Municipal elections to two wards in Delhi have been postponed due to the death of two candidates, an official of the State Election Commission (SEC) said on Sunday. The two wards are Maujpur in East Delhi Municipal Corporation and Sarai Pipal in North Delhi Municipal Corporation. Both candidates belonged to the Samajwadi Party (SP).
“Elections to the two wards have been postponed. While polling in Maujpur will be held on May 14, in Sarai Pipal it will take place on May 21,” the SEC official said.
When contacted, Delhi SP spokesperson RS Yadav said, “Both the candidates were aged between 40 to 45 years. While our Maujpur candidate was a woman who died a natural death, our Sarai Pipal candidate was a man who died from shock.”
Yadav, however, said this setback will not affect the performance of the party in the high-stakes elections, for which the SP had fronted its big leaders as star campaigners.