In a big win for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), its candidate Shelly Oberoi won the mayoral election for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), while the party's Aaley Mohammad Iqbal was elected as deputy mayor on Wednesday, 22 February.
The numbers:
First-time councillor Shelly Oberoi defeated BJP's Rekha Gupta by 34 votes to be elected as Delhi’s new mayor.
Oberoi got 150 votes while Gupta received 116 votes out of the total 266 votes polled.
AAP's Iqbal got 147 votes in Deputy Mayor elections, while BJP's Kamal Bagri received 116 votes.
While addressing the MCD house for the first time after her election, Oberoi thanked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, and the people of Delhi.