UP municipal election results 2023: Civic body poll, bye-election results today; BJP leads the race
11 min read . Updated: 13 May 2023, 02:18 PM IST
PremiumThe civic body polls were held in 17 municipal corporations across the state, including the recently formed Shahjahanpur municipal corporation.
The counting of votes began for 12 civic body polls and bye-elections to two assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. The civic body polls were held in 17 municipal corporations across the state, including the recently formed Shahjahanpur municipal corporation. While the bye-elections were held in Suar and Chhanbey assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh.
According to News18's exit poll projection, the BJP is poised to secure victories in a minimum of 10 municipal corporations, while Akhilesh Yadav's SP and Mayawati's BSP are projected to win at least one nagar nigam each. The exit poll further predicts a tight race in five constituencies. Here is the update on counting of votes:
Initial trends show that the BJP is in the lead in 16 seats, while Congress is leading in only one seat.
- BJP candidates emerged victorious in Saharanpur and Ayodhya. Ajay Kumar Singh, the BJP's nominee, won the mayoral election in Saharanpur with a comfortable margin of over 6,000 votes. Meanwhile, in Ayodhya, BJP candidate Mahant Girish Pati Tripathi emerged victorious as the city's new mayor.
- As of 1pm, the outcome of 34 out of 60 seats in the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation election has been declared. The BJP candidates have emerged victorious in 16 seats, while the SP candidates have won eight seats. Furthermore, eight independent candidates have also secured wins in the election. Notably, many of these independent candidates were former BJP members who contested the election as independents.
- The BJP is dominating in the local body elections in Lucknow, with their candidates leading on 70 out of 110 wards after the eighth round of vote counting. In the results that have been announced so far, the BJP has won 12 seats, while the SP has won one. Moreover, after ten rounds of vote counting, Sushma Kharkhwal, the BJP candidate, is also leading the race for the position of Mayor with a lead of 41,000 votes.
- Winners so far:
Malati Yadav (BJP) - Won from Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Ward in Zone 4 with a lead of 2,766 votes.
Arun Rai (BJP) - Won from Chinhat Pratham Ward in Zone 4 with a lead of 1,683 votes.
Sushil Tiwari Pammee (BJP) - Won from Lal Kuan Ward in Zone 1 with a lead of 275 votes.
Rajesh Singh Gabbar (BJP) - Won from Paper Mill Colony Ward with a lead of 5,040 votes.
Pramod Singh Rajan (BJP) - Won from Nishatganj, Kalvin College Ward with a lead of approximately 1,800 votes.
Vinod Yadav (BJP) - Won from New Haiderganj Tritiya Ward in Zone 6 with a lead of 576 votes.
Arun Tiwari (BJP) - Won from Rajiv Gandhi Second Ward with a lead of 3,747 votes.
Rani Kanaujiya (BJP) - Won from Daulatganj Ward in Zone 6 with a lead of 431 votes.
Girish Gupta (BJP) - Won from Baseratganj-Ganeshganj Ward in Zone 1 with a lead of around 500 votes.
Rajiv Dikshit (BJP) - Emerged victorious from Rajendra Nagar Ward in Zone 2.
Rajni Yadav (SP) - Won from Raja Bijli Passi Ward in Zone 8 with a lead of 1,738 votes.
Ashish Kumar Hiteshi (BJP) - Won from Babu Banarsi Das Ward in Zone 1.
Mukesh Singh (BJP) - Won from Maulviganj Ward in Zone 1. - Prayagraj municipal election
BJP candidate Ganesh Kesarwani is leading with 18,427 votes for Prayagraj mayor seat after the third round of counting.
BJP: 33,976 votes
SP: 15,549 votes
BSP: 5,731 votes
Congress: 4,996 votes
AAP: 1,578 votes
AIMIM: 3,568 votes - Results declared for 10 wards in Kanpur
Out of 10 wards, BJP won in seven wards, SP won in two wards, and an independent candidate won in one seat.
Ward 06 - Bhannana Purwa
Winner: Gudiya (BJP) - 3288 votes
Runner-up: Poonam Nigam (SP) - 1306 votes
Margin: 1982 votes
Total Votes: 6798
Ward 11 - Safipur
Winner: Vijay Laxmi Yadav (Independent) - 3942 votes
Runner-up: Reena (BJP) - 3407 votes
Margin: 535 votes
Total Votes: 8538
Ward 16 - Juhi
Winner: Vidya Devi (BJP) - 2361 votes
Runner-up: Rashmi Shah (Congress) - 1738 votes
Margin: 623 votes
Total Votes: 6737
Ward 21 - Khadepur
Winner: Dhirendra Kumar (BJP) - 3149 votes
Runner-up: Ramchandra Verma (Independent) - 983 votes
Margin: 2166 votes
Total Votes: 10734
Ward 26 - Gandhi Gram
Winner: Narottam Kumar (BJP) - 4055 votes
Runner-up: Lavkush (Independent) - 2957 votes
Margin: 1098 votes
Total Votes: 9297
Ward 61 - Tilak Nagar (Result may be modified)
Winner: Arun Kumar Garg (BJP) - 2076 votes
Runner-up: Kamal Shukla Baby (Congress) - 1398 votes
Margin: 678 votes
Total Votes: 4030
Ward 71 - Sisamau Dakshini
Winner: Liyaqat Ali (SP) - 3716 votes
Runner-up: Dr. Mohak Gupta (BJP) - 841 votes
Margin: 2875 votes
Total Votes: 6147
Ward 76 - Harvansh Mohal
Winner: Kaushik Bajpai (SP) - 2413 votes
Runner-up: Amit Malhotra (Independent) - 2366 votes
Margin: 47 votes
Total Votes: 6497
Ward 81 - Kaushalpuri
Winner: Ashumendra Pratap Singh (BJP) - 4107 votes
Runner-up: Rakesh Sahu (Congress) - 2931 votes
Margin: 1176 votes
Total Votes: 9457
Ward 86 - Kakadev
Winner: Kamlesh Tripathi (BJP) - 3044 votes
Runner-up: Chandransh Singh (SP) - 2085 votes
Margin: 959 votes
Total Votes: 6267 - Meerut municipal election live updates
Sudha Rani, who is the sister of State Minister Dinesh Khatik, is currently behind independent candidate Arun Kumar by a margin of 1500 votes in the race for the Hastinapur Nagar Panchayat. - Saharanpur Nagar Nigam chunav results live updates:
Party Candidate Votes received
BJP Ajay Kumar 107,909
BSP Khadija Masood 67,997
SP Noor Hasan 12,074
Cong Pradeep Verma 4,059 - Update on Gorakhpur Mayor seat after eighth round of counting
The BJP candidate is in the lead with 28,416 votes. Mangalesh Srivastava from BJP received 73,968 votes, while Kajal Nishad from Samajwadi Party is in second place with 45,552 votes. Naval Nathani from Bahujan Samaj Party is far behind in third place with 10,343 votes. - BJP candidates are leading in 70 seats in Lucknow
BJP candidate Malti Yadav has won from Ward 4 with 2,766 votes. Arun Rai of BJP has emerged victorious from Chinhaat Pratham Ward with 1,683 votes.
Ashish Kumar Hiteshi, the BJP candidate, has won from Ward 57.
Mukesh Singh of BJP has been declared the winner from Ward 95, Maulvi Ganj.
Vinod Yadav of BJP has won from Ward 20, New Haidarganj, in Zone 6 with a lead of 576 votes.
BJP candidate Promod Singh Rajan has won from Colvin College Nishatganj Ward with a lead of around 1,800 votes.
Arun Tiwari of BJP has won from Rajiv Gandhi Dvitiya Ward with a lead of 3,747 votes.
Rani Kanaujiya of BJP has won from Ward 94, Daulatganj, in Zone 6 with a lead of 431 votes.
Rajesh Singh Gabbar of BJP has won from Paper Mill Colony Ward with a lead of 5,040 votes. - Lucknow municipal election
Sushma Kharkwal, the BJP candidate, is leading the election with a significant margin of over 41,000 votes, leaving behind Vandana Mishra of the Samajwadi Party who is in the second position with 55,637 votes. The third position is secured by Shahin Bano of the Bahujan Samaj Party with 12,882 votes. Anju Bhatt of the Aam Aadmi Party is in the fourth position with 6,053 votes, and Sangita Jaiswal, the Congress candidate, is in the fifth position with a mere 1,400 votes. - Jhansi Nagar Nigam results: BJP wins mayor seat
Bihari Lal Arya, representing the BJP party, has emerged victorious in the mayoral election of Jhansi with a whopping 83,548 votes, which is the largest margin of victory for BJP in this seat till date. Arvind Kumar Bablu, the Congress candidate, secured the second position with 39,903 votes. Throughout the counting process, the BJP candidate maintained a strong lead, which only increased with each subsequent round of counting. - Pratapgarh Nagar Nikay Election Results
BJP candidate leading in Pratapgarh's Belha Nagar Palika Parishad - AIMIM candidate leads in Sambhal municipal council
AIMIM candidate is leading in Sambhal Nagar Palika Parishad with a margin of 2,922 votes.
AIMIM: 5,074 votes
BSP: 2,152 votes
BJP: 2,072 votes
Independent: 2,518 votes
SP: 968 votes - Shahjahanpur mayor Seat
BJP: 28,770 votes
Congress: 10,421 votes
BJP is leading by 18,349 votes. - BJP maintains lead in Bareilly Nagar Nigam
Latest trend after five rounds of vote counting
BJP: 44,764 votes
SP-backed Independent: 25,057 votes
BJP is leading by 19,707 votes.
Tension erupted during the ballot counting at Booth No. 149 in Deoria Nagar Palika Parishad, when an independent candidate's representative accused the supervisor of tampering with a bundle of ballots assigned to their candidate. This accusation led other representatives to join in the protest. To defuse the situation, SDM Saurav Singh and CO Shriyash Tripathi arrived at the location, and the supervisor was removed from the counting duty. Amit Modanwal, the husband of the independent candidate, alleged that the counting process was being deliberately manipulated and demanded an impartial and just counting process from the district administration. The situation was eventually resolved peacefully.
As per live updates on the Aligarh municipal election, the BJP candidate has pulled ahead in the race for the mayor post, with an increased lead after the fifth round of counting. The current vote count stands at 45,565 for BJP, 29,212 for SP, and 14,466 for BSP. BJP's lead currently stands at 16,353 votes.
The live updates on the Haapur municipal election indicate that Rakesh Bajrangi of the BJP is leading in the Gadhmukteshwar Municipal Council after the completion of the first round of vote counting. The current vote tally stands at 3,361 for BJP, 2,644 for SP, 477 for BSP, and 174 for Congress.
As per live updates on the Siddharthnagar municipal election, Govind Madhav, the candidate from the BJP, is currently leading in the race for the municipal council. Madhav has secured 1,677 votes so far, while the BSP candidate has secured 1,227 votes, the SP candidate has secured 628 votes, and the Congress candidate has secured 54 votes. Independent candidate Sanju Singh has secured 1,517 votes.
The latest updates on the Ayodhya municipal election indicate that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in the race for the Mayor position with 33,964 votes. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has secured 14,313 votes, while the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has secured 6,013 votes, and the Congress has secured 1,601 votes. In total, 67,237 votes have been counted so far.
After the first round of vote counting in the Shahjahanpur Nagar Nigam mayor seat election, the BJP candidate Archana Verma is leading with 5,983 votes. The Congress candidate Nikhat Iqbal is in second place with 2,223 votes while SP's Mala Rathore received 1,633 votes, putting her in third place.
The BSP candidate Shagufta Anjum received 468 votes, while the Aam Aadmi Party's Suman Verma and Rashtriya Samaj Paksh candidate Meera received 212 and 33 votes, respectively. Two independent candidates received 73 and 37 votes, respectively.
The NOTA option secured sixth place with 98 votes. In total, there were 10,764 votes counted after the first round of voting on Saturday morning at around 9:30am.
Lata Valmiki, who is the candidate from BSP, is currently in the lead for the mayoral position in the Agra municipal corporation election.
For Aligarh Nagar Nigam, the candidate from BJP is currently ahead in the race for the mayor position in Aligarh, with 10,289 votes, against the closest contender from Samajwadi Party who has received 4,692 votes so far. Congress is currently in third place with 3,230 votes.
Sarita Devi, an independent candidate, has won the Utraula Municipal Council elections by securing 92 votes in Ward number 1. Meanwhile, the candidate from BJP, Durga Prasad Gupta, has emerged as the winner in Ward number 22.
Following the counting Lucknow police have enhanced the security at all the counting centres and restricted the entry of Phones or any kind of weapon inside the counting centre, said a senior police official on Friday.
"The counting of votes for the municipal elections will be held on Saturday. In this regard, elaborate security arrangements have been made by the Lucknow Police at all the counting centres. Phone or any type of weapon is not allowed to be taken to the counting centre by the counting agent and the candidate. Liquor shops will remain closed tomorrow," said Aparna Rajat Kaushik, DCP Central Lucknow.
UP had voted for civic body polls in two phases -- on May 4 and May 11. The results will decide the fate of 83,378 candidates who are in the fray for 14,522 posts. In the first phase, voting was held in 37 districts of 9 divisions and 10 municipal corporations. In 10 municipal corporations, voting is held in 830 wards, 9,699 polling places and 2,658 polling stations are set up in Municipal Corporations.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had left no stone unturned while campaigning for party candidates and conducted around 50 rallies, 28 rallies and conferences in the first phase and 22 in the second phase.
For now, UP had 16 municipal corporations, out of which 14 had BJP mayors.
The counting of votes for the Suar and Chhanbey assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh will also take place on Saturday.
Rampur's Suar assembly constituency fell vacant after Samajwadi Party leader Abdullah Azam Khan was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a 15-year-old case.
The Suar seat promises to be a tough fight between the Samajwadi Party and the BJP's alliance partner Apna Dal (S). While the Samajwadi Party had fielded Anuradha Chauhan from the Suar constituency, the Apna Dal (S) fielded Shafeek Ahmed Ansari. Neither the Congress nor the BSP had fielded any candidates from the constituency. The ruling coalition partner Apna Dal (Sonelal) contested from both seats.
Suar assembly seat in Rampur district was declared vacant on February 13 after a Moradabad court sentenced Abdullah Azam Khan, the son of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, to two years in jail in a 15-year-old case.
(With inputs from ANI)