Lagatar24 Desk
Lucknow, May 14: In the state’s urban local body elections, the BJP, which is currently in power, won 813 of the 1,420 seats up for grabs in the corporators category, while the Samajwadi Party, which was in opposition, gained 191 seats and the Bahujan Samaj Party, 85.
The Nagar Panchayat Chairperson of Khetsarai in the Jaunpur district is the only seat for which the State Election Commission (SEC) is awaiting results.
All 17 of the state’s mayoral seats — Varanasi, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Mathura-Vrindavan, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Firozabad, and Meerut — were won by the BJP on Saturday.
According to the SEC, 191 Samajwadi Party candidates were elected as state corporators, followed by the Bahujan Samaj Party with 85, the Congress with 77, AIMIM with 19, Rashtriya Lok Dal with 10, the Aam Aadmi Party with eight seats, and the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) with five. The Indian Union Muslim League, Jan Adhikar Party, Peace Party, and NISHAD each won one seat.
