Counting of votes was completed on Wednesday for the high-stakes Delhi municipal polls in which over 71 lakh electorates exercised their franchise to choose 270 ward councillors for three corporations.

The elections, which witnessed a fierce battle of ballots among the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party, were held on Sunday and Wednesday’s results and are likely to have political ramifications beyond the national capital’s borders.