NEW DELHI: The results of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) by-elections were declared on Tuesday, with the BJP winning 7 of the 12 seats, AAP securing 3, Congress 1 and the All India Forward Bloc opening its account with a victory in Chandni Mahal. With this outcome, the BJP now holds 122 seats in the 250-member House, remaining four short of the majority mark. AAP’s tally stands at 102, Congress at 9, while the All India Forward Bloc has 1. The Indraprastha Vikas Party (IVP), which did not contest the bypolls, continues to have 16 councillors. A major upset for AAP came from Chandni Mahal, a seat the party had won with the highest margin in the 2022 MCD polls but where it slipped to third position this time. Mohammad Imran, backed by former MLA and ex-AAP leader Shoaib Iqba

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