The Bharatiya Janata Party retained seven out of the total 11 mayoral seats in Madhya Pradesh. While Congress bagged three seats, Aam Aadmi Party managed to get one.
The Congress termed the results as “encouraging”, while the BJP hailed its own performance in the elections as “historic”. In the last local body elections held in 2015, all these mayoral seats were with the BJP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his gratitude to the people for reposing their faith in the BJP in the local body elections. “This win is a symbol of people’s unbreakable trust in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in the state. Congratulations to the party workers along with the winning candidates,” he said in a tweet.
The BJP won the mayoral elections in Burhanpur, Satna, Indore, Bhopal, Khandwa, Sagar and Ujjain. The Congress won in Jabalpur, Gwalior and Chhindwara. Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, which contested the state civic polls for the first time, bagged the post in Singrauli.
Polling was held in 86 Nagar Parishads, 36 Nagar Palikas and 11 municipal corporations in the first phase on July 6. Elections were held in these local bodies spread over 44 districts for the posts of mayors and corporators.
The local bodies’ elections in the state for 413 municipalities, including 298 Nagar Parishad, 99 Nagar Palika Parishad and 16 Nagar Palika Nigam, were held in two phases on July 6 and July 13. The counting for the second phase of polls will be held on July 20.
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