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UP Nagar Nikay Chunav (Municipal Election) Result today 2023 Live Updates: BJP sweeps local body polls, wins all 17 Mayor seats

UP Nikay Chunav Result 2023 Live Updates: Hailing the party's performance UP CM Yogi Adityanath said the public has given a mandate to the “good governance, development and fear-free environment”      

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath with Deputy Chief Ministers KP Maurya and Brajesh Pathak during celebrations following the announcement of results of UP local body elections, at party office in Lucknow, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

UP Nagar Nikay (Municipal) Election Result 2023 Live Updates (May 13): The Bhartiya Janata Party swept the Uttar Pradesh local body polls as it won all 17 Mayor seats, and has a clear lead in Nagar Panchayat polls (544 seats) and Nagar Palika Parishad polls (199 seats). Hailing the party’s performance UP CM Yogi Adityanath said the public has given a mandate to the “good governance, development and fear-free environment” that was a result of the double engine guided by PM Modi. He said BJP has won more seats in all local body elections as compared to 2017.

(Fact: Out of 17 BJP Mayors, three have been elected for the second time in a row – Pramila Pandey from Kanpur, Vinod Agrawal from Moradabad, and Umesh Gautam from Bareilly)

The BJP's win in UP local body polls conveys people's support for development under Adityanath: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the BJP's victory in the Uttar Pradesh local body polls conveys people's support for the state's "unprecedented" development under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's leadership.

Taking to Twitter, Modi also congratulated Uttar Pradesh BJP workers and candidates for the "stupendous win".

The ruling BJP won the mayoral elections in 10 of the 17 municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh, results for which were announced on Saturday, virtually adding a third engine to its "double-engine" government. (PTI) retained its place as the second-largest party, while the BSP finished third. Apart from the BJP, the BSP was the only party to have won Mayor seats in 2017 – from Aligarh and Meerut. The SP blamed the loss on alleged fake Aadhaar Cards issued by the government and claimed that people had not been able to vote. Akhilesh Yadav also demanded a recount in Gorakhpur.

The Nagar Nikay Chunav polls were held in two phases — on May 4 and May 11. According to Election Commission data, about 53 per cent of voters exercised their franchise, out of the total 4.32 crore who were eligible. Seventeen mayors and 1,401 corporators will be elected once the results are out. As many as 19 corporators have been elected unopposed. Shahjahanpur will elect its mayor for the first time this year as the city became a municipal corporation in 2018, a year after the last civil polls were held in the state.

BJP's win in UP local body polls conveys people's support for development under Adityanath: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the BJP's victory in the Uttar Pradesh local body polls conveys people's support for the state's "unprecedented" development under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's leadership.

Taking to Twitter, Modi also congratulated Uttar Pradesh BJP workers and candidates for the "stupendous win".

The ruling BJP won the mayoral elections in 10 of the 17 municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh, results for which were announced on Saturday, virtually adding a third engine to its "double-engine" government. (PTI)