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
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BJP wins all five mayoral seats, Khattar thanks voters
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— Manohar Lal (@mlkhattar) December 19, 2018
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 Kumar
Ward 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)
1. Eections to 5 municipal corporations and 2 municipal committees
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The five municipal corporations where polling was held were Hisar, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak and Yamunanagar, and the two municipal committees were Jakhal Mandi in Fatehabad and Pundri in Kaithal. Polling was held in all the 110 wards of the municipal corporations of Hisar, Rohtak, Yamuna Nagar, Panipat and Karnal and 25 wards of Jakhal Mandi (Fatehabad) and Pundri (Kaithal). 59 candidates, including 40 men and 19 women, contested the election to the seats of mayor , and 592 candidates (322 men and 270 women) contested the election to the municipal corporation. A total of 89 candidates (35 men and 54 women) contested the election to the municipal committees in Jakhal Mandi and Pundri.
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2. 69.39% voter turnout
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Heavy polling was recorded in the two municipal committees of Jakhal Mandi (89.5 per cent) and Pundri (82.1 per cent). In the municipal corporations, 62.7 per cent polling was registered in Hisar, 61.8 per cent in Karnal, 62 per cent in Panipat, 62.4 per cent in Rohtak and 65.2 per cent in Yamuna Nagar, State Election Commissioner Dalip Singh said. However, the poll percentage in these corporations dropped slightly in comparison with the elections held last time.
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3. EVMs used
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The polling was held using EVMs. There was no report on any defective EVM, the state election commission said. Of the 14,01,454 electorate eligible to cast their vote using EVMs, 7,44,468 were men and 6,56,986 women. As many as 1,292 polling stations had been set up, out of which 304 are 'sensitive' and 166 'hyper-sensitive'. Tight security arrangements were put in place for the polling. A total of 7,016 police personnel were deployed for polling duty, the State Election Commission spokesperson said.
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4. Prestige battle for BJP
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Ahead of the next year's Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, the civic polls are seen as a prestige issue for the ruling BJP. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had campaigned extensively for party nominees in these polls. In Karnal, Khattar's home constituency, INLD-BSP and the Congress had thrown their weight behind Independent candidate Asha Wadhwa.
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5. No Congress symbol to candidates
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Opposition INLD-BSP, too, had fielded its candidates in the polls but the Congress chose not to use party symbol to contest the polls. It, however, lend support to some Independents.
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6. Several firsts for local polls
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In a first, the mayors of the five municipal corporations will be elected directly. Earlier, the councillors used to elect the mayor. In another significant move, the Haryana Election Commission had decided to treat 'none of the above' or NOTA option as a "fictional candidate" in the municipal polls, making it a must for winning candidates to secure more votes than those cast for NOTA.
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7. ML Khattar thanks voters
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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.
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— Manohar Lal (@mlkhattar) December 19, 2018
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