Delhi Civic Poll Elections

The BJP's Sundar Singh Tanwar was nominated to the 18th, and final, seat of the Delhi Municipal Corporation's Standing Committee on Friday afternoon, following an election that featured only his party's councillors.

Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party will not participate in the election today to fill the seventh seat in the Standing Committee of the national capital's civic body, Manish Sisodia said Friday.

Elections to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi that were slated for April 26 were postponed on Thursday, with Lt Governor V K Saxena citing "unprecedented" circumstances where the chief minister is

The Delhi High Court today set aside the decision of Mayor Shelly Oberoi to call for a repoll to elect six members of the MCD standing committee and directed her to declare forthwith the results of the poll held on February 24.

Delhi Mayor Election: Aam Aadmi Party's Shelly Oberoi was today re-elected Delhi mayor, after BJP candidate Shikha Rai withdrew her nomination.

Stage is set for the high-stakes Delhi mayoral election on Wednesday which will be a direct contest between incumbent Shelly Oberoi from the AAP and BJP leader Shikha Rai.

A massive fight broke out between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and BJP councillors inside the house of Delhi's civic body after the Mayor declared one vote invalid in the election to six members of a key municipal committee.

The Mayor could not be elected when the councillors met on January 6 and 24, and February 6, due to protests by the BJP and AAP after 10 MCD members nominated by the Lieutenant Governor were allowed to vote.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the office of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi on a plea filed by AAP's mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi seeking early holding of mayoral election for the civic body.

After the Delhi municipal House was adjourned for the third time in a month without electing a mayor, AAP leader Atishi on Monday said the party will move the Supreme Court so that the polls can be held in a "court-monitored manner".

A third attempt to elect a Delhi Mayor failed today as protests erupted after a major change in rules that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleges will favour the BJP, which recently lost control of the civic body after 15 years.

The Delhi municipal House is set to convene on Monday to elect a mayor for the city after failing to complete the poll in two previous attempts.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday asked the BJP to accept their defeat in the MCD polls and help ensure the smooth conduct of mayoral elections.

The high-stakes battle for Delhi's main municipal body, now hinging on the election of a mayor, was stalled for the second time in weeks after a fresh clash between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP on Tuesday.

The Delhi civic body failed to elect its Mayor and Deputy Mayor today as the House was adjourned amid protests by BJP members.

The BJP's Sundar Singh Tanwar was nominated to the 18th, and final, seat of the Delhi Municipal Corporation's Standing Committee on Friday afternoon, following an election that featured only his party's councillors.

Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party will not participate in the election today to fill the seventh seat in the Standing Committee of the national capital's civic body, Manish Sisodia said Friday.

Elections to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi that were slated for April 26 were postponed on Thursday, with Lt Governor V K Saxena citing "unprecedented" circumstances where the chief minister is

The Delhi High Court today set aside the decision of Mayor Shelly Oberoi to call for a repoll to elect six members of the MCD standing committee and directed her to declare forthwith the results of the poll held on February 24.

Delhi Mayor Election: Aam Aadmi Party's Shelly Oberoi was today re-elected Delhi mayor, after BJP candidate Shikha Rai withdrew her nomination.

Stage is set for the high-stakes Delhi mayoral election on Wednesday which will be a direct contest between incumbent Shelly Oberoi from the AAP and BJP leader Shikha Rai.

A massive fight broke out between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and BJP councillors inside the house of Delhi's civic body after the Mayor declared one vote invalid in the election to six members of a key municipal committee.

The Mayor could not be elected when the councillors met on January 6 and 24, and February 6, due to protests by the BJP and AAP after 10 MCD members nominated by the Lieutenant Governor were allowed to vote.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the office of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi on a plea filed by AAP's mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi seeking early holding of mayoral election for the civic body.

After the Delhi municipal House was adjourned for the third time in a month without electing a mayor, AAP leader Atishi on Monday said the party will move the Supreme Court so that the polls can be held in a "court-monitored manner".

A third attempt to elect a Delhi Mayor failed today as protests erupted after a major change in rules that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleges will favour the BJP, which recently lost control of the civic body after 15 years.

The Delhi municipal House is set to convene on Monday to elect a mayor for the city after failing to complete the poll in two previous attempts.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday asked the BJP to accept their defeat in the MCD polls and help ensure the smooth conduct of mayoral elections.

The high-stakes battle for Delhi's main municipal body, now hinging on the election of a mayor, was stalled for the second time in weeks after a fresh clash between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP on Tuesday.

The Delhi civic body failed to elect its Mayor and Deputy Mayor today as the House was adjourned amid protests by BJP members.