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Delhi BJP Chief Adesh Gupta on Sunday resigned from his position after the BJP lost to AAP in the high-stake MCD elections.

The results of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections have been declared with the Aam Aadmi Party registering a victory.

Despite the BJP’s stunning win in Gujarat, its defeats in Delhi civic and Himachal Assembly polls have laid bare the limitation of Brand Modi outside his home state. The AAP in Delhi and Congress in Himachal have shown that BJP’s electoral juggernaut, with Modi as its rallying force, cannot overcome anti-incumbency if countered with a well-crafted political campaign.

The AAP on Wednesday wrested power from the BJP in the high-stakes civic polls in the national capital and all eyes are now on who will be the next mayor of Delhi, even as some leaders of the saffron party claimed that its member could be elected to the top post. The municipal polls were held on December 4 and the AAP bagged 134 of the 250 wards, emerging has a clear winner,

Its rival Chanakya produced better numbers for the BJP in Gujarat, where Axis My India’s expectations with AAP did not come through.

The AAP is ahead of the BJP but is yet to secure a comfortable lead as the counting of votes is underway for the election to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD election).

As the battle is neck to neck in Delhi MCD polls, a very important law becomes the topic of debate, the defection law doesn't come into the civic polls. This means that elected councillors can switch parties without the fear of disqualification.

MCD poll results: This was the first civic election after the fresh delimitation exercise. There were 272 wards in Delhi and three corporations - NDMC, SDMC, and EDMC in Delhi from 2012-2022 that later reunified into an MCD that had formally come into existence on May 22. 

In 2017, the BJP won 181 of the 270 municipal wards, while the AAP won only 48 and the Congress came in third with 30.

MCD Results: At 10.20 am, AAP was near the halfway mark with the BJP at 112; but the positions were shifting almost every minute