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The counting of votes for MCD bypolls to 12 wards began connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025), amid choky information astatine 10 counting centres successful Delhi. Of the 12 wards wherever voting was held connected November 30, 9 were earlier held by the BJP and the remaining by AAP.
BJP campaigner Suman Kumar Gupta won the Chandni Chowk ward successful the MCD bypolls, adjacent arsenic counting for the remaining 11 wards was underway.
Mr. Gupta defeated Aam Aadmi Party campaigner Harsh Sharma by a borderline of 1,182 votes. The BJP was starring successful Dichaon Kalan, Greater Kailash, Shalimar Bagh B wards, portion AAP was up successful the Naraina ward successful the archetypal trends. Of the 12 wards wherever voting was held connected November 30, 9 were earlier held by the BJP and the remaining by AAP.
The State Election Commission, Delhi, has acceptable up 10 counting centres astatine Kanjhawala, Pitampura, Bharat Nagar, Civil Lines, Rouse Avenue, Dwarka, Najafgarh, Gole Market, Pushp Vihar and Mandawali. The beardown rooms wherever the EVMs are stored aft polling were secured with capable information measures, including round-the-clock CCTV surveillance and the deployment of paramilitary and Delhi Police personnel.
Nearly 1,800 Delhi Police unit and 10 companies of paramilitary forces person been deployed.
Around 700 unit person been deployed for counting, and facilities person been provided for the candidates and their authorised counting agents, it added.
The ballot percent successful the bypolls was 38.51% arsenic compared to 50.47% successful the MCD elections held for 250 wards successful 2022.
All eyes are particularly fixed connected the results of Shalimar Bagh B and Dwarka B wards.
The Shalimar Bagh B ward was vacated aft sitting BJP councillor Rekha Gupta won the assembly polls successful February and became Delhi’s main minister.
Kamaljeet Sehrawat, BJP MP from West Delhi, earlier held the Dwarka B ward.
