New Delhi: the counting of votes of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is ongoing in the 13 wards, to which by election were held, with AAP leading in six wards and Congress in four as per the trends accessible.

Delhi State Election Commission official said that, "The counting started smoothly at all the counting centers and results were like to be announced by noon, “

As per the latest trends, “AAP was leading in six wards, while Congress was leading in four and BJP in two wards and independent in one ward”. 45.9 % of the 6, 68,870 eligible electorate exercised their license in the by-polls held on May 15.

The by-polls to the wards coming under three corporations - SDMC (7), NDMC (4) and EDMC (2) - were required due to their sitting Councilors getting elected to Delhi Assembly in 2013 and 2015.

The major party of Indian politics  APP,BJP and Congress have uttered hope of winning most of the 13 seats contested by them.

AAP, making its debut in the civic by-polls is hopeful to repeat its Assembly polls performance that will set ground for it in the 2017 MCD elections.

The MCD which was trifurcated in 2012, has been Bhartiya Janta Party-ruled for almost a decade.