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Congress I all set to get its first mayor in Bathinda as counting in 2,302 wards of eight municipal corporations and 109 municipal council-nagar panchayats in Punjab is underway. This is the first time in 53 years the party has won the polls in Bathinda
Congress Sweeps Punjab Urban Polls. Amarinder Singh Says 2022 Teaser Punjab Municipal Election Results: Of the 9,222 candidates in the fray, independents form the biggest chunk with 2,832.
Updated: February 17, 2021 5:57 pm IST
Punjab Local Body Poll Results: Only 1,003 BJP candidates contested this time.
Chandigarh:
The Congress party today made a clean sweep of Punjab s seven municipal corporations in the state local body polls. The party bagged almost all the bodies for which the results were declared today: Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Pathankot, Batala, and Bathinda - the last one also being the most stunning result of the day as it was after 53 years that the city was returning to the Congress fold. While there was no clear winner in Moga, the Congress remained the single largest party. Mohali s results will be declared only tomorrow.
Highlights
The civic body poll was hotly contested by the four main political parties amid the farmers protest over the Centre s three farm laws.
Around 71.39% polling was recorded on February 14.
A total of 9,222 candidates are in the fray.
New Delhi: The results for the Punjab Municipal election in 2,302 wards of seven municipal corporations and 109 municipal council-nagar panchayats will be declared on Wednesday (February 17, 2021).
The counting for Abohar, Bathinda, Batala, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga and 109 municipal councils and municipal panchayats began early Wednesday morning. A total of 9,222 candidates are in the fray.
The civic body poll was hotly contested by the four main political parties, namely, Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) amid the farmers protest over the Centre s three farm laws.
Published: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 21:24 [IST]
Chandigarh, Feb 17: The ruling Congress won six municipal corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh, sweeping the urban body polls in Punjab on Wednesday.
The party won Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Batala and Pathankot corporations in the civic polls on February 7, held against the backdrop of the farmers agitation over the new agri-marketing laws.
In Moga, the party needed victories in six more wards to control the municipal corporation.
The Congress also won a majority of the 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, officials said, adding the details would be known later.
Mohali too went to the polls but the counting there will take place Thursday, delayed because of a repoll at two booths.