MCD Polls
BJP's Manoj Tiwari at a polling booth in New Delhi.IANS

The BJP, which has had control over the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for multiple terms now, looks all set to return to power this year. The voter turnout at the polls this year was quite low at 53.58 percent. The exit polls, however, have predicted that the BJP will get more than 200 of the 272 seats in the MCD.

The elections are important for both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP. For the AAP, the MCD elections will act as a report card pointing out whether the party has taken the correct steps while in power in the Delhi Assembly, and if it needs to do more in order to retain power in the national capital.

AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has, since the day of polling, alleged that the EVMs used during the polls were tampered with and that several AAP voters did not find their names on the voter list when they went to exercise their franchise on Sunday, April 23. He may raise these allegations yet again if it becomes apparent that the BJP is winning the MCD elections.

The Congress has mostly put up a brave face but possibly has a zero chance of winning the polls this year with several senior leaders like SM Krishna among others having quit the party. 

Here are the LIVE updates of the counting and the results:

3:25 pm IST: Final results of the counting at the South Delhi Municipal Corporation declared. The BJP won 70 wards followed by AAP with 16 wards and the Congress with 12.

BJP won Madipur, Punjabi Bagh, Raghubir Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Vishnu Garden, Hari Nagar A, Pratap Nagar, Keshopur, Mahavir Nagar, Janakpuri West, Janakpuri South, Milap Nagar, Vikaspuri, Sainik Enclave, Vikas Nagar, Mohan Garden North, Uttam Nagar, Bindapur, Dabri, Sagarpur West, Kakraula, Dwarka A, Dwarka B, Isapur, Raj Nagar, Dwarka C, Mahipalpur, Madhu Vihar, Mahavir Enclave, Sadh Nagar, Palam, Lajpat Nagar, Kasturba Nagar, Kotla Mubarakpur, Vasant Kunj, Dakshin Puri, Sangam Vihar B, Pushp Vihar, Khanpur, Greater Kailash, Chitaranjan Park, Molarband, Hari Nagar B, Jaitpur, Om Vihar, Madanpur Khadar East, Madanpur Khadar West, Mohan Garden South, Chhawla, Gopal Nagar, Roshanpura, Hauz Khas, Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar, Mehrauli, Said Ul Ajaib, Bhati, Tughlakabad Extension, Sangam Vihar E, Sri Niwas Puri, Kalkaji, Harkesh Nagar, Tughlakabad, Safdarjung Enclave, Raja Garden, R.K. Puram, Munirka, Chhatarpur, Sagarpur East and Pul Pehladpur

AAP won Tagore Garden, Tilak Nagar, Sitapuri, Bapraula, Manglapuri, Matiala, Bijwasan, Lado Sarai, Tigri, Deoli, Madangir, Chirag Delhi, Abul Fazal Enclave, Hastsal, Sangam Vihar C and Sangam Vihar D

Congress won Sarita Vihar, Badarpur, Aya Nagar, Andrews Ganj, Sidharth Nagar, Ranhola, Subhash Nagar, Khyala, Zakir Nagar, Govind Puri, Nangli Sakrawati and Daryaganj

INLD won Dichaon Kalan while the Samajwadi Party won Ghuman Hera and Independent candidates won Sangam Vihar A, Kapashera, Nawada and Najafgarh

3:20 pm IST: According to News18, the final tally of the 270 wards of the MCD poll results is as below:

BJP – 184 wards
AAP – 46 wards
Congress – 30 wards
Others - 10 wards

Polling in the other two wards was cancelled due to the death of the candidates.

2:57 pm IST: Senior Congress leader and AICC General Secretary Gurudas Kamat resigns from all party posts, reports ANI.

2:50 pm IST: AAP has been handed a "capital punishment" by the people of Delhi in the civic polls for his "arrogant and confrontational politics", Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu said on Wednesday.

"He has the mandate to rule Delhi, he went to Varanasi and Punjab. His unwarranted aggression has disillusioned the people of Delhi and they have given him capital punishment," Naidu said dismissing AAP's allegations of EVM tampering during the Delhi civic polls, Hindustan Times reported.

"He (Kejriwal) is not getting the mood of the nation. His mandate was to be in Delhi, he became over ambitious and people in Delhi punished him. His confrontation with the Centre, personal allegations against the PM, negative politics etc has been rejected by the people," Naidu added.

2:45 pm IST: 

2:40 pm IST: Counting in North Delhi Municipal Corporation ends with the BJP winning 66 wards, the AAP 20 and Congress 15.

BJP won Moti Nagar, Rohini E, Bhalswa, Karampura, Ramesh Nagar, Kirari Suleman Nagar, Rohini B, Swami Sharda Nand Colony, Mubarak Pur Dabas, Bawana, Nithari, Adarsh Nagar, Dhirpur, Budh Vihar, Pooth Khurd, Nangloi, Sultanpuri B, Nangloi Jat, Peera Garhi, Nihal Vihar, Saraswati Vihar, Civil Lines, GTB Nagar, Mukherjee Nagar, Dhirpur, Narela, Bakhtawarpur, Kadipur, Burari, Jharoda, Rohini D, Nithari, Haiderpur, Pitampura, Paschim Vihar, Rani Bagh, Tri Nagar, Sawan Park, Ashok Vihar, Model Town, Kamla Nagar, Alipur, Kamalpur, Sant nagar, Rohini A, Vijay Vihar, Nithari, Rohini F, Rohini G, Rohini H, Rohini I, Haiderpur, Shalimar Bagh North, Kohat Enclave, Sadar Bazar, Chandi Chowk, Pahar Ganj, Karol Bagh, East Patel Nagar, Ranjit Nagar, Baljit Nagar, West Patel Nagar, Rajinder Nagar, Inder Puri, Naraina, Shalimar Bagh South and Nangloi

AAP won Shakurpur, Aman Vihar, Prem Nagar, Sultanpuri A, Mangolpuri A, Sultanpuri C, Rampura, Wazir Pur, Nirmi Colony, Bankner, Mukundpur, Rithala, Nilothi, Mundka, Shastri Nagar, Dev Nagar, Begumpur, Ajmeri Gate, Mangolpuri D and Sangam Park

Congress won Jahangir Puri, Sarup Nagar, Samaypur Badli, Mangolpuri C, Jama Masjid, Timarpur, Malka Ganj, Lakshmi Park, Kishan Ganj, Anand Parbat, Bazar Sita Ram, Delhi Gate, Mangolpuri B, Ballimaran and Dev Nagar

Independent candidates won in Nangal Thakran and Holambi Khurd

2:25 pm IST: 

2 pm IST: PM Modi reacts to the win in MCD polls

1:40 pm IST: Counting in East Delhi Municipal Corporation ends with the BJP winning 48 wards, AAP 10 and Congress three, News18 reported. 

BJP has won Mayur Vihar Phase I, Trilokpuri West, New Ashok Nagar, Mandawali, Mayur Vihar Phase II, Patparganj, Kishan Kunj, Lakshmi Nagar, Shakarpur, Pandav Nagar, Vishwas Nagar, Anand Vihar, I.P.Extension, Preet Vihar, Krishna Nagar, Anarkali, Ghondli, Geeta Colony, Kanti Nagar, Raghubarpura, Dilshad Garden, Ashok Nagar, Ram Nagar, Rohtash Nagar, Welcome Colony, Gautam Puri, Bhajan Pura, Yamuna Vihar, Ghonda, Braham Puri, Subhash Mohalla, Babarpur, Janta Colony, Joharipur, Gokal Puri, Saboli, Sonia Vihar, Sadatpur, Dallupura, Shastri Park, Vivek Vihar, Shahdara, Dilshad Colony, Kondli, Karawal Nagar East, Harsh Vihar, Shiv Vihar and Karawal Nagar West

AAP won Sri Ram Colony, Khajoori Khas, Kardam Puri, Chauhan Banger, New Seemapuri, Sunder Nagri, Vinod Nagar, Trilokpuri East, Kalyan Puri and Nehru Vihar

Congress won Nand Nagri, Mustafabad and Jhilmil while the BSP won Seelampur and Gharoli.

1:35 pm IST: Anna Hazare, whom Arvind Kejriwal once considered his mentor, says about the MCD elections: "A gap has creeped in between words and actions."

1:20 pm IST: The BJP will not celebrate the MCD election results. It dedicates the win to the 15 CRPF jawans martyred in the Sukma attack. 

12:38 pm IST: 

12:35 pm IST: Home Minister Rajnath Singh reacts to BJP's win in MCD polls.

12:30 pm IST: AAP's Alka Lamba was quoted by ANI as saying that she was taking responsibility for defeat in all the three wards. "I offer to resign as MLA and from all party posts," Lamba added.

12:27 pm IST: Differences have reportedly cropped up within the AAP with several senior leaders openly criticising Kejriwal and his close associates. Bhagwant Mann, the party's face in Punjab and MP from Sangrur, lashed out at the top brass of the AAP saying that they were "behaving like a mohalla cricket team."

Kumar Vishwas, senior AAP leader, also criticised the party for corruption charges.

12:20 pm IST: In East MCD, BJP wins 22 wards while the AAP won in three wards. The Congress is yet to open its account. The AAP and Congress won eight seats each in North MCD while the BJP won 29.

12:15 pm IST: Amit Shah reacts to Kejriwal's EVM charge saying that the Delhi CM was elected to power using the same EVMs. "He should answer on that first," Shah said addressing reporters in Kolkata.

12:08 pm IST: In North Delhi, BJP wins Moti Nagar, Rohini E, Bhalswa, Karampura, Ramesh Nagar, Kirari Suleman Nagar, Rohini B, Swami Sharda Nand Colony, Mubarak Pur Dabas, Bawana, Nithari, Adarsh Nagar, Dhirpur, Budh Vihar, Pooth Khurd, Nangloi, Sultanpuri B, Nangloi, Peera Garhi, Nihal Vihar, Rohini I, Saraswati Vihar, Civil Lines, GTB Nagar, Mukherjee Nagar, Dhirpur, Narela, Bakhtawarpur, Kadipur, Burari, Jharoda, Rohini D, Nithari, Haiderpur, pitampura, Paschim Vihar, Rani Bagh, Tri Nagar, Sawan Park, Ashok Vihar, Sangam Park, Model Town and Kamla Nagar

AAP wins Shakurpur, Amam Vihar, Prem Nagar, Sultanpuri A, Mangolpuri A, Sultanpuri C, Rampura, Wazir Pur and Nirmi Colony

Congress wins Jahangir Puri, Sarup Nagar, Samaypur Badli, Mangolpuri C, Jama Masjid, Timarpur, Malka Ganj and Mangolpuri C

12:04 pm IST: In South Delhi, BJP wins Madipur, Punjabi Bagh, Raghubir Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Vishnu Garden, Hari Nagar A, Pratap Nagar, Keshopur, Mahavir Nagar, Janakpuri West, Janakpuri South, Milap Nagar, Vikaspuri, Sainik Enclave, Vikas Nagar, Mohan Garden North, Uttam Nagar, Bindapur, Dabri, Sagarpur West, Kakraula, Dwarka A, Dwarka B, Isapur, Raj Nagar, Dwarka C, Mahipalpur, Madhu Vihar, Mahavir Enclave, Sadh Nagar, Palam, Daryaganj, Lajpat Nagar, Kasturba Nagar, Kotla Mubarakpur, Vasant Kunj, Dakshin Puri, Sangam Vihar B, Pushp Vihar, Khanpur, Greater Kailash, Chitaranjan Park, Molarband, Hari Nagar B, Jaitpur, Om Vihar, Madanpur Khadar East and Madanpur Khadar West

AAP wins Tagore Garden, Tilak Nagar, Sitapuri, Bapraula, Manglapuri, Matiala, Bijwasan, Lado Sarai, Chhatarpur, Tigri, Deoli, Madangir, Chirag Delhi and Abul Fazal Enclave

Congress wins Sarita Vihar, Badarpur, Aya Nagar, Andrews Ganj, Sidharth Nagar, Ranhola, Subhash Nagar and Khyala

Samajwadi Party wins Ghuman Hera while Independents won in Sangam Vihar A, Kapashera and Nawada

12:02 pm IST: In East Delhi, BJP won Mayur Vihar Phase I, Trilokpuri West, New Ashok Nagar, Mandawali, Mayur Vihar Phase II, Patpar Ganj, Kishan Kunj, Lakshmi Nagar, Shakarpur, Pandav Nagar, Vishwas Nagar, Anand Vihar, I.P.Extension, Preet Vihar, Krishna Nagar, Anarkali, Ghondli, Geeta Colony, Kanti Nagar, Raghubarpura, Dilshad Garden, Ashok Nagar, Ram Nagar, Rohtash Nagar, Welcome Colony, Gautam Puri, Bhajan Pura, Yamuna Vihar, Ghonda, Braham Puri, Subhash Mohalla, Babarpur, Janta Colony, Joharipur, Gokal Puri, Saboli, Sonia Vihar and Sadatpur

AAP won Sri Ram Colony, Khajoori Khas, Kardam Puri, Chauhan Banger, New Seemapuri, Sunder Nagri, Vinod Nagar, Trilokpuri East and Kalyan Puri

Congress won Nand Nagri and Mustafabad while the BSP won Seelampur.

11:59 am IST: Leads in East Delhi Municipal Corporation

BJP - 48

Congress - 3

AAP – 10

Others – 2

11:58 am IST: Leads in South Delhi Municipal Corporation

BJP - 70

Congress - 11

AAP – 17

Others - 6

11:57 am IST: Leads in North Delhi Municipal Corporation

BJP - 66

Congress - 14

AAP – 21

Others - 2

11:56 am IST: Overall leads in the 270 wards of the MCD

BJP - 184

Congress - 28

AAP - 48

Others - 10

11:55 am IST: Maken also calls for inspection of the EVMs but clarifies that "if we can't trust EVM, we must trust EC."

11:53 am IST: Delhi Congress Chief Ajay Maken has said that he is going to resign from his post following the party's defeat in Delhi civic polls. he added that he had not met the expectations of the party and the people and that he takes responsibility for the defeat. 

I am going to resign as Delhi Congress President. For one year, I will not take up any post in the party and will work as a party worker. We have made a reasonable comeback, but I had hoped to do better," Maken told reporters.

"We started with 9% vote share in 2015. It's getting better now. We worked very hard in last two years," he added.

11:45 am IST: BJP President Amit Shah addresses reported after win in MCD polls. 

"I thank the people of Delhi for making the BJP victorious. Delhiites have given a thumbs-up to the work done by Modi government. I congratulate all BJP leaders who worked under the leadership of Delhi BJP unit chief Manoj Tiwari."

11:43 am IST: Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia addresses press conference in Delhi. He rakes up the EVM issue again. "There is no reason for the BJP's win. Faulty EVMs are to blame. This kind of victory is not possible without EVMs being rigged... BJP leaders had written books on EVM tampering. Now same leaders saying EVMs are fine."

11:40 am IST: Leader of Opposition in Delhi and BJP leader Vijender Gupta wants Kejriwal to step down from the post of the CM.

11:35 am IST: BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad reacts to BJP's win in Delhi polls

11:31 am IST: Congress' Shashi Tharoor congratulates BJP for winning the Delhi civic polls.

11:20 am IST: Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia maintains that the EVMs were tampered with.

11:15 am IST: In South Delhi, the BJP has won in Janakpuri West, Janakpuri East, Madhu Vihar, Daryaganj, Pushp Vihar, Jaitpur, Madanpur Khadar East, Dwarka C, Keshopur, Khanpur, Greater Kailash, Mohan Garden North, Chitaranjan Park, Madanpur Khadar West, Punjabi Bagh, Vishnu Garden, Hari Nagar A, Keshopur, Mahavir Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Janakpuri South, Milap Nagar, Sainik Enclave, Vikas Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Dabri, Sagarpur West, Sagarpur East, Dwarka B, Isapur, Sadh Nagar, Palam, Lajpat Nagar, Kotla Mubarakpur, Molarband, Om Vihar, Hari Nagar B and Sangam Vihar B.

AAP has won in Tilak Nagar, Sitapuri, Madangir, Bijwasan, Tagore Garden, Bapraula, Manglapuri, Chirag Delhi, Tigri and Deoli.

The Congress has won Badarpur, Khyala, Sarita Vihar, Aya Nagar, Andrews Ganj, Sidharth Nagar, Subhash Nagar, Khyala and Ranhola.

Independent candidates have won in Kapashera, Nawada, Sangam Vihar A

10:53 am IST: In East Delhi, BJP has won in Sonia Vihar, Anand Vihar, Mayur Vihar Phase II, Dilshad Garden, Ashok Nagar, Ram Nagar, Rohtash Nagar, Welcome Colony, Janta Colony, Braham Puri, Vishwas Nagar. IP Extension, Preet Vihar, Babarpur, Mandawali and Ghonda

AAP has won in Chauhan Banger, Khajoori Khas, Sri Ram Colony, New Seemapuri and Sunder Nagri while the BSP won in Seelampur and the Congress in Nand Nagri

10:50 am IST: In North Delhi, BJP has won in Moti Nagar, Rohini E, Bhalswa, Karampura, Ramesh Nagar, Kirari Suleman Nagar, Rohini B, Swami Sharda Nand Colony, Mubarak Pur Dabas and Bawana, Nithari. 

The Congress has won Jahangir Puri, Sarup Nagar, Samaypur Badli, Mangolpuri C and Jama Masjid while the AAP has won Shakurpur. Ashok Kumar of AAP has won Shakurpur. Independent candidate has won in Nangal Thakran.

10:48 am IST: "Winning and losing is a part of democracy, one must accept mandate of the people with maturity," Nitin Gadkari told ANI

10:46 am IST: Congress' Shiela Dikshit says that "every election is a learning experience" and that the party should have campaigned more aggressively.

10:43 am IST: Congress leader Kiran Walia told News18 that "AAP can't hook all defeats to EVMs."

10:40 am IST: BJP's Sandeep Kapoor won Krishna Nagar with a margin of 9,322 votes while Gunjan Gupta won Anand Vihar with margin of 6500 votes.

10:35 am IST: The BJP has crossed the halfway mark in all three corporations followed by AAP at the second position and the COngress at the third position.

10:30 am IST: BJP is leading in Vishwas Nagar in round 4 and 5 with 5245 and 6213 votes respectively. It is also leading in Bawana in North Delhi with over 2000 votes, the Hindu reported.

10:27 am IST:

10:22 am IST: AAP has so far won in Tilak Nagar, Sitapuri, Chauhan Banger, Khajoori Khas and Madangir

10:19 am IST: Leads in East Delhi Municipal Corporation

BJP - 43

Congress - 5

AAP – 11

Others – 4

10:18 am IST: Leads in South Delhi Municipal Corporation which has 104 wards

BJP - 64

Congress - 15

AAP – 18

Others - 7

10:17 am IST: Leads in North Delhi Municipal Corporation which has 104 wards

BJP - 72

Congress - 16

AAP – 11

Others - 4

10:16 am IST: Overall leads from the 270 wards of the MCD where counting is still underway

BJP - 177

Congress - 38

AAP - 40

Others - 15

10:15 am IST: BJP National President Amit Shah will address the media at 11 am in Kolkata after the party looks all set to regain power in the MCD polls.

10:14 am IST: AAP's Ashutosh also rakes up the EVM tampering charge. "The BJP has ruined MCD in 10 years. People's verdict is supreme. But even the people are not aware of the EVM fraud. MCD is the most corrupt department. I am not ready to belive that the people are voting for the BJP."

10:12 am IST: AAP wins in Chauhan Banger in East Delhi while the Congress wins in Jahangir Puri and the BJP in Moti Nagar and Rohini.

10:10 am IST: BJP is currently leading in 141 wards out of 270.

10:02 am IST: AAP minister Gopal Rai is expected to address the media shortly. The party again rakes up the issue of tampering of EVMS. Rai told reporters: "This is not BJP or Modi wave. This is an EVM wave. AAP's gain or loss is a small thing, but EVMs will not dictate the democracy of this country. The BJP is trying to finish democracy in India through EVMs. We want to free the nation of his EVM fraud."

10:02 am IST: The Congress has won in Badarpur while teh AAP has won in Tilak Nagar.The BJP has so far won in Janakpuri West, Janakpuri East, Madhu Vihar, Daryaganj, Pushp Vihar, Jaitpur, Madanpur Khadar East, Dwarka and Keshopur

9:57 am IST: Delhi BJP unit chief Manoj Tiwari told News18: "We dedicate this win to the martyrs of Sukma and thank Delhiites for making us victorious... For the next few months, a clean and healthy Delhi is our mission." The party said that it will not celebrate the win in view of the Maoist attack that claimed the lives of 25 CRPF jawans in Sukma, Chhattisgarh.

9:54 am IST: "Arrogance, Abusing politics and Ambition are the three As why Arvind Kejriwal has lost," says BJP leader Sambit Patra

9:52 am IST: Mayawati's BSP has won in Seelampur, East Delhi

9:50 am IST: Leads in the East Delhi Municipal Corporation:

BJP - 41

Congress - 5

AAP – 8

Others – 5

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9:49 am IST: Leads in South Delhi Municipal Corporation:

BJP - 59

Congress - 13

AAP – 20

Others - 4

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9:48 am IST: Leads in North Delhi Municipal Corporation

BJP - 62

Congress - 9

AAP – 15

Others - 3

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9:47 am IST: Overall leads in the MCD polls in 244 seats of the 270 wards.

BJP - 159

Congress - 29

AAP - 44

Others - 12

These are the leads and wins in 244 seats of the 270 wards where counting is on.

9:44 am IST: BJP wins from Madhu Vihar, Daryaganj, Pushp Vihar, Janakpuri West and Janakpuri East. Narender Chawla of BJP wins Janakpuri (West) in South Delhi while Veena Sharma of BJP wins Janakpuri (South).

9:35 am IST: The overall vote share: BJP stands at 37-42 percent followed by AAP at 25-27 percent and then the Congress at 20 percent.

9:30 am IST: BJP is leading in Ram Nagar, Sadar Bazar, Rajinder Nagar in North Delhi. The party's vote share in South Delhi is 38 percent followed by AAP at 25 percent and Congress at 20 percent.

9:20 am IST: BJP leader Shazia Ilmi takes a dig at Kejriwal saying that the the chief minister must not blame the EVMs now, News18 reported.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) are leading in one ward each in South Delhi while the AAP is leading in Wazirpur and Holambi Khurd in North Delhi. AAP is still in the second position.

9:19 am IST: State EC official trends show that AAP has managed to get to the second position. The BJP is still leading in 109 wards followed by AAP in 28 wards and the Congress in 22 wards. Independent candidate is leading in one ward.

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9:10 am IST: BJP's vote share in NDMC is 38.06 percent. In SDMC, the party's vote share is 38.70 ercent while in the EDMC, it is 43.56 percent, the Hindu reported.

9:09 am IST: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal reportedly met Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia after poll leads showed AAP at the third position. AAP is currently leading in Nihal Vihar in North Delhi, Gopal Nagar in South Delhi. 

9:04 am IST: BJP is leading in East Delhi's Anand Vihar, Vishwas Nagar and Preet Vihar with 1221, 1639, 1479 votes respectively. Independent candidate Vinod Chaudhary is leading in IP Extension with 903 votes.

9 am IST: Congress is leading in Sant Nagar, Vasant Kunj and Model Town in North Delhi while the AAP is leading in Baljit Nagar. The CPI(M) is leading in Om Vihar in South Delhi.

8:57 am IST: Leads in East Delhi Municipal Corporation which has 64 wards show BJP leading in 30 wards, followed by Congress in four wards and AAP in three wards. Other parties and independent candidates are leading in two wards.

8:56 am IST: Leads in the South Delhi Municipal Corporation which has 104 wards show BJP leading in 35 wards, followed by Congress in 14 wards and AAP in seven wards.

8:55 am IST: Leads in the NDMC: BJP in 29 wards, Congress in nine wards, AAP in eight wards

8:53 am IST: The BJP is currently leading in 85 wards followed by Congress in 25 wards, AAP in 18 wards while other parties and independent candidates are leading in four wards. These are the leads in 132 seats of the 270 wards where the counting is underway. 

8:52 am IST: The AAP, which refused to see the polls verdict as a mid-term referendum, is trailing in all corporations. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had warned of launching a "movement" if the MCD exit poll claim, which have predicted a BJP sweep, come true.

8:48 am IST: State EC official trends show BJP leading in 73 seats, Congress in 16 seats and AAP in 13 seats. Independent candidate is leading in one seat. The Congress is leading in Andrews Ganj, Kapashera in South Delhi, Subhash Nagar in SDMC, Sidharth Nagar in South Delhi.

8:47 am IST:

8:37 am IST: The current leads in 72 of the 270 wards show BJP in the first position. Polling in the other two wards was cancelled due to the death of the candidates.

BJP - 49

Congress - 15

AAP - 6

Others - 2

8:30 am IST: According to the State Election Commission, the BJP is leading in these wards: Janakpuri (west) in SDMC, Sonia Vihar in EDMC, Malka Ganj and Rani Bagh in NDMC, Dwarka (C) and Munirka in SDMC and Saraswati Vihar in NDMC

8:27 am IST: BJP is still leading in the Delhi MCD Elections 2017 with Congress in the second position and AAP in the third.

8:08 am IST: BJP is leading in the Dwarka (B) and Vishnu Garden wards in South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). It is also leading in Moti Nagar and Rani Bagh in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC). The Congress is leading in the Mukherjee Nagar and Malka Ganj wards. AAP is currently leading in Inder Puri in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation. East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) leads are yet to come in.

8 am IST: Counting of votes of the civic polls begins in Delhi.

6 am IST: A couple of hours to go for the counting to begin. 

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