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MP municipal electon result: 'Historic' performance by BJP, says CM Chouhan; Congress calls it 'encouraging'

He said the party has won over 80 per cent seats in the nagar panchayat and nagar parishad polls and also performed very well in the 11 municipal corporations as well.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday termed the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) performance in the local body polls in the state as "historic", saying that people from urban and rural areas voted in favour of the ruling party.

He said the party has won over 80 per cent seats in the nagar panchayat and nagar parishad polls and also performed very well in the 11 municipal corporations as well.

Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath said he was encouraged with his party's performance in the civic polls.

Local bodies elections in the state for 413 municipalities, including 16 Nagar Palika Nigam, 99 Nagar Palika Parishad and 298 Nagar Parishad were held in two phases earlier this month - on July 6 and 13.

Under the first phase, polling was held in 11 municipal corporations, 36 nagar palikas and 86 nagar parishads.

The counting of votes for these elections began at 9 am on Sunday. In the first phase, elections for the post of mayor were held in Burhanpur, Satna, Khandwa, Sagar, Singrauli, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Chhindwara, Indore and Bhopal "The BJP has won over 80 per cent seats in nagar panchayat and nagar parishad polls. In the elections for the polls in 11 municipal corporations, the party's mayoral candidates are winning seven, while the Congress have three and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) one," chief minister Chouhan told workers at the BJP's state office.

In these three (municipal corporations) too, the Congress has not won completely as BJP has got more corporator seats, In Gwalior, out of 66 seats, BJP has won 36 and the Congress 29. In Jabalpur, out of 79 seats, 39 were won by the BJP and 30 by the Congress," he added.

As per the results announced so far by the election officials, the BJP has won the post of mayor in five municipal corporations - Burhanpur, Satna, Khandwa, Sagar and Ujjain, while the Congress has won in Chhindwara and the AAP in Singrauli.

The BJP and Congress have taken decisive leads in two civic bodies each, they have said.

In the nagar palika polls, where the winning ratio was in the 55-45 per cent range in the past, this time, out of 36 of the first phase, the BJP has won 27, Congress four and Independents five, Chouhan said.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mp-municipal-electon-result-historic-performance-by-bjp-says-cm-chouhan-cong-calls-result-encouraging-101658