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MCD Election 2022: AAP releases first list of 134 candidates

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday released its first list of 134 candidates for the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls. The election for the 250 wards across Delhi will be held on December 4 and the counting of votes will take place on December 7. “First list of AAP candidates […]

Edited By : Mayank Meliwar | Updated: Nov 11, 2022 21:54 IST
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New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday released its first list of 134 candidates for the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls.

The election for the 250 wards across Delhi will be held on December 4 and the counting of votes will take place on December 7.

“First list of AAP candidates for Delhi MCD elections is OUT! Congratulations to all the candidates,” AAP said in a tweet.

The names were announced following a long meeting of the Political Affairs Committee of the party. The list has more than 60 women candidates.

Ninety per cent of the tickets have been awarded to AAP workers working at grassroots level, the party said in a statement, as reported by news agency PTI.

More than 20,000 workers had applied to get a ticket to contest the MCD polls, it said.

AAP star campaigners

During the day, the party released its list of 30 star campaigners for the upcoming polls.

The list includes names of AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann among others.

Others who feature on the list include Sanjay Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Harpal Singh Cheema, Gopal Rai, Durgesh Pathak, and Atishi Marlena.

First published on: Nov 11, 2022 09:44 PM IST

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