Delhi’s first woman mayor has been elected

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: February 24 2023

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Aam Aadmi Party's Shelly Oberoi won the Delhi Mayor elections.
She defeated Rekha Gupta, nominated candidate of BJP.
Shelly Oberoi received 150 vote while Rekha Gupta got 116 seats.
Shelly Oberoi became the city's first woman mayor in 10 years.
The AAP had bagged 134 seats and BJP got 104 seats while Congress bagged nine seats in the MCD polls.
The 39-year-old has studied management from IIM, Kozhikode.
Shelly Oberoi has been associated with AAP since 2014 and named the vice president of party's Mahila Morcha in 2020.

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Delhi’s first woman mayor has been elected