A voting percentage of nearly 60 was recorded as polling remained peaceful in the elections to municipal bodies in Haryana on Sunday. (Representational)Haryana Municipal Election Results 2020 Live Updates: The counting of votes for the Haryana Municipal Election is underway, following which the results will be declared. The polls were held to elect the mayors and members of all the wards of Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat municipal corporations, the president and members of the Municipal Council of Rewari and the municipal committees of Sampla (Rohtak), Dharuhera (Rewari) and Ukalana (Hisar). There is a direct fight between the ruling BJP-JJP combine and the Congress in the polls.
Besides, bypolls for ward number 7 of the Municipal Committee, Indri (Karnal), ward number 13 of Bhuna (Fatehabad), ward number 12 of Rajound (Kaithal), ward number 14 of the Municipal Council, Fatehabad and ward number 29 of the Municipal Council, Sirsa were also held.
A voting percentage of nearly 60 was recorded as polling remained peaceful in the elections to municipal bodies in Haryana on Sunday, which were held amid tight security and adherence to the norms in place in view of the coronavirus pandemic, PTI reported. The polling started at 8 am and continued till 5:30 pm.
More than one lakh people out of a total 1.8 lakh voters exercised their right to choose the councillors and mayor in the first direct elections. The voting percentage recorded remained low as compared to the last MC elections held in 2013 where the voter turnout had stood at 64.01 per cent.
Cleanliness, development, security and the shifting of dumping ground — this is what residents of the city demand from their new mayor. Results of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation will be declared on Wednesday.
The Indian Express talked to people across the city from several walks of life to know the factors that affected their votes and what they expected from the mayor, being elected after a gap of more than two and a half years.
Voicing the concern of his team of Citizens Welfare Association, S K Naiyar, president of CWA Panchkula city, wants “actual development” at every level. He said, “I want people to know what development actually means. It is not cleanliness or routine re-carpeting of the roads. Those are things utmost necessary and the basic task as to why the corporations were formed in the first place. Development will mean taking the city forward where it can actually be called a model city.” Read More
In Ambala, former Congress leader and Union minister Venod Sharma's wife Shakti Rani Sharma is leading. BJP candidate is on the second position while the Congress candidate is in the third place as of now. Vinod Sharma has formed Haryana Jan chetna Party.
Noe, BJP's Kulbhushan Goyal is leading in Panchkula by a margin of 1200 votes after round 6 of counting of votes.
JJP candidate faces defeat in Uklana Municipal Committee election. Independent candidate has won the poll battle. The JJP had contested the election in alliance with the BJP.
Congress mayoral candidate Nikhil Madan is leading by a margin of 5,471 votes in Sonipat in Sonipat.
In Panchkula, Congress' Upinder Kaur and BJP's Kulbhushan Goyal were in a neck-and-neck fight at the end of round 1. But after the round two of counting, polls rose in favour of Goyal. Kaur was ahead by only five votes.
Mayoral post, Panchkula: 2nd round
Cong Upinder Kaur Ahluwalia: 3,410
BJP Kulbhushan Goyal: 3,405
AAP Supported Independent Candidate Padam Garg: 82
Independent Anil Pangotra: 167
Independent Sudharshan Bansal: 89
Independent Shyam Singh Negi: 91
NOTA: 102
A voting percentage of nearly 60 was recorded as polling remained peaceful in the elections to municipal bodies in Haryana on Sunday, which were held amid tight security and adherence to the norms in place in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
The counting of votes will begin at 8 am. The polls were held to elect the mayors and members of all the wards of Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat municipal corporations, the president and members of the Municipal Council of Rewari and the municipal committees of Sampla (Rohtak), Dharuhera (Rewari) and Ukalana (Hisar).
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