Crossing a simple majority figure of 137 in the 272-member civic body, BJP has won the Municipal elections in Delhi, dealing a severe blow to the ruling Congress in the capital.
The saffron party was ahead in as many as 150 seats and won 32, while the Congress was lagging way behind leading in 42 wards and emerging victorious in 12 as counting of votes progressed at various centres in the capital.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha also opened its account winning two seats, while Uma Bharti's Bharatiya Jansakthi Party-INLD combine got one seat.
Election Commission figures showed that smaller parties like the BSP and the NCP besides independent candidates were leading in some seats.
The prominent faces who won include Mayor Farhad Suri, Standing Committee Chairman J K Sharma, former Mayor Satbir Singh (Cong), Opposition leader Subhash Arya, BJP Standing Committee member Vijender Gupta and former Deputy Mayor Arti Mehra of the BJP.
Almost all the top Congress leaders were trailing.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit accepted the defeat, but attacked her bete noire and Congress chief Rambabu Sharma for the humiliating defeat and called for introspection on the reasons behind the poll debacle.
Sharma, on the other hand, attributed the defeat mainly to the sealing drive. He said the rising prices also played a role in the elections.
An upbeat BJP Delhi unit chief Harsh Vardhan described the election victory a referendum on Dikshit government's performance and asked for her resignation.
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