UP Nikay Chunav Results 2023: BJP Sweeps Municipal Polls, Wins All 17 Mayoral Seats
UP Urban Local Body Election Results 2023: The Uttar Pradesh ULB polls are significant for BJP, SP, BSP, and other political parties because of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
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New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party on Saturday won 813 out of the 1,420 seats in the corporators category in Uttar Pradesh's urban local body polls, while the opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 191 and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 85. As per the State Election Commission (SEC), Congress won 77 seats, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) 19, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) 10, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) eight, and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) five, while the Indian Union Muslim League, Jan Adhikar Party, Peace Party, and the NISHAD party got one seat each.
The BJP also registered wins on all the 17 mayoral seats in the state -- Varanasi, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Mathura-Vrindavan, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Firozabad and Meerut.
In the category of the chairperson of Nagar Palika Parishad, the BJP won 89 out of 199 posts and independent candidates won 41. The Samajwadi Party won 35 seats, BSP 16, RLD seven, Congress four and the AAP and the AIMIM won three seats each. BJP-ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) won one seat.
The electoral battle for members of Nagar Palika Parishad saw independent candidates bagging 3,130 out of 5,327 posts (58.76 per cent). The BJP stood a distant second with 1,360 seats, followed by the SP with 425, BSP 191, Congress 91, RLD 40, AIMIM 33 and AAP 30.
Of the 544 posts of chairman of Nagar Panchayat, the BJP won 191 while independents bagged 195. The SP won 78 such posts, BSP 37 and Congress 14.
Independent candidates asserted themselves on the seats of Nagar Panchayat members as well, winning 4,824 of 7,177 seats. The BJP bagged 1,403 seats, followed by the SP with 485, BSP 215, Congress 77 and the RLD 38.
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