AAP's Mahesh Khichi Elected New Mayor Of Delhi With 133 Votes, BJP Gets 130

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) candidate Mahesh Khichi has been elected as the new mayor of Delhi after AAP got 133 votes in the Delhi's Mayoral elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party received 130 votes.

After the results of the mayoral elections were declared, Mahesh Kumar Khichi, accompanied by party MP Sanjay Singh and other leaders, showed victory sign inside the MCD House.

While Khichi was elected next Mayor, AAP candidate Ravinder Bhardwaj has been elected as new Deputy Mayor unopposed.

Speaking to the media after his election, Ravinder Bhardwaj expressed his gratitude to all members of the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) across party lines for electing him unopposed.

Further, congratulating Bhardwaj on his win AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal said, "Many congratulations to Ravindra Bhardwaj ji on being elected as the Deputy Mayor in the Municipal Corporation. Take forward the public welfare works being done in the corporation with strength."

Who is Mahesh Khichi?

Mahesh Kumar Khichi, a Dalit candidate fielded by the Arvind Kejriwal -led party, defeated the BJP Kishan Lal by a very thin margin of three votes. While Khichi got 133 votes, Lal secured 130 votes. Two votes were declared invalid. The eight councillors of the Congress did not participate in the voting process.

The counting of the votes polled for the election of the deputy mayor is underway.

The polls, which were delayed from April due to a protracted war of words between the AAP and the BJP, saw the Congress boycott the voting process, demanding a full term for the mayor rather than the truncated tenure now on offer.

With inputs from agencies