UP Municipal Election Results 2023: Massive victory for BJP, wins all 17 mayoral seats

The party's candidates won in Lucknow, Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Mathura-Vrindavan, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Firozabad and Meerut.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates all Uttar Pradesh BJP workers and candidates, for the party's victory in state municipal elections.

The newly-elected mayor of Gorakhpur, Dr Manglesh Srivastava meets CM Yogi Adityanath on Saturday and showed him his winning certificate.

In 2017, BJP won 60 seats but this year we've won more than double seats in urban local body polls, said Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath.

"Our ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) won both the Suar and Chanbe by-polls and defeated the Samajwadi Party. I thank the voters for giving us the opportunity in the urban local body elections and by-elections. I want to assure the people that the UP government will continue to work for their development and security," CM Yogi said.

BJP leaders felicitate CM Yogi Adityanath as BJP sweeps urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh. The saffron party has also registered victory in all the 17 mayoral seats. 

As the counting is underway, the BJP is leading in 28 out of 60 wards in Prayagraj. Samajwadi Party and Congress candidates are leading in 16 and 6 wards, respectively.

Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) candidate Bihari Lal Arya has won the Jhansi mayor seat with a margin of 83,587 votes. He defeated his nearest contender Arvind Babloo from Congress.

Lucknow DM Surya Pal Gangwar said that the counting of votes is expected to be completed by 2-3 pm today.  "The counting process is undergoing smoothly. No winning candidate is allowed to hold celebratory processions in Lucknow," he added. 

State Finance Minister Suresh Khanna claimed that the BJP will clean sweep all 17 mayoral seats in Uttar Pradesh. He further claimed that only the BJP can do development while the opposition can only boast about doing things but in vain.

On the Chhanbey (Scheduled Caste) seat, SP's Kirti Kol is locked in a neck-to-neck fight with her nearest rival Apna Dal's (Sonelal) Rinki Kol. The Apna Dal contested the polls in alliance with the BJP. 

BJP alliance's party Apna Dal's candidate Shafiq Ansari won from Rampur's Suar seat. He defeated Samajwadi Party's leader Anuradha Choudhary from this seat. 

BJP candidate Jeba Khan has won from Amethi Nagar Panchayat Ward No. 2. On the other hand, BJP candidate Haqiqoon Nisha has also won from Gorakhpur. 

Bharatiya Janata Party's mayoral candidate Bihari Lal Arya is leading over Congress candidate Arvind by more than 32000 votes after 10 rounds of counting at the Jhansi Municipal Corporation seat. 

Counting of votes underway at Jhansi Municipal Corporation seat

The SP candidate is leading in Prayagraj Municipal Corporation Ward 44 Chakia. Slain gangter Atiq Ahmed's home falls under this ward. 

The BJP seems to be getting a big lead in 15 out of 17 mayoral seats in Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, BSP and SP are leading on one seat each. The SP candidate is leading in Meerut, while the BSP is ahead in  Saharanpur. 

As the postal ballot counting is underway in Prayagraj, BJP candidate Ganesh Kesarwani is leading from here, while SP candidate Ajay Srivastava is trailing. 

Postal ballot counting is underway in Prayagraj

Votes cast through EVMs and paper ballots in UP local body polls are being counted in Gorakhpur. Currently, the BJP is leading in the seat. 

The BJP is leading in key seats of Gorakhpur and Ayodhya. The saffron party is ahead on 14 out of 17 municipal seats. 

As per the initial trends, BJP is leading on 14 out of 17 mayoral seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Samajwadi Party is leading on three seats, as per early trends. 

As per the initial trends, BJP is leading on 5 out of 17 municipal body seats in Uttar Pradesh. BJP is leading in Lucknow, Kanpur, Meerut, Varanasi and Ghaziabad. The Samajwadi Party is leading on one seat.

Security arrangements have been tightened in Moradabad as civic elections counting is underway in the state.  "We will have counting of votes at 4 centres here. 1,249 constables, 200 sub-inspectors, 32 inspectors and 2 teams of PAC have been deployed. Only those with valid passes will be allowed near the counting centre," said SSP Hemraj Meena.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the Lucknow Police at all the counting centres. Mathura City SP Martand P Singh said that phone or any type of weapon is not allowed to be taken to the counting centre by the counting agent and the candidate. 

Political parties eye victory to boost their chances in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls The polls hold significance as political parties will try to showcase their strength before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh. 

The counting of votes for the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Election will be held today, two days after the second phase of the voting concluded on May 11. As many as 44,232 candidates were in the fray in the first phase of voting, while the fate of 39,146 candidates was sealed in the ballot box in the second phase of voting.