UP Municipal Election Results Live: BJP Sweeps Local Body Polls, Wins All 17 Mayor Posts
UP Municipal Election Results 2023 Live: Follow this live blog for all the latest developments related to the results of Uttar Pradesh urban local body polls.
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The results of Uttar Pradesh Nikay Chunav will be announced today two days after the second and final phase of elections was concluded on Thursday (May 11). In the first phase of the local body elections, conducted in 37 districts on May 4, the voting percentage was 52 per cent while the voter turnout after the final phase on Thursday was recorded at 53 per cent.
According to the State Election Commission (SEC), Varanasi recorded a polling percentage of 38.89, Lucknow 35.42 and Prayagraj 30.32. A polling percentage of 52.59 was recorded in the first phase of the 2017 urban local body elections.
The UP municipal elections were held for 17 seats of Mayor, 1,420 of Corporator, 199 of Nagar Palika Parishad Chairperson, 5,327 of Nagar Palika Parishad Member, 544 of Nagar Panchayat Chairperson, and 7,178 seats of Nagar Panchayat Member. Shahjahanpur will get its mayor for the first time this year as the city became a municipal corporation in 2018.
The poll results will also decide the fate of 198 chairpersons of municipal councils,5,260 municipal council members (nagar palika parishads), 542 chairpersons of town panchayats and 7,177 members of town panchayats. UP BJP spokesperson Hero Bajpai said the party will win all 17 mayor seats.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath had termed the polls as "Dev-Asur Sangram (battle between deities and demons)." On the last day of campaigning, without naming anyone, the chief minister appeared to invoke nature as a great leveller - a force that delivers justice. "It will bag a lion's share in the corporators' category. The party will also perform extremely well in nagar palika parishads and nagar panchayats," PTI quoted Bajpai as saying.
SP spokesperson Deepak Ranjan said the ULB polls "will spring up a surprise". "The cycle (SP's election symbol) has covered a significant distance during the election, while the lotus (BJP's symbol did not bloom," Ranjan said.
On the ground, BJP and Samajwadi Party campaigned aggressively while there was little presence of Congress, with most of its top leaders busy in Karnataka polls.
BJP Wins All 17 Mayoral Seats— Check Full List Here
- Jhansi - Bihari Lal Arya (BJP)
- Ayodhya- Girish Pati Tripathi (BJP)
- Saharanpur - Dr. Ajay Kumar (BJP)
- Gorakhpur - Dr. Manglesh Srivastava (BJP)
- Lucknow - Sushma Kharkwal (BJP)
- Mathura - Vinod Agarwal (BJP)
- Firozabad - Kamini Rathore (BJP)
- Prayagraj - Ganesh Kesarwani (BJP)
- Moradabad - Vinod Agarwal (BJP)
- Meerut - Harikant Ahluwalia (BJP)
- Shahjahanpur - Archana Verma (BJP)
- Ghaziabad - Sunita Dayal (BJP)
- Aligarh - Prashant Singhal (BJP)
- Bareilly - Umesh Gautam (BJP)
- Varanasi - Ashok Tiwari (BJP)
- Agra - Hemlata Diwakar (BJP)
- Kanpur - Pramila Pandey (BJP)
BJP's Sushma Kharkwal Wins The Post Of Mayor In Lucknow Muncipal Corporation
लखनऊ नगर निगम में महापौर पद पर श्रीमती सुषमा खरकवाल के विजयी होने पर बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएं
— BJP Uttar Pradesh (@BJP4UP) May 13, 2023
हम आपके यशस्वी कार्यकाल की कामना करते हैं।#BJP4UP pic.twitter.com/NIze6h5zaC
BJP's Ashok Tiwari Wins The Post Of Mayor In Varanasi Muncipal Corporation
वाराणसी नगर निगम में महापौर पद पर श्री अशोक तिवारी के विजयी होने पर बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएं
— BJP Uttar Pradesh (@BJP4UP) May 13, 2023
हम आपके यशस्वी कार्यकाल की कामना करते हैं।#BJP4UP pic.twitter.com/4UoLtRNe4o
BJP's Kamini Rathore Wins The Post Of Mayor In Firozabad Muncipal Corporation
BJP's Kamini Rathore has been elected as the new mayor of Firozabad Municipal Corporation.
BJP's Hemlata Diwakar Wins The Post Of Mayor In Agra Muncipal Corporation
Hemlata Diwakar of BJP secured the mayoral position in Agra Municipal Corporation with a majority of over 100,000 votes.
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