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| The polls saw a record turnout of voters |
The BJP won 138 of the city's 272 wards, defeating its main rival, the Congress party, which took 77 wards.
Turnout for Sunday's vote was the highest in 15 years, at 55% of the 11 million eligible voters.
The BJP won the majority of seats in Delhi's North and East
municipalities and emerged as the largest single party in the third
municipality, South.
The Congress party increased its share of wards by 10 from
the 67 it won in the 2007 municipal polls but failed to recapture the
city government from the BJP. The Bahujan Samaj Party (SP) won in 15
wards.
Correspondents say the results are another setback for the
nationally ruling Congress party after its recent poor showing in state
polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa.
Source : BBC News
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