India, April 30 -- Pravesh Wahi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor from Rohini East, was on Monday elected as the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). BJP, which also has a majority in the House, also secured the post of deputy mayor and two more seats on the standing committee.

Wahi received 156 out of 165 votes, with Hazi Zaraf of the Congress, the only other candidate, securing the other nine votes. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) did not contest the polls.

The voting process, which started around 2:10pm, was over in 2 hours -around 4pm. The electoral college for electing the mayor comprises of 274 members - all 250 MCD councillors, 14 MLAs nominated by the Delhi Assembly, seven Lok Sabha MPs, and three Rajya Sabha ...