The Bypolls for the Chandni Chowk Ward No.65 in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi took place on November 30, along with 11 other wards. The counting of the votes for Mundka began at 8 AM today. BJP candidate Suman Kumar Gupta won the ward after securing 7,825 votes. He defeated the Aam Aadmi Party's Harsh Sharma.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had campaigned for the BJP candidate at the Chandni Chowk. She held a roadshow with Gupta in the area as the saffron party looked to win the ward.
BJP's Gupta, AAP's Sharma, and the Congress Party's Ajay Kumar Jain were the contestants in the fray for the post. The bypolls for the ward were mandated after the then-councillor Punardeep Singh Sawhney was elected to the Delhi Assembly earlier this year.
Sawhney won the Chandni Chowk (Ward Number 74) in the 2022 MCD Election by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ravinder Kumar by 1,216 votes. Later, Sawhney won the Chandni Chowk Assembly seat in the 2025 Delhi Assembly polls by defeating the BJP candidate Satish Jain by 16,572 votes.
Which are the 12 wards that witnessed polling?
The wards where by-polls were held include Greater Kailash, Shalimar Bagh B, Ashok Vihar, Chandni Chowk, Chandni Mahal, Dichaon Kalan, Naraina, Sangam Vihar A, Dakshin Puri, Mundka, Vinod Nagar, and Dwarka B.
BJP bags seven wards, AAP takes three
Coming to the results of the MCD bypolls, the BJP clinched seven of the 12 wards. Coming into the bypolls, the saffron party was held by the BJP, while the remaining three belonged to AAP. Meanwhile, AAP retained three wards. Congress and the All India Forward Bloc secured one each. BJP won the Dwarka B, Vinod Nagar, Ashok Vihar, Greater Kailash, Dichaon Kalan, Shalimar Bagh B and Chandni Chowk wards. Notably, AAP won Naraina, Mundka and Dakshin Puri. The All India Forward Bloc candidate Mohd Imran won the Chandni Mahal ward.
