NEW DELHI: The outcomes of the Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) by-elections had been declared on Tuesday, with the BJP successful 7 of the 12 seats, AAP securing 3, Congress 1 and the All India Ahead Bloc opening its account with a victory in Chandni Mahal.With this final result, the BJP now holds 122 seats within the 250-member Home, remaining 4 wanting the bulk mark. AAP’s tally stands at 102, Congress at 9, whereas the All India Ahead Bloc has 1. The Indraprastha Vikas Occasion (IVP), which didn’t contest the bypolls, continues to have 16 councillors.A serious upset for AAP got here from Chandni Mahal, a seat the social gathering had gained with the very best margin within the 2022 MCD polls however the place it slipped to 3rd place this time. Mohammad Imran, backed by former MLA and ex-AAP chief Shoaib Iqbal, gained the seat by 4,592 votes, marking Ahead Bloc’s entry into the MCD. The seat had fallen vacant after AAP’s Aaley Iqbal Mohammad gained the Matia Mahal Meeting seat in February. AAP fielded Muddasir Usman Qureshi, whereas BJP nominated Sunil Sharma. Shoaib Iqbal, who stop AAP on November 9 after being denied a ticket for his most well-liked candidate, campaigned actively for Imran.The BJP, which beforehand held 9 of the 12 seats, managed to retain solely 7—seen as a setback for the social gathering. It misplaced Sangam Vihar-A and Mundka, each attributed to public resentment towards native BJP MLAs. In Sangam Vihar-A, the seat vacated by BJP’s Chandan Choudhary after her election to the Meeting, Congress candidate Suresh Chaudhary gained by 3,268 votes. AAP secured the Mundka seat amid discontent over BJP MLA Gajendra Daral. The social gathering additionally gained Naraina, the place it campaigned towards the BJP for fielding an “outsider.”In the meantime, BJP candidate Anita Jain registered the most important victory margin of the bypolls—10,101 votes—from Shalimar Bagh-B. The seat was earlier held by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who resigned after successful the Meeting polls. In Larger Kailash, BJP’s Anjum Mandal gained by 365 votes.The BJP additionally reclaimed the Chandni Chowk seat from AAP, successful by 1,182 votes.Within the 2022 civic elections, AAP had emerged as the one largest social gathering with 134 seats, however the political panorama shifted forward of the April 2025 mayoral polls when 16 AAP councillors defected to kind the Indraprastha Vikas Occasion, giving the BJP a vital numerical benefit within the Home.