Haryana Municipal Election Results Live: BJP sweeps all five mayoral seats, Khattar hails result
69.39% voter turnout was recorded in the elections to five municipal corporations and two municipal committees in Haryana on December 16.
The ruling BJP on Wednesday swept the mayoral elections in five cities of Haryana, with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar terming it as an endorsement of the policies and development agenda of the government.
The BJP's mayoral candidates from Hisar, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak and Yamunanagar registered victories in the elections held on Sunday, state election commission officials said.
Though opposition Congress did not contest these polls, some of its leaders extended support to independents. The INLD-BSP combine, which was contesting some of the mayoral seats on their party symbols, faced a severe beating and was even behind the independents.
The BJP also bagged majority in Karnal, Panipat and Yamunanagar municipal corporations.
It was the first time that mayors of the five municipal corporations were elected directly. Earlier, the councillors used to elect the mayors.
Haryana Final Count
Hisar Mayoral Polls
BJP - 68,196 (Win by 28,091)
Indp - 40,105
Karnal Mayoral Polls
BJP - 69,960 (9348)
Indp - 60,612
Panipal Mayoral Polls
BJP - 1,26,321 (Gap 74940)
Indp - 51,381
Rohtak Mayoral Polls
BJP - 65,822 (Gap of 14,776)
Indp - 51,046
Yamunanagar
BJP - 91, 642 (Gap of 40,678)
Indp - 50,964
Here are the live updates:
BJP wins all five mayoral seats, Khattar thanks voters
Even as murmurs were abound about BJP’s ability to pull in votes in the Hindi heartland, the party swept the mayoral polls in Haryana. All five of its candidates won in five cities, some of them with humongous margins. In Yamunagar, Madan Singh won with 40,000 votes, in Panipat Avneet won by 74,900. Others who won were Renu Bala in Karnal, Gautam Sardana in Hisar and Man Mohan in Rohtak.
This win in mayoral elections of BJP is a win of the Government's policies and the party's hard work, especially in Panipat where our candidate won by a massive margin: Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar
BJP candidate Madan Singh wins Yamunanagar mayoral seat against Rakesh Kumar with a margin of 40,000 votes
In Rohtak, BJP' Manmohan is leading against Sita Ram.
14:17 IST Wednesday, 19 December 2018: BJP's Avneet Kaur wins Panipat mayor seat by a margin of around 74,000 votes.
14:10 IST Wednesday, 19 December 2018: BJP’s Renu Bala wins the mayoral election in Karnal.
13:35 IST Wednesday, 19 December 2018: BJP mayor candidate in Yamunanagar, Madan Chauhan is leading against his rival candidates.
13:20 IST Wednesday, 19 December 2018: In Hisar, BJP mayor candidate Gautam Sardana leads over Congress-backed Rekha Iran.
12:38 IST Wednesday, 19 December 2018: BJP leading on 20 out of the 26 wards in Panipat.
9:36 IST Wednesday, 19 December 2018: Latest Trends for Mayor election: BJP leading in Hisar, Rohtak, Yamunanagar, Panipat and Karnal.
9:33 IST Wednesday, 19 December 2018: Jakhal Mandi municipal elections results declared. All BJP candidates lost.
9:30 IST Wednesday, 19 December 2018: Results declared for all the 13 wards of Municipal Council of Pundri. 9 women among winners.
Ward 1 – Rama Rani (OBC)Ward 2 – Jai Pal (General)Ward 3 – Sunita (SC)Ward 4 – Kulwinder (General)Ward 5 – Sushma (General)Ward 6 – Ritu (SC)Ward 7 – Santosh (General)Ward 8 – Shailja Rani (General)Ward 9 – Mukesh KumarWard 10 – Jyoti (General)Ward 11 – Roshni (General)Ward 12 – Ram Kumar (OBC)Ward 13 – Komal (General)
8:00 IST Wednesday, 19 December 2018: Counting of votes for Haryana civic polls begin
(With PTI inputs)