won a simple majority in the corporation. This was the maiden election to the municipal corporation since its reunification in May 2022. ^[2]

Background

The tenure of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal Corporation, and East Delhi Municipal Corporation concluded on 18 May 2022. ^[3] The previous municipal elections were held in April 2017 to elect the councillors of the three municipal corporations.

Re-merger of municipal corporations

In March 2022, the Delhi State Election Commission indefinitely deferred the municipal elections that were scheduled to be held in April 2022. ^[4] On 22 March, the Union Government approved the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill to re-merge the three municipal corporations into to a unified body. ^[5] The unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi formally came into existence from 22 May 2022. ^[6]

Events

The State Election Commission in Delhi had been preparing for the Delhi Municipal Elections and had issued multiple notices, notifications, and orders indicating that the election was scheduled to take place in April 2022. ^[7]

On March 9, 2022, the Delhi State Election Commission announced a press conference at 5 PM to release the schedule for the municipal elections planned for April. However, shortly after this announcement, the commission received an unofficial communication from the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal, indicating that the Union Government intended to merge the three municipal bodies. This raises critical concerns about the transparency and timing of the communication, as it suggests potential political interference or a lack of coordination between the Union Government and the State Election Commission, undermining the autonomy of the electoral process. ^[7] No formal communication was issued regarding the merger plans, nor was any such agenda disclosed during the ongoing budget session of the Parliament of India. Following the informal communication from the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, the press conference to announce the election schedule was indefinitely postponed, and the elections were deferred. This sequence of events raises serious questions about the procedural integrity and transparency of the decision-making process, as well as the timing and legitimacy of the intervention. ^[7]

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP, the ruling party of India, of using the unification of municipal bodies as a pretext to delay the elections. He remarked, "Can they cancel civic polls for this reason? If they can use such excuses to postpone a minor election, what’s to stop them from delaying state and national elections in the future?" ^[8]

Delimitation exercise

The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 proposed reducing the number of councillor seats from the existing 272 to a maximum of 250. ^[9] A three-member delimitation committee was established on July 8, 2022, with a mandate to complete its work and submit a report within four months of its formation. The committee, led by State Election Commissioner Vijay Dev, was tasked with determining ward boundaries based on specific guidelines.

The average ward size was set at approximately 65,000 people, with each assembly constituency divided into a minimum of three wards. While the principle of maintaining an average population per ward was emphasised, deviations of up to plus or minus 10% were deemed acceptable by the Union Government.

The total population of the corporation, as per the 2011 census, was to be divided by the total number of wards to calculate the average population per ward. Additionally, the number of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes was required to reflect the proportion of the Scheduled Caste population to the total population of Delhi.

To ensure accuracy, the delimitation commission utilised digitised maps provided by Geospatial Delhi Limited (GSDL). ^[10]

Lawsuit to conduct the election

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) filed a petition with the Supreme Court, seeking directives for the State Election Commission to conduct a fair and timely election without interference from the Union Government. The plea, submitted by AAP leaders Ankush Narang and Manoj Kumar Tyagi, requested that the elections be held as per the State Election Commission's original schedule, ensuring they take place before the term of the municipal corporations concluded in May. ^[7]

The plea argued, "The elections have been postponed at the eleventh hour based solely on an informal intimation to the State Election Commission. The commission, established as an independent constitutional authority, is meant to be insulated from political whims and caprices to ensure the conduct of free, fair, and timely elections. Such an arbitrary and sudden alteration of the election schedule, solely at the behest of the government, constitutes a blatant violation of the fundamental democratic principle of impartial election conduct." It further described the incident as a "brazen display of influence by the Government of India over the State Election Commission and an egregious interference in the conduct of municipal elections." The plea accused the Union Government of undermining the commission's independence, asserting that its intervention was the sole reason for the election delay. ^[7]

AAP criticized the indefinite deferral of the elections as completely arbitrary and questioned the court whether elections, already scheduled and prepared for, could be postponed based on unofficial communications made "at the whim of the Central Government." ^[7]

State Election Commission response

On March 23, The Indian Express reported, citing unnamed sources, that the State Election Commission had sought legal advice on whether elections could proceed amidst the Union Government's plans to unify the municipal corporations. According to the report, the legal advisors recommended that the commission wait until the ongoing parliamentary session concluded before making a decision. Consequently, the commission was expected to finalise its stance on the elections in the second week of April. The report also highlighted the possibility of ward reorganization in Delhi, which could further delay the elections. ^[3]

Lawsuit demanding the use of a voting machine with paper trail

In March 2022, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) requested that the authorities conducting the elections use Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) compatible with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) systems. In response, the State Election Commission of Delhi stated that it had decided to conduct the 2022 MCD elections using second-generation M-2 EVMs, which do not support VVPAT. ^[11]

A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj, seeking a directive for the State Election Commission of Delhi to conduct the MCD elections using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) equipped with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) systems. His legal counsel argued that without VVPAT machines, verifying the accuracy of the EVMs was nearly impossible, and the possibility of tampering could not be ruled out. ^[11]

In Subramanian Swamy vs. Election Commission of India (2013), the Supreme Court of India recognised the inclusion of a paper trail system in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) as essential for ensuring free and fair elections. The petition filed by AAP criticised the State Election Commission's decision to use older second-generation M-2 EVMs without Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) as a direct violation of the Supreme Court's directions, terming it "manifestly wrong" and a "colourable exercise of power." The petition further argued that this decision raised "genuine apprehensions about the sanctity of the entire electoral process." ^{[11] [12]}

The petition stated, "There are no assembly elections scheduled anywhere in the country after March 7, 2022. Therefore, there should be no impediment in loaning the newer generation EVMs, which are compatible with VVPAT, to the State Election Commission of Delhi for conducting the 2022 MCD elections." ^[13]

The State Election Commission of Delhi stated that it relied on the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the supply of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The ECI had provided M-2 EVMs, which do not support Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), to the SEC. In court, the SEC of Delhi clarified that it had no objections to using EVMs with VVPAT if the ECI supplied them. ^[14]

The Election Commission of India (ECI) opposed the plea in court, stating that it could not provide EVMs equipped with VVPAT to the State Election Commission (SEC). The ECI argued that these machines were designated for elections under its supervision and could not be allocated to agencies outside its direct oversight. ^[13]

AAP argued in court that the EVMs procured by the State Election Commission (SEC) were not compatible with VVPAT and requested the disclosure of the total number of VVPAT-compatible machines available in India. In response, the High Court directed the SEC to clarify which of its procured EVMs were compatible with VVPAT. The court granted the SEC ten days to respond, with the next hearing scheduled for April 29. ^[14]

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Delhi State Election Commission on 4 November 2022. ^[15]

Poll Event	Date
Notification date	7 November 2022
Last date for filing nomination	14 November 2022
Date for scrutiny of nominations	16 November 2022
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	19 November 2022
Date of Poll	4 December 2022
Date of Counting	7 December 2022

Parties and alliances

   Aam Aadmi Party

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested
1.	Aam Aadmi Party			Arvind Kejriwal		250 [16] [17]

   National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			Adesh Kumar Gupta		250 [16] [17]

   United Progressive Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
1.	Indian National Congress			Anil Chaudhary	247 [16] [17]

   Left Front

No.	Party [18]	Flag	Symbol	Seats contested
1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			6 [16] [18]
2.	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation			5 [16] [18]
3.	Communist Party of India			3 [16] [18]
4.	All India Forward Bloc			3 [16] [18]

Others

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
1.	Bahujan Samaj Party			C. P. Singh [19]	132 [16] [17]
2.	Nationalist Congress Party			Yoganand Shastri [20]	26 [16] [17]
3.	Janata Dal (United)			Satya Prakash Mishra [19]	22 [16] [17]
4.	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen			Kaleemul Hafeez [19]	15 [16] [17]

Candidates

AAP released the first list of 134 candidates on 11 November 2022. ^[21] The second list of 117 candidates was released on 12 November 2022 ^[22] wherein one candidate from the first list was replaced. ^[23]

BJP released the first list of 232 candidates on 12 November 2022. ^[24] The second list of 18 candidates was released on 14 November 2022. ^[25] BJP replaced 7 candidates on 14 November 2022. ^[26]

Congress released the first list of 249 candidates on 13 November 2022. ^[27] The list of candidates for the remaining seat, along with replacements for three candidates from the first list, was released on November 14, 2022. ^[28] Nominations of three Congress candidates was rejected during scrutiny. ^[16]

Exit polls

Polling firm/Commissioner					Lead	Remarks
	AAP	BJP	INC	Others
Aaj Tak-Axis My India	149-171	69-91	3-7	5-9	58-102	AAP majority
Zee News-BARC	134-146	82-94	8-14	14-19	40-64	AAP majority
Times Now-Navbharat	146-156	84-94	6-10	0-4	52-72	AAP majority
NewsX-Navbharat	159-172	70-92	4-7	0-1	67-102	AAP majority
Poll of polls (Average) [29]	154	84	6	6	70	AAP majority
Actual result	134	104	9	3	30	AAP majority

Results

134	104	9	3
AAP	BJP	INC	IND

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

   AAP (42.05%)

   BJP (39.09%)

   INC (11.68%)

   BSP (1.80%)

   IND (3.46%)

   NOTA (0.78%)

  Other (1.14%)

Results by Party

Results were announced on 7 December 2022. ^{[30] [31]}

Parties		Popular vote			Seats (126 needed for majority)
		Votes	%	± %	Contested	Won	+/-
	Aam Aadmi Party	30,84,957	42.05%	15.82%	250	134	85
	Bharatiya Janata Party	28,67,472	39.09%	3.01%	250	104	77
	Indian National Congress	8,56,593	11.68%	9.41%	247	9	22
	Independent	2,53,631	3.46%			3	3
	Others	2,15,627	2.94%			0	5
	NOTA	57,545	0.78%
Total		73,35,825	100%			250

Result by ward

Ward		Winner [32] [33]				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
1	Narela (W)	Sweta Khatri		AAP	15,929	Keshrani Khatri		BJP	10,960	4,969
2	Bankner	Dinesh Kumar		AAP	10,765	Vinod Bhardwaj		BJP	10,387	378
3	Holambi Kalan (W)	Neha		AAP	15,631	Archana		BJP	7,490	8,141
4	Alipur	Yogesh Rana		BJP	14,929	Deep Kumar		AAP	14,838	91
5	Bakhtawarpur (W)	Janta Devi		BJP	12,754	Babita		AAP	10,570	2,184
6	Burari	Anil Kumar Tyagi		BJP	18,314	Ashish Tyagi		AAP	18,141	173
7	Kadipur (W)	Munesh Devi		AAP	19,172	Urmila Rana		BJP	14,669	4,503
8	Mukundpur	Gulab Singh Rathore		BJP	15,687	Ajay Kumar		AAP	14,929	758
9	Sant Nagar (W)	Ruby Rawat		AAP	15,332	Rekha Rawat		BJP	12,289	3,043
10	Jharoda	Gagan Chaudhary		AAP	24,626	Brijesh Kumar Rai		BJP	19,810	4,816
11	Timarpur (W)	Promila Gupta		AAP	17,336	Amarlata Sangwan		BJP	11,975	5,361
12	Malka Ganj (SC-W)	Rekha		BJP	13,855	Guddi Devi		AAP	13,373	482
13	Mukherjee Nagar	Raja Iqbal Singh		BJP	14,422	Antul Kohli		AAP	13,845	577
14	Dhirpur (W)	Neha Aggarwal		AAP	13,269	Neelam Budhiraja		BJP	11,148	2,121
15	Adarsh Nagar	Mukesh Goel		AAP	12,786	Anubhav Dhir		BJP	12,599	187
16	Azadpur (W)	Suman Kumari		BJP	13,316	Mannu		AAP	9,779	3,537
17	Bhalswa	Ajeet Singh Yadav		AAP	10,316	Lallu Singh		BJP	9,230	1,086
18	Jahangir Puri (W)	Timsy Sharma		AAP	11,086	Divya Jha		BJP	9,898	1,188
19	Sarup Nagar	Joginder Singh Rana		AAP	11,865	Suresh Pandey		BJP	10,934	931
20	Samaypur Badli (W)	Gayatri Yadav		BJP	12,019	Seema Yadav		INC	8,487	3,532
21	Rohini-A	Pardeep Mittal		AAP	14,574	Naveen Garg		BJP	13,786	788
22	Rohini-B (W)	Suman Anil Rana		AAP	11,837	Komal Vashisht		BJP	11,525	312
23	Rithala	Narender Kumar		BJP	15,053	Shubham Kumar Tripathi		AAP	12,029	3,024
24	Vijay Vihar (W)	Pooshpa Solanki		AAP	17,095	Kumari Amrita		BJP	14,152	2,943
25	Budh Vihar	Amrit Jain		AAP	11,976	Rajpal Garg		BJP	9,301	2,675
26	Pooth Kalan (W)	Ritu Kumar		AAP	16,074	Kavita Solanki		BJP	14,778	1,296
27	Begumpur	Jai Bhagwan Yadav		BJP	15,575	Dharmender Kumar		AAP	13,507	2,068
28	Shahbaad Dairy (SC)	Ram Chander		AAP	10,155	Santosh Kumar Bharti		BJP	7,023	3,132
29	Pooth Khurd (W)	Anju Devi		BJP	13,016	Umindera Devi		AAP	11,522	1,494
30	Bawana	Pawan Kumar		AAP	10,564	Braham Prakash		BJP	9,930	724
31	Nangal Thakran (W)	Babita		BJP	11,661	Manisha Shokeen		AAP	9,506	2,155
32	Kanjhawala	Sandeep		AAP	8,532	Ravinder		IND	6,506	2,026
33	Rani Khera (W)	Manisha Jasbir Karala		AAP	18,366	Sushila		BJP	16,012	2,354
34	Nangloi (SC-W)	Hemlata		AAP	13,644	Babita Kumari		BJP	10,544	3,100
35	Mundka	Gajendra Singh Daral		IND	15,492	Anil		AAP	6,144	9,348
36	Nilothi (W)	Babina Shokeen		AAP	14,658	Kuljeet Kaur		BJP	9,538	5,126
37	Kirari	Ramesh Chand		AAP	11,087	Urmila Choudhary		BJP	6,355	4,732
38	Prem Nagar (W)	Neela Kumari		BJP	14,537	Munni Devi		AAP	10,012	4,525
39	Mubarikpur	Rajesh Kumar		AAP	16,832	Ramdayal Mahto		BJP	13,757	3,075
40	Nithari (W)	Mamta Gupta		AAP	11,299	Sona Choudhary		BJP	10,524	775
41	Aman Vihar	Ravinder Bharadwaj		AAP	12,196	Narender Kumar		BJP	11,474	722
42	Mangol Puri (SC)	Rajesh Kumar		AAP	12,320	Shashi Kapoor		BJP	10,055	2,265
43	Sultanpuri-A (SC-W)	Bobi		AAP	14,821	Varuna Dhaka		INC	8,107	6,714
44	Sultanpuri-B (SC)	Daulat		AAP	15,760	Hukum Singh		BJP	10,997	4,763
45	Jawalapuri (SC-W)	Santosh Devi		AAP	13,263	Bimla		BJP	10,360	2,903
46	Nangloi Jat (W)	Poonam Saini		BJP	12,168	Vijay Laxmi		AAP	10,614	1,554
47	Nihal Vihar	Mandeep Singh		INC	12,747	Ashok Bhardwaj		AAP	12,181	566
48	Guru Harkishan Nagar (W)	Monika Goyal		BJP	10,694	Shaveta Khera		AAP	10,319	375
49	Mangolpuri-A (SC)	Dharam Rakshak		AAP	15,171	Ashok Kumar		BJP	11,700	3,471
50	Mangolpuri-B (SC-W)	Suman		AAP	16,400	Rajeshwari		BJP	9,703	6,697
51	Rohini-C	Dharambir Sharma		BJP	11,969	Anil Mittal		AAP	11,246	723
52	Rohini-F (W)	Ritu Goel		BJP	17,302	Rekha Goel		AAP	10,021	7,281
53	Rohini-E	Pravesh Wahi		BJP	15,881	Kuldip Mittal		AAP	7,846	8,035
54	Rohini-D (W)	Smita		BJP	15,584	Anupriya Mishra		AAP	13,696	1,888
55	Shalimar Bagh-A	Jalaj Kumar		AAP	11,553	Sujeet Thakur		BJP	8,768	2,785
56	Shalimar Bagh-B (W)	Rekha Gupta		BJP	19,447	Ishupreet Kaur Gujral		AAP	11,457	7,990
57	Pitam Pura	Amit Nagpal		BJP	17,191	Sanju Jain		AAP	13,366	3,825
58	Saraswati Vihar (W)	Shikha Bhardwaj		BJP	13,167	Urmila Gupta		AAP	10,017	3,150
59	Paschim Vihar	Vineet Vohra		BJP	12,199	Shalu Duggal		AAP	10,155	2,044
60	Rani Bagh (W)	Jyoti Aggarwal		BJP	10,346	Mithlesh Pathak		AAP	8,959	1,387
61	Kohat Enclave	Ajay Ravi Hans		BJP	15,195	N. Raja		AAP	10,549	4,646
62	Shakur Pur (SC)	Kishan Lal		BJP	12,265	Ashok Kumar		AAP	12,161	104
63	Tri Nagar (W)	Meenu Goel		BJP	13,900	Neetu Yadav		AAP	8,597	5,303
64	Keshav Puram	Yogesh Verma		BJP	12,200	Vikas Goel		AAP	9,804	2,396
65	Ashok Vihar (W)	Poonam Sharma		BJP	9,995	Reeta Khari		AAP	9,839	156
66	Wazir Pur (SC-W)	Chitra Vidyarthi		AAP	15,987	Sonia		BJP	13,291	2,696
67	Sangam Park (SC)	Sushil		BJP	7,039	Ravi Shankar		AAP	6,809	230
68	Model Town	Vikesh Sethi		BJP	13,896	Nathu Ram Nagar		AAP	12,069	1,827
69	Kamla Nagar (W)	Renu Aggarwal		BJP	14,144	Kiran Gupta Sethi		AAP	9,795	4,349
70	Shastri Nagar	Manoj Kumar Jindal		BJP	23,413	Babita		AAP	11,204	12,209
71	Kishan Ganj (SC-W)	Pooja		AAP	13,728	Geeta Devi		BJP	10,256	3,472
72	Sadar Bazar (W)	Usha Sharma		AAP	13,770	Pinki Jain		BJP	9,037	4,733
73	Civil Lines (SC)	Vikas		AAP	12,498	Avtar Singh		BJP	5,545	6,953
74	Chandni Chowk	Punardeep Singh Sawhney		AAP	8,774	Ravinder Kumar		BJP	7,558	1,216
75	Jama Masjid (W)	Sultana Abad		AAP	11,216	Shahin Parveen		INC	3,793	7,423
76	Chandani Mahal	Aaley Mohammad Iqbal		AAP	19,199	Mohammad Hamid		INC	2,065	17,134
77	Delhi Gate (SC-W)	Kiran Bala		AAP	8,866	Deepti Arora		BJP	7,075	1,791
78	Bazar Sita Ram (W)	Rafia Mahir		AAP	16,639	Seema Tahira		INC	3,753	12,886
79	Ballimaran	Mohammad Sadiq		AAP	15,773	Ram Dev Sharma		BJP	4,147	11,626
80	Ram Nagar (SC)	Kamal Bagri		BJP	12,589	Dharmender Kumar		AAP	10,255	2,334
81	Quraish Nagar (W)	Shamim Bano		AAP	14,853	Samina Raza		BJP	6,643	7,940
82	Pahar Ganj	Manish Chadda		BJP	14,242	Amar Nath		AAP	11,183	3,059
83	Karol Bagh (SC-W)	Urmila Devi		AAP	15,108	Usha Lawaria		BJP	9,111	5,997
84	Dev Nagar (SC)	Mahesh Kumar		AAP	17,253	Ghan Shyam		BJP	10,508	6,745
85	West Patel Nagar (SC-W)	Kavita Chauhan		AAP	15,782	Meenu		BJP	10,466	5,316
86	East Patel Nagar (W)	Shelly Oberoi		AAP	9,987	Deepali Kapoor		BJP	9,718	269
87	Ranjeet Nagar	Ankush Narang		AAP	14,757	Tej Ram Phore		BJP	7,992	6,765
88	Baljeet Nagar (W)	Runakshi Sharma		AAP	10,652	Ayushi Tiwari		BJP	7,061	3,591
89	Karam Pura	Rakesh Joshi		AAP	15,840	Rajiv Girotra		BJP	13,074	2,766
90	Moti Nagar (W)	Alka Dhingra		AAP	12,644	Ritu Madan		BJP	11,980	664
91	Ramesh Nagar	Puneet Rai		AAP	10,115	Pradeep Kumar Tiwari		BJP	9,592	523
92	Punjabi Bagh (W)	Suman Tyagi		BJP	13,497	Sulochana Devi		AAP	11,624	1,873
93	Madipur (SC)	Sahil Gangwal		AAP	10,534	Sant Parkash Gangwal		INC	9,729	625
94	Raghubir Nagar (SC-W)	Urmila Gangwal		BJP	13,911	Pratima Anand		AAP	13,765	146
95	Vishnu Garden	Meenakshi Chandela		AAP	13,791	Sanjay Yadav		BJP	9,784	4,007
96	Rajouri Garden (W)	Shashi Talwar		BJP	13,281	Priya Chandela		AAP	11,362	1,919
97	Chaukhandi Nagar	Sunil Kumar Chadha		AAP	11,780	Suman Kharwal		BJP	8,439	3,341
98	Subhash Nagar (W)	Manju Setia		AAP	14,609	Rekha Sahni		BJP	10,200	4,409
99	Hari Nagar	Rajesh Kumar Ladi		AAP	15,424	Shyam Sharma		BJP	13,535	1,889
100	Fateh Nagar (W)	Raminder Kaur		AAP	11,233	Inder Jit Kaur		BJP	10,389	844
101	Tilak Nagar	Ashok Kumar Maanu		AAP	11,080	Raj Kumar Grover		BJP	9,046	2,034
102	Khyala (W)	Shilpa Kaur		AAP	15,562	Paramjeet Kaur		BJP	7,084	8478
103	Keshopur	Harish Oberroi		BJP	12,092	Sachin Tyagi		AAP	11,916	176
104	Janak Puri South (W)	Dimple Ahuja		AAP	14,408	Akriti Kaur Tapar		BJP	12,984	1,424
105	Mahaveer Enclave	Parveen Kumar		AAP	18,752	Ajit Singh		BJP	15,890	2,862
106	Janak Puri West (W)	Urmila Chawla		BJP	12,994	Geetu		AAP	11,411	1,583
107	Vikas Puri	Sahib Kumar		AAP	17,902	Sunil Jindal		BJP	12,560	5,342
108	Hastsal (W)	Rakhi Yadav		AAP	15,319	Suman Singla		BJP	12,533	2,786
109	Shiv Vihar	Ashok Pandey		AAP	18,527	Pankaj Kumar Singh		BJP	14,919	3,608
110	Bhakkar Wala (W)	Raj Bala		AAP	10,058	Krishna		INC	8,889	1,169
111	Baprola	Ravinder		AAP	13,099	Satpal Solanki		IND	12,172	927
112	Vikas Nagar (W)	Nirmala Kumari		AAP	20,193	Reeta		BJP	14,001	6,192
113	Mohan Garden-West	Surender Kaushik		AAP	13,420	Shyam Kumar Mishra		BJP	10,138	3,282
114	Mohan Garden-East (W)	Nirmla Devi		AAP	23,173	Rinku		BJP	22,652	521
115	Uttam Nagar	Deepak Vohra		AAP	16,846	Rajesh Aggarwal		BJP	14,846	2,000
116	Binda Pur (W)	Krishna Devi Raghav		AAP	16,620	Sudha Sharma		BJP	10,983	5,637
117	Dabri	Tilotma Choudhary		AAP	16,601	Vinay Kumar Chauhan		BJP	14,891	1,710
118	Sagarpur (W)	Simmi Yadav		AAP	16,217	Poonam Jindal		BJP	14,273	1,944
119	Manglapuri	Narender Kumar		AAP	18,400	Vijay Veer Solanki		BJP	11,220	7,180
120	Dwarka-B (W)	Kamaljeet Sehrawat		BJP	14,782	Sudha Sinha		AAP	7,905	6,877
121	Dwarka-A	Ram Niwas Gehlot		BJP	13,214	Shalini Singh		AAP	11,459	1,755
122	Matiala (W)	Anuradha Ashok Sharma		BJP	15,500	Rajnesh		AAP	14,297	1,203
123	Kakrola	Sudesh Kumar		AAP	17,815	Pawan Tomar		BJP	11,671	6,144
124	Nangli Sakrawati (W)	Savita		BJP	20,717	Geetu		AAP	18,369	2,348
125	Chhawala	Shashi Yadav		BJP	15,246	Jagdish		AAP	10,729	4,517
126	Isapur (W)	Meena Devi		IND	12,782	Pinki Taxat		AAP	10,612	2,170
127	Najafgarh	Amit Kharkhari		BJP	13,998	Rajvir Singh Dabas		AAP	12,954	1,044
128	Dichaon Kalan (W)	Neelam		BJP	22,280	Anita		AAP	11,833	10,447
129	Roshan Pura	Devender		BJP	16,457	Dr Sanjay Parashar		AAP	15,237	1,220
130	Dwarka-C (W)	Sunita		AAP	6,200	Sushma		BJP	5,629	571
131	Bijwasan	Jaivir Singh Rana		BJP	10,571	Narender Rana		AAP	8,719	1,852
132	Kapashera (W)	Aarti Yadav		AAP	4,586	Sunita Devi		BJP	3,102	1,484
133	Mahipalpur	Inderjeet Sherawat		BJP	8,427	Joginder Singh		AAP	8,156	271
134	Raj Nagar (W)	Poonam Bhardwaj		AAP	16,880	Aruna Rawat		BJP	11,432	5,448
135	Palam	Seema Pandit		BJP	11,164	Vishnu Sharma		AAP	10,779	385
136	Madhu Vihar (W)	Sushma Rathee		BJP	19,836	Neha Goswami		AAP	14,401	5,435
137	Mahavir Enclave	Ajay Kumar Rai		AAP	12,780	Raj Kumar		BJP	11,438	1,342
138	Sadh Nagar (W)	Inder Kaur		BJP	13,485	Sangeeta		AAP	11,820	1,665
139	Naraina	Umang Bajaj		BJP	14,246	Vijender Garg		AAP	10,506	3,740
140	Inder Puri (SC)	Jyoti Gautam		AAP	12,404	Mohan Lal		BJP	7,691	4,713
141	Rajinder Nagar (W)	Arti Chawla		AAP	11,016	Manika Nischal		BJP	9,629	1,387
142	Daryaganj	Sarika Chaudhary		AAP	6,700	Farhad Suri		INC	6,456	244
143	Sidhartha Nagar (W)	Sonali		BJP	8,608	Neetu		AAP	8,097	511
144	Lajpat Nagar	Kunwar Arjun Pal Singh Mawrah		BJP	12,728	Subash Malhotra		AAP	9,900	2,828
145	Andrews Ganj (W)	Anita Baisoya		AAP	6,988	Preeti Bidhuri		BJP	6,052	936
146	Amar Colony	Sharad Kapoor		BJP	10,383	Jitender Kumar		AAP	9,112	1,271
147	Kotla Mubarakpur (W)	Kusum Lata		BJP	12,355	Rinku Mittal		AAP	7,805	4,550
148	Hauz Khas	Kamal Bhardwaj		AAP	7,913	Sumitra Dahiya		BJP	6,640	1,273
149	Malviya Nagar (W)	Leena Kumar		AAP	13,773	Nandani Sharma		BJP	10,143	3,630
150	Green Park	Sarita Phogaat		AAP	9,269	Manoj Gupta		BJP	7,640	1,629
151	Munirka (W)	Raj Bala Tokas		AAP	10,191	RamaaTokas		BJP	9,266	925
152	R.K Puram	Dharamvir Singh		AAP	8,328	Tulsi Joshi		BJP	3,738	4,590
153	Vasant Vihar (W)	Himani Jain		AAP	10,618	Raj Rani		BJP	8,007	2,611
154	Lado Sarai	Rajeev Sansanwal		AAP	13,385	Pravesh Sejwal		BJP	8,429	4,956
155	Mehrauli (W)	Rekha Mahender Chaudhary		AAP	15,317	Indu Sharma		BJP	14,047	1,270
156	Vasant Kunj	Jag Mohan Mhelawat		BJP	8,992	Amarjeet		AAP	8,238	754
157	Aya Nagar (W)	Ved Pal Sheetal Chaudhary		INC	10,226	Himani Ambawta		AAP	8,683	1,543
158	Bhati	Sunder Singh		AAP	13,456	Joginder Tanwar		INC	9,385	4,071
159	Chhatarpur (W)	Pinky Tyagi		AAP	16,290	Shikha Tyagi		BJP	7,768	8,522
160	Said-Ul-Ajaib	Umed Singh		AAP	12,168	Kamal Yadav		BJP	10,123	2,045
161	Deoli (W)	Anita		BJP	16,147	Sneh Lata Fauji		AAP	15,983	164
162	Tigri (SC-W)	Jyoti Prakash Jarwal		AAP	14,971	Meera		BJP	8,780	6,191
163	Sangam Vihar-A	Chandan Kumar Choudhary		BJP	9,392	Neeraj Yadav		AAP	9,003	389
164	Dakshin Puri (SC)	Prem Chauhan		AAP	16,500	Raj Kumar Chautala		BJP	10,412	6,088
165	Madangir (SC-W)	Geeta		AAP	13,391	Manisha		BJP	6,364	7,027
166	Pushp Vihar (SC)	Arun Navariya		AAP	13,721	Naresh		BJP	10,114	3,607
167	Khanpur (W)	Mamta Yadav		BJP	13,687	Suman Gupta		AAP	10,926	2,761
168	Sangam Vihar-C	Pankaj Gupta		AAP	16,568	Neeraj Gupta		BJP	13,135	3,433
169	Sangam Vihar-B (W)	Kajal Singh		AAP	18,856	Savita Devi		BJP	9,676	9,180
170	Tughlakabad Extension	Bhagbir		AAP	17,055	Poonam Bhati		BJP	10,904	6,151
171	Chitaranjan Park (W)	Ashu Thakur		AAP	10,443	Kandhan Choudhary		BJP	10,399	44
172	Chirag Delhi	Krishan Jakhar		AAP	17,768	Rakesh Kumar Gullaiya		BJP	14,052	3,716
173	Greater Kailash (W)	Shikha Roy		BJP	9,907	Ajit Kaur Pasricha		AAP	7,233	2,674
174	Sri Niwas Puri	Rajpal Singh		BJP	12,394	Indu		AAP	10,691	1,703
175	Kalkaji (W)	Yogita Singh		BJP	7,792	Shivani Chauhan		AAP	6,580	1,212
176	Govind Puri	Chander Prakash		BJP	18,929	Vijay Kumar		AAP	16,155	2,774
177	Harkesh Nagar (SC-W)	Mamta Pawan Pratap		AAP	17,931	Mamta Devi		BJP	6,804	11,127
178	Tughlakabad (W)	Sugandha		AAP	12,919	Pushpa		BJP	9,885	3,034
179	Pul Pehladpur (SC)	Rakesh Lohia		AAP	17,109	Munshi Ram		BJP	13,470	3,639
180	Badarpur (SC-W)	Manju Devi		AAP	16,674	Veena		BJP	9,769	6,905
181	Molarband	Hemchand Goel		AAP	13,206	Gagan Kasana		BJP	13,079	127
182	Meethapur (W)	Guddi Devi		BJP	11,521	Reeta		AAP	9,216	2,305
183	Hari Nagar Extension	Nikhil Chaprana		AAP	10,634	Mohit Chokan		IND	10,169	465
184	Jaitpur (W)	Hema		AAP	14,080	Rachna Mishra		BJP	10,735	3,345
185	Madanpur Khadar East (SC)	Praveen Kumar		AAP	11,306	Lekhraj Singh		BJP	10,995	311
186	Madanpur Khadar West	Braham Singh		BJP	12,921	Harinder Singh		AAP	8,795	4,126
187	Sarita Vihar (W)	Neetu		BJP	15,493	Muskan		AAP	10,788	4,705
188	Abul Fazal Enclave	Ariba Khan		INC	16,554	Wajid Khan		AAP	15,075	1,479
189	Zakir Nagar (W)	Naziya Danish		INC	16,878	Salma Khan		AAP	16,405	473
190	New Ashok Nagar	Sanjeev Kumar Singh		BJP	14,558	Anita Singh		AAP	8,294	6,264
191	Mayur Vihar Phase-I (SC-W)	Beena		AAP	16,157	Prema Devi		BJP	13,736	2,421
192	Trilokpuri (SC)	Vijay Kumar		AAP	16,765	Surender Kumar		BJP	11,759	5,006
193	Kondli (W)	Munesh		BJP	10,834	Vinita		AAP	8,343	2,491
194	Gharoli (SC-W)	Priyanka Gautam		AAP	15,290	Sunita Gautam		BJP	11,457	3,833
195	Kalyanpuri (SC)	Dhirender Kumar Bunty Gautam		AAP	18,370	Raj Kumar Dhillo		BJP	12,909	5,461
196	Mayur Vihar Phase-II	Devendra Kumar		AAP	11,538	Bipin Bihari Singh		BJP	9,950	1,588
197	Patpar Ganj (SC)	Renu Chaudhary		BJP	10,400	Seema		AAP	9,997	403
198	Vinod Nagar	Ravinder Singh Negi		BJP	13,830	Kuldeep Bhandari		AAP	11,519	2,311
199	Mandawali (SC)	Shashi Chandna		BJP	10,818	Reena Tomar		AAP	10,632	186
200	Pandav Nagar	Yashpal Singh Kaintura		BJP	13,390	Vijay Singh Shishodia Sonu		AAP	13,150	240
201	Lalita Park (W)	Shweta Nigam		AAP	9,855	Himanshi Pandey		BJP	6,815	3,040
202	Shakarpur	Ram Kishor Sharma		BJP	13,878	Sharad Dikshit		AAP	10,867	3,011
203	Laxmi Nagar (SC)	Alka Raghav		BJP	11,612	Meenakshi Sharma		AAP	7,793	3,819
204	Preet Vihar	Ramesh Kumar Garg		BJP	12,879	Ramesh Pandit		AAP	6,928	5,951
205	I.P Extension (SC)	Rachna		AAP	12,717	Amrita Pachauri		BJP	12,245	472
206	Anand Vihar	Monika Pant		BJP	13,137	Rahul Jain		AAP	10,473	2,664
207	Vishwas Nagar (SC-W)	Jyoti Rani		AAP	11,239	Cherry Singh		BJP	10,547	692
208	Anarkali (W)	Meenakshi Sharma		BJP	13,301	Rekha		AAP	8,883	4,418
209	Jagat Puri	Raju Sachdeva		BJP	14,962	Shiv Dutt Kaushik		AAP	12,987	1,975
210	Geeta Colony (W)	Neemaa Bhagat		BJP	10,871	Kawaljeet		AAP	10,217	654
211	Krishna Nagar	Sandeep Kapoor		BJP	13,924	Jugal Arora		AAP	10,499	3,425
212	Gandhi Nagar (W)	Priya Kamboj		BJP	12,474	Rakhi		AAP	8,052	4,422
213	Shastri Park	Sameer Ahmad		INC	12,503	Aditya Chaudhary		AAP	9,454	3,049
214	Azad Nagar (W)	Neelam		BJP	17,495	Shobha Devi		AAP	9,161	8,334
215	Shahdara (SC)	Bharat Gautam		BJP	15,634	Dalchand Anand		AAP	11,121	4,513
216	Jhilmil	Pankaj Luthra		BJP	19,920	Avdhesh Kumar Chaubey		AAP	11,538	8,382
217	Dilshad Colony (W)	Preeti		AAP	16,136	Sunrika Sharma		BJP	13,493	2,643
218	Sundar Nagri (SC-W)	Mohini		AAP	20,079	Renu		BJP	9,676	10,403
219	Dilshad Garden	B S Panwar		BJP	15,315	Praveen Kasana		AAP	14,371	944
220	Nand Nagri (SC)	Ramesh Kumar Bisaiya		AAP	15,959	KM Rinku		BJP	15,905	54
221	Ashok Nagar (W)	Reena Maheshwari		BJP	15,406	Sushma Rana		AAP	8,790	6,616
222	Ram Nagar East	Chander Prakash Sharma		BJP	15,959	Anil Gautam		AAP	12,863	3,096
223	Rohtash Nagar (W)	Shivani Panchal		AAP	9,398	Suman Lata		BJP	9,026	372
224	Welcome Colony	Ritesh Suji		BJP	15,464	Sudesh Choudhary		AAP	10,303	5,161
225	Seelampur (W)	Shakila Ahmed		IND	10,830	Seema Sharma		BJP	6,568	4,262
226	Gautam Puri	Satya Sharma		BJP	8,310	Md Riyasat		INC	7,091	1,219
227	Chauhan Banger (W)	Shagufta Chaudhary		INC	21,131	Asma Begum		AAP	5,938	15,193
228	Maujpur	Anil Kumar Sharma		BJP	15,533	Vinod Kumar Sharma		INC	7,748	7,785
229	Braham Puri (W)	Chhaya Gaurav Sharma		AAP	14,796	Kavita Kumari Sharma		BJP	14,008	788
230	Bhajanpura	Rekha Rani		AAP	11,842	Ram Raj Tiwari		BJP	8,710	3,132
231	Ghonda (W)	Preeti Gupta		BJP	15,763	Vidya Wati		AAP	12,409	3,354
232	Yamuna Vihar	Pramod Gupta		BJP	15,875	Vaneeta		AAP	6,420	9,455
233	Subash Mohalla (W)	Manisha Singh		BJP	11,206	Rekha Tyagi		AAP	8,535	2,671
234	Kabir Nagar	Zarif		INC	12,885	Sazid		AAP	8,790	4,095
235	Gorakh Park (W)	Priyanka Saxena		AAP	9,936	Kusum Tomar		BJP	7,988	1,948
236	Kardam Puri	Mukesh Kumar Bansal		BJP	15,070	Mukesh Yadav		AAP	7,593	7,477
237	Harsh Vihar (SC-W)	Poonam Nirmal		AAP	19,769	Bijendri		BJP	13,417	6,352
238	Saboli (SC)	Jaswant Singh		AAP	14,387	Hari Prakash Bahadur		BJP	11,076	3,311
239	Gokal Puri (SC-W)	Somwati Chaudhry		AAP	17,112	Nirmla Kumari		BJP	10,765	6,347
240	Joharipur (SC)	Roshan Lal		AAP	13,095	Raj Kumar		BJP	11,659	1,436
241	Karawal Nagar-East (W)	Shimla Devi		BJP	17,611	Asha Bansal		AAP	8,559	9,052
242	Dayalpur	Puneet Sharma		BJP	18,483	Kamal Gaur		AAP	6,169	12,314
243	Mustafabad (W)	Sabila Begum		INC	14,921	Sarwari Begum		AIMIM	8,339	6,582
244	Nehru Vihar	Arun Singh Bhati		BJP	15,001	Aleem		INC	14,645	356
245	Brij Puri (W)	Nazia Khatun		INC	9,639	Afreen Naz		AAP	7,521	2,118
246	Sri Ram Colony	Md. Aamil Malik		AAP	17,209	Pramod Jha		BJP	9,717	7,492
247	Sadatpur (W)	Neeta Bisht		BJP	16,206	Rekha Tyagi		AAP	12,106	4,100
248	Karawal Nagar-West	Satyapal Singh		BJP	15,174	Jitendra Bansala		AAP	11,530	3,644
249	Sonia Vihar (W)	Soni Pandey		BJP	14,871	Rimjhim Sharma		AAP	13,233	1,638
250	Sabapur	Brijesh Singh		BJP	8,720	Birendra Kumar		AAP	6,856	1,864

^ Wards indicated with 'W' are reserved for women candidates, 'SC' are reserved for Scheduled castes candidates and 'SC-W' for Scheduled Castes woman candidates

See also

• 2022 Elections in India
• 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

Notes

1. 21 seats in NDMC, 16 seats in SDMC and 12 seats in SDMC
2. 64 seats in NDMC, 70 seats in SDMC and 47 seats in EDMC
3. 16 seats in NDMC, 12 seats in SDMC, 3 seats in EDMC

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