The results of the three-phase municipal elections or 652 urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh will be declared on Friday Dec 01,2017 from 8 am onwards.
This election is a testing ground for Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath’s new government as winning will prove his ground in the
state and give a boost to the ruling party before the upcoming Gujarat
assembly polls.
The Chief Minister has himself campaigned across 16 local bodies,
starting from Ayodhya, to ensure BJP’s victory in the three-phase civic
body polls.
The last round of polling on Wednesday Nov 29,2017 saw the highest turnout as more than 58.72 per cent votes were polled
According to the State Election Commission officials, the voting
percentage this time in these 26 districts, was seven per cent more than
the urban body polls in 2012.
The highest balloting was recorded in Kanpur rural where 73.46 per cent
votes were cast. Second highest polling was witnessed in Maharajganj
where 72.92 per cent votes were cast
Barring few incidents of violence, protests and baton charges by
police, the polling passed off peacefully and repolling was not ordered
at any place.
In the first round of polling on November 22, 52.59 per cent polling
was recorded while the second phase on November 26, saw a meagre 49.30
per cent turnout.
On Wednesday, Saharanpur saw 67.28 per cent polling, Baghpat 67.14,
Bulandshahr 62.68, Moradabad 48.47, Sambhal 57.18, Bareilly 53.17,
Firozabad 55.74 and in the Samajwadi Party (SP) strongholds of Etah,
Kannauj and Auraiyya, the turnout was 57.56, 67.38 and 63.4 per cent
respectively.
Voting took place for 233 urban bodies spread across 26 districts of
the state.
5 Municipal Corporations also went up for vote to elect
their new mayors.
The 5 Municipal Corporations where polling is
taking place include Moradabad, Bareilly, Saharanpur, Jhansi and
Firozabad.
There are 74 candidates for mayoral post in these five
places, and 3,175 candidates for 350 corporation seats. Maximum number
of candidates for a mayoral seat were 22 in Bareilly.
In 2012, the BJP had won 10 of 12 municipal corporations, one each were won by Independents backed by the SP and BSP. There are four new municipalities this time, Ayodhya, Saharanpur, Firozabad and Mathura
BJP Set For Big Win
The BJP has won 14 of the 16 mayoral seats in the Uttar Pradesh municipal elections.
BJP's mayor candidates have won in Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Ghaziabad, Bareilly, Agra, Firozabad, Ayodhya, Mathura, Lucknow, Kanpur, Saharanpur Jhansi and Bareilly, and Moradabad.
The BSP has won in Aligarh and Meerut. .
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) which was decimated in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and the 2017 state assembly elections, however, made a comeback, leading in the remaining three municipal corporations.
It is for the first time that the BSP has contested the urban body polls on the party symbol. Earlier it used to extend support to independent candidates.
The BJP’s mayoral candidate in the crucial seat of Ayodhya —— the hotbed of the BJP’s Hindutva brand of politics —— has won.
Vote counting is also underway for the 5,434 Nagar Panchayat member seats and 5,261 corporator seats but in these independents have taken a major lead.
Of the 5,434 Nagar Panchayat seats, independents have won 522 seats so far and the BJP is leading in 132 seats, the Samajwadi Party (SP) 69, BSP 53 and Congress 13.
In the corporator polls, of the 5,261 seats where counting is underway, independents are leading in 212 seats, BJP (28), BSP (24) and SP (12). There are 79,113 candidates in the fray for the corporator seats. Counting is on at 334 places.
The Congress’s bad run in the state continues and its candidates are faring poorly in most places. Even in party pocket borough Amethi, the party’s candidates are trailing way behind in the Nagar Panchayat chairman posts.
In 2012, the BJP had won 10 of 12 municipal corporations, one each were won by Independents backed by the SP and BSP. There are four new municipalities this time, Ayodhya, Saharanpur, Firozabad and Mathura
BJP Set For Big Win
The BJP has won 14 of the 16 mayoral seats in the Uttar Pradesh municipal elections.
BJP's mayor candidates have won in Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Ghaziabad, Bareilly, Agra, Firozabad, Ayodhya, Mathura, Lucknow, Kanpur, Saharanpur Jhansi and Bareilly, and Moradabad.
The BSP has won in Aligarh and Meerut. .
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) which was decimated in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and the 2017 state assembly elections, however, made a comeback, leading in the remaining three municipal corporations.
It is for the first time that the BSP has contested the urban body polls on the party symbol. Earlier it used to extend support to independent candidates.
The BJP’s mayoral candidate in the crucial seat of Ayodhya —— the hotbed of the BJP’s Hindutva brand of politics —— has won.
Vote counting is also underway for the 5,434 Nagar Panchayat member seats and 5,261 corporator seats but in these independents have taken a major lead.
Of the 5,434 Nagar Panchayat seats, independents have won 522 seats so far and the BJP is leading in 132 seats, the Samajwadi Party (SP) 69, BSP 53 and Congress 13.
In the corporator polls, of the 5,261 seats where counting is underway, independents are leading in 212 seats, BJP (28), BSP (24) and SP (12). There are 79,113 candidates in the fray for the corporator seats. Counting is on at 334 places.
The Congress’s bad run in the state continues and its candidates are faring poorly in most places. Even in party pocket borough Amethi, the party’s candidates are trailing way behind in the Nagar Panchayat chairman posts.
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