Overview
- AAP released its 12-candidate list approved by Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj, naming nominees across wards including Shalimar Bagh B, Greater Kailash and Mundka.
- The BJP named 12 nominees announced by Delhi president Virendra Sachdeva, highlighting eight women candidates and fielding picks for seats such as Dwarka B, Dakshinpuri and Vinod Nagar.
- Election milestones now in effect include the nomination deadline on November 10, scrutiny on November 12 and the withdrawal cutoff on November 15.
- The bypolls will fill 12 MCD wards vacated after councillors became MLAs or MPs, including seats earlier represented by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and West Delhi MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat.
- House arithmetic cited by an MCD official places the BJP at 116 councillors, AAP at 98, IVP at 15, Congress at 8 and one Independent, framing the stakes for the civic body.