<p>Except for one, all South Indian candidates had to bite the dust in the Delhi municipal polls while a prominent Bengali candidate from BJP also lost the race.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the municipal elections, BJP had fielded two south Indians -- one each from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, out of its 272 candidates while Congress has fielded only one.<br /><br />Except for M Nagarajan of BJP, none of them managed to secure victory in the polls. Nagarajan, who is from Tamil Nadu, won the Pushp Vihar seat defeating Congress' Rakesh by a margin of 1,673 votes.<br /><br />In Nangal Raya, Congress' Uma Naidu (43), who hails from Andhra Pradesh, lost to BJP's Radhika Setia by a margin of 1,630 votes. Naidu polled 8,798 votes while her rival got 10,428.<br /><br />Naidu, who is a post graduate in English, is the richest among the south Indian candidates owning property worth Rs 1.75 crore, including immovable property of Rs 1.48 crore.<br /><br />BJP's Keralite candidate Prasannan Pillai lost the municipal polls for the second consecutive time from Gharoli this time. Mayur Vihar which has a large chunk of Malayalee voters falls in this ward.<br /><br />Pilli was not even the runner up in the ward where the Congress won while BSP came second.<br /><br />Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party had also fielded a Malayali candidate P S Prasanna Kumar from New Seemapuri who came fourth.<br /><br />G Jaya (34) from Tamil Nadu, a Forward Bloc candidate, lost her race in Mayur Vihar Phase-I ward.<br /><br />73-year-old Anand Mukherjee, a Bengali fielded by BJP in Chittaranjan Park, lost to Congress' Virender Kasana by 1,594 votes. Mukherjee holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering. PTI SJY SPC 04181109</p>
<p>Except for one, all South Indian candidates had to bite the dust in the Delhi municipal polls while a prominent Bengali candidate from BJP also lost the race.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the municipal elections, BJP had fielded two south Indians -- one each from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, out of its 272 candidates while Congress has fielded only one.<br /><br />Except for M Nagarajan of BJP, none of them managed to secure victory in the polls. Nagarajan, who is from Tamil Nadu, won the Pushp Vihar seat defeating Congress' Rakesh by a margin of 1,673 votes.<br /><br />In Nangal Raya, Congress' Uma Naidu (43), who hails from Andhra Pradesh, lost to BJP's Radhika Setia by a margin of 1,630 votes. Naidu polled 8,798 votes while her rival got 10,428.<br /><br />Naidu, who is a post graduate in English, is the richest among the south Indian candidates owning property worth Rs 1.75 crore, including immovable property of Rs 1.48 crore.<br /><br />BJP's Keralite candidate Prasannan Pillai lost the municipal polls for the second consecutive time from Gharoli this time. Mayur Vihar which has a large chunk of Malayalee voters falls in this ward.<br /><br />Pilli was not even the runner up in the ward where the Congress won while BSP came second.<br /><br />Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party had also fielded a Malayali candidate P S Prasanna Kumar from New Seemapuri who came fourth.<br /><br />G Jaya (34) from Tamil Nadu, a Forward Bloc candidate, lost her race in Mayur Vihar Phase-I ward.<br /><br />73-year-old Anand Mukherjee, a Bengali fielded by BJP in Chittaranjan Park, lost to Congress' Virender Kasana by 1,594 votes. Mukherjee holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering. PTI SJY SPC 04181109</p>