BJP's Raja Iqbal Singh Elected As Delhi's New Mayor

With the victory of Raja Iqbal Singh, who has been elected as Delhi's new Mayor, the BJP on Friday reclaimed control of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) after a two-year gap.

The BJP reportedly secured a comfortable victory bagging 133 votes as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) boycotted the election and Congress reduced to a marginal presence. Singh라이브 바카라 rival, Congress candidate Mandeep, managed only eight votes.

After winning the MCD mayoral polls, Singh said, "I would like to thank Prime Minister Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva, and other party leaders. I assure you that I will work in collaboration with the ruling party, the opposition, and the Congress. Decisions will be made for the development of Delhi without any discrimination."

Earlier, Singh, told PTI that Delhiites have entrusted the BJP with the responsibility of fixing the city's problems.

"AAP has already accepted its defeat. We will eliminate corruption and complete all the pending work that was stalled over the past two years," he said.

AAP Boycotts Election

AAP councillor and former Mayor Shelly Oberoi and Leader of the House Mukesh Goyal held a press conference on Thursday where they reiterated their party's decision to boycott the election.

"The MCD election is scheduled for tomorrow, and we will completely boycott it," Oberoi said, accusing the BJP of turning the civic polls into a farce with its so-called "triple engine power."  They added that under Arvind Kejriwal's leadership, several people-centric decisions were taken, but the BJP's only objective has been to "seize power."  The current strength of the MCD is 238, as 12 seats lie vacant due to some councillors getting elected to the Delhi Assembly and one to Lok Sabha.

Delhi MCD Mayoral Elections

Out of 250 seats, BJP now has 117 councillors, up from 104 in 2022, while AAP's tally has dropped to 113 from its earlier 134. Congress holds just eight seats.

The electoral college for the mayoral election includes 238 councillors, 10 MPs (seven from the Lok Sabha and three from the Rajya Sabha) and 14 MLAs — Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta has nominated 11 BJP and 3 AAP MLAs as the electors.

The previous mayoral election, held on November 14, 2024, had seen AAP's Mahesh Kumar Khinchi win by a razor-thin margin of just three votes.

However, subsequent defections and political shifts have significantly altered the MCD's power balance.