AAP Wins, Ends BJP’s 15-Year Control
New Delhi: In an election that turned out to be closer than expected, the AAP managed a prestige victory; and the BJP did not lose as badly as was predicted. The Congress barely managed to hold on to some relevance. Here are the 10 key facts Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has won the prestige battle for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), unseating an entrenched BJP. It has won 132 seats, six more than required for majority in the House of 250. It is leading on at least two more. The BJP, which ran the campaign with PM Narendra Modi’s face, has won 104 — a not-so-bad performance after 15 years of continuous rule. Congress has won nine seats, which means its base in Delhi continues to erode. In the 2017 MCD polls, the BJP had won 181 of the total 272 wards, while AAP could mange only 48, and Congress got 30. The AAP office saw massive celebrations with supporters dancing to dhol beats, and kids dressed as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The office had kept balloons …