The ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday won four of the five seats in Delhi’s civic body bypolls. The elections were held on five seats- Kalyanpuri, Rohini-C, Trilokpuri, Shalimar Bagh and Chauhan Bangar. Congress managed to secure one seat, while the BJP that had earlier held one of the seats, could not win a single ward in the bypolls. The vote counting which began in the morning was completed before 11 AM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Kalyanpuri, AAP’s candidate Dhirendra Kumar won with a margin of 7,043 votes, while in Trilokpuri, AAP’s Vijay Kumar secured win by defeating BJP’s Om Prakash by 4,986 votes. In Rohini-C ward, Ram Chander of the AAP defeated BJP candidate Rakesh Goyal by 2,985 votes. In Shalimar Bagh, Sunit Mishra of AAP won the civic body polls by defeating Surbhi Jaju of the BJP by 2,705 votes. The seat was earlier held by the BJP, news agency PTI reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congress candidate Zubair Ahmad Chaudhary was declared the winner by 10,642 votes from Chauhan Banger, according to ANI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that Delhi has voted for the work done by the party. People of Delhi are fed up of the BJP’s 15 years of misadministration and that’s why they are voting for the Aam Aadmi Party even in civic body bypolls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n