Uttarakhand urban local body polls: Counting underway for direct contest between BJP and Congress
The counting for the urban local body polls in Uttarakhand is underway. The voting for the 84 urban bodies, including seven municipal corporations, 39 municipal councils and 38 nagar panchayats, was held on Sunday. According to election commission, over 69 per cent of 23.53 lakh voters had come out to cast their vote in the polls.
After the polling, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had thanked the people for their "enthusiastic" participation in the elections. Repolling was held at ward no 106, 107 and 108 of Udhampur Singh Nagar district on Monday as polling had to be stopped due to technical snag.
The civic body polls are a high stake battle for the ruling BJP which is looking to match its own impressive performance in assembly polls last year where it won 57 out of 70 seats. It is significant for the Congress too which is struggling to stage a comeback.
Here are the Latest Updates on Uttarakhand urban body poll results:
* Dehradun results:
Ward 76 (Niranjpur): Shraddha Sethi (BJP)
Ward 32 (Ballupur): Soman Bora (Congress)
* Ramnagar results:
Ward 2 (Durgapur-Bharatpuri): Kamal Dhoundiyal (Independent)
Ward 7 (Kotdwar): Ajmal (Independent)
Ward 3 (Shilpkar Basti): Vimla Devi (Independent)
Ward 5 (Shantikunj): Bhuvan Sharma (Independent)
* Pithoragarh results:
Ward 2 (Takana Piyana): Komal (Independent)
* Bageshwar, Kapkot Nagar results:
Goda (BJP) registers win from Ward No. 3.
* Uddham Singh Nagar results:
State education minister Arvind Pandey goes down to Congress rival.
Ward 1: Ramesh Kumar (BJP)
Ward 2: Satish (BJP)
Ward 3: Nirmala Devi (Congress; minister’s ward)
Ward 4: Counting underway
Ward 5: Poonam (BJP)
Ward 6: Sanjeev (BJP)
Ward 7: Usha Devi (BJP)
* Rudraprayag Nagar results:
Amra Devi (BJP) wins Ward 1.
* Haldwani results:
Dhirendra Rawat of BJP wins Ward 5.
* Mussorie results:
Ward 5: Sushil Agarwal (Congress)
* Tharali Nagar, Chamoli results:
Ward 4: Seema Devi (Congress)
* Champavat Nagar Nigam results:
Three BJP and 4 independents register wins. Congress fails to open account.
* Results for Tanakpur, Banbasa Nagar declared:
Ward 1: Pankaj Bhatt (BJP)
Ward 2: S. Shakeel (Independent)
Ward 3: Mohan Singh Thakur (BJP)
Ward 4: Pramod Gupta (Independent)
Ward 5: Rekha (BJP)
Ward 6: Devkumari (Independent)
Ward 7: Ranjana Kashyap (Independent)
