AAP Councillor Mahesh Khinchi Wins Delhi Mayor Election | Read
Aam Aadmi Party's Mahesh Khinchi will be the next Mayor of Delhi, having won the election by a wafer-thin margin. Mr Khinchi, Delhi's first Dalit Mayor, got 133 votes and the BJP's Kishan Pal 130 votes in the election held this evening after much chaos and disruption that included a walkout by the Congress members.
The BJP had 120 members, but managed to get 10 more votes.
Mr Khinchi's tenure will only be for five months, with the election being repeatedly postponed since April. It was this issue that caused the walkout by the Congress, which wanted a full one-year tenure for the first Dalit mayor.
