The election saw the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) boycott the process, paving the way for a comfortable BJP victory.

Delhi Mayor Elections 2025: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has returned to power in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) after nearly two years, with Raja Iqbal Singh elected as the new Mayor of the national capital. Singh secured 133 votes out of 142 cast, defeating Congress candidate Mandeep Singh, who received just 8 votes. One vote was deemed invalid.

The election saw the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) boycott the process, paving the way for a comfortable BJP victory. The Congress, now reduced to a marginal presence in the capital’s civic politics, struggled to make an impact.

In another development, BJP’s Jai Bhagwan Yadav, representing the Begumpur ward, was elected unopposed as the Deputy Mayor after Congress nominee Ariba Asif Khan withdrew her candidacy.

Senior BJP leader Raja Iqbal Singh, in a statement to the press, thanked Delhi residents for their trust. He assured that key civic issues will be addressed promptly and added that standing committee elections would be held soon.

AAP, which previously held the mayoral post with Mahesh Kumar Khinchi’s narrow win in November 2024, chose to abstain from this round of polls. The party stated that the BJP must now “govern without excuses.”

It is worth noting that the MCD was unified in May 2022, merging the East, North, and South Delhi municipal corporations into a single civic body.