MCG election: Independents establish lead; voter turnout 55.68%

GURUGRAM: Independent candidates established lead in the Gurugram civic polls on Sunday even as results of 10 seats were confirmed with seven seats going to Independents. On Sunday, around 55.68% people voted in Gurugram to elect their next municipal mayor. Last time, i.e. in 2011, the poll percentage was 63.3%. This shows a decline of eight per cent. Notably, the mayor's seat is reserved for a scheduled caste female candidate.

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This time, the independent candidates displayed a lead in the initial results. Out of 35 seats, the independents have a lead on 21 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on 13 and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is leading on one.

Among the leading candidates is Rimple Yadav, a BJP contestant from ward 5. She is the wife of former mayor Bimal Yadav.

The confirmed winners so far include:

Ward 1: Mithilesh, Independent
Ward 2: Shakuntala Yadav, BJP
Ward 3: Ravinder Yadav, BJP
Ward 8: Dinesh Saini, Independent
Ward 9: Pramila Kablana, Independent
Ward 10: Sheetal Bagri, Independent
Ward 12: Naveen, Independent
Ward 25: Subhash Singh, BJP
Ward 26: Praveen Lata, Independent
Ward 27: Sudesh Rani, Independent

Notably, a total 202 candidates, including 78 women, contested in these elections. There are 147 independent candidates. While BJP had a candidate in every seat, INLD had 20 candidates and it is supporting 10 independent candidates too. Importantly, Congress did not announce any candidate, but is supporting 14 independent candidates.

Out of 35 wards, here is the full list of winners/leads (those confirmed are in bold):

Ward 1: Mithilesh, Independent
Ward 2: Shakuntala Yadav, BJP
Ward 3: Ravinder Yadav, BJP
Ward 4: Virender Raj Yadav, INLD
Ward 5: Rimple Yadav, BJP
Ward 6: Naresh Sehrawat, Independent
Ward 7: Madhu Azad, BJP
Ward 8: Dinesh Saini, Independent
Ward 9: Pramila Kablana, Independent
Ward 10: Sheetal Bagri, Independent
Ward 11: Yogender Singh, BJP
Ward 12: Naveen, Independent
Ward 13: Brahmprakash, BJP
Ward 14: Sanjay Pradhan, BJP
Ward 15: Seema Pahuja, Independent
Ward 16: Madhu Batra, Independent
Ward 17: Rajni, Independent
Ward 18: Subhash Singla, BJP
Ward 19: Ashwani Sharma, Independent
Ward 20: Kapil Dua, BJP
Ward 21: Dharambir, Independent
Ward 22: Sunita Yadav, Independent
Ward 23: Ashwani Sharma, BJP
Ward 24: Sunil Kumar, Independent
Ward 25: Subhash Singh, BJP
Ward 26: Praveen Lata, Independent
Ward 27: Sudesh Rani, Independent
Ward 28: Hemant Kumar, Independent
Ward 29: Kuldeep Yadav, BJP
Ward 30: Mahesh Dayma, Independent
Ward 31: Kuldeep Singh Bohra, Independent
Ward 32: Arti Yadav, BJP
Ward 33: Sunita, BJP
Ward 34: Zile Singh, Independent
Ward 35: Kusum Yadav, Independent