UP municipal election results 2023 LIVE: BJP pockets 10 Nagar Nigams

He secured a total of 2,35,675 votes while Ajay Kumar Srivastava could manage just 1,06,286 votes. Congress candidate Prabha Shankar Mishra came in third with 40,486 votes while BSP’s Saeed Ahmad ended up in fourth place with 36,799 votes.

BJP has won two more mayoral polls in Uttar Pradesh, taking the tally to eight.

“In 2017, BJP won 60 seats but this year we’ve won more than double seats in urban local body polls,” says Uttar Pradesh CM and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath.

Samajwadi Party candidate has won from Etawah Nagar Palika Parishad. BJP won it last time.

Results of 100 out of 100 seats of corporators have been declared:

BJP: 56

SP: 16

Independents: 19

Congress: 04

AIMIM: 02

BSO: 02

NISHAD (Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal): 01

After the counting of the tenth round, BJP’s Ashok Tiwari is leading by 53,390 votes.

Anil Srivastava (Congress) – 38,412 votes

Ashok Tiwari (Bharatiya Janata Party) – 1,15,636 votes

Omprakash Singh (Samajwadi Party) – 62,246 votes

Sharada Tandon (AAP) – 2,756 votes

Subhash Chand Majhi (Bahujan Party) – 12,039 votes

Chairmen (78/544)

BJP- 30

SP- 4

BSP- 4

Cong- 1

Members (2886/7177)

BJP- 594

SP- 118

BSP- 81

Cong- 29

Nagar Palika Parishad

Chairmen (13/199)

BJP- 5

SP- 4

BSP- 0

Cong- 0

Members (1698/5327)

BJP- 397

SP- 118

BSP- 66

Cong- 30

Mayors (6/17)

BJP-6 (Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Moradabad, Mathura, Saharanpur)

Others- 0

Corporators (936/1420)

BJP- 529

SP- 121

BSP- 66

Cong- 56

SP candidate Kajal Nishad claimed that the administration has inflated the vote count by adding 1.5 lakh votes more than the actual number of votes polled. The counting process has been halted, and the declaration of the election result is pending. The administration is trying to persuade and explain to Kajal Nishad, as well as the candidates from BSP, Congress, and AAP.

BJP’s Mangalesh Srivastav has defeated Samajwadi Party’s Kajal Nishad by around 67,00 votes for the mayoral seat in Gorakhpur nagar nigam. After the announcement of the final results, Kajal Nishad created a ruckus, alleging electoral malpractice, and demanded a recount.

Amidst the vote-counting process at Galla Mandi in Sitapur, a polling agent affiliated with the Samajwadi Party (SP) was beaten up by police after he allegedly caused disruptions by lodging multiple complaints. At around 3pm, a ruckus erupted within the premises, prompting the police to remove the agent from the scene.

In the previous election, BJP won by 1.05 lakh votes. This time, BJP candidate Pramila Pandey is already leading with 95,276 votes after the 10 rounds of counting. The counting for 15 rounds is still pending.

BJP’s Pramila Pandey: 2,10,461 votes

SP’s Vandana Bajpai: 1,15,185 votes

Congress’s Ashni Awasthi: 37,387 votes

BSP’s Archana Nishad: 26,766 votes

Archana Verma of the BJP has won the mayoral election in Shahjahanpur by 30,256 votes. Archana Verma received 80,740 votes, while her nearest rival Nihkat Iqbal of Congress received 50,484 votes. Mala Rathore, the Samajwadi Party candidate, secured the third position with 20,144 votes.

BJP’s Snehlata Seth has been elected as the chairperson of Gangapur Nagar Panchayat in Varanasi. She won by 310 votes.

BJP is looking set to sweep the mayoral elections with a massive vote margin on most of the seats across 17 municipal corporations. Here’s the list of winning/losing candidates.

Nagar Panchayat Katghar Lalganj results

Former chairperson and independent candidate Pramila Yadav has won by 3,659 votes from Azamgarh’s Katghar Lalganj Nagar Panchayat. Pramila secured 6,280 votes, and BJP’s Sangita was in the second position with 2,621 votes. Lakshmi Sonkar of BSP received 2,117 votes, while independent candidate Santara Chauhan received 1,264. Independent candidate Parvati Gupta received 1,575 votes, and Asha Yadav got 18.

In Varanasi, seven rounds of counting of votes have taken place till now. Here’s the vote tally.

Ashok Tiwari (BJP) – 83,975 votes
Om Prakash Singh (SP)-44,123 votes
Anil Srivastava (Cong) -25,757 votes

In Moradabad, BJP’s Vinod Agrawal wins by 3,589 votes. He received 1,21,415 votes against Congress candidate Rizwan who got 1,17,826 votes. Mohammad Yameen of BSP got 15,845 votes while SP’s Raeesuddin got 13,441 votes.

In Azamgarh, independent candidate Pramila Yadav wins Katghar Lalganj panchayat seat by 3,659 seats. She received 6,280 votes against her nearest BJP rival Sangeeta who received 2,621 votes. BSP’s Laxmi Sonkar gets 2,117 votes.

BJP wins Kanpur Mayor seat for fourth time in a row.

Ayodhya- BJP’s Mayoral candidate Girishpati Tripathi wins by around 34000 votes

BJP’s Ashok Tiwari is leading by 28,973 votes for the Varanasi mayor seat after the fifth round of counting.

Ashok Tiwari (BJP) – 61,078 votes

Anil Srivastava (Congress) – 18,540 votes

Om Prakash Singh (SP) – 32,095 votes

Sharada Tandon (AAP) – 1,402 votes

Subhash Chand Mazhi (BSP) – 6,358 votes

SP candidate has won the Jaswantnagar Nagar Palika Parishad seat by 4,860 votes.

Firozabad mayor seat (22nd Round)

BJP: 69,703 votes

SP: 48,935 votes

BSP: 35,530 votes

The BJP candidate is leading by 20,647 votes.

Mathura mayor seat (17th Round)

BJP: 130,744

Independent: 32,841

BSP: 30,527

The BJP candidate is leading by 97,903 votes.

SP candidate continues to maintain a lead in Gonda Nagar Palika. As per the counting of the fourth round, SP candidate Uzma Rashid has received a total of 9,248 votes, while BJP candidate Laxmi Raychandani has received 7,376 votes.

The results of two out of the 27 seats of the council have been declared. Vaibhav has won from Rani Bazaar Ward with a margin of 205 votes. Shweta Sharma has secured a victory from Semra Balwant Purva Ward for the second time.

Lucknow mayor seat (vote after 20 rounds of counting)

BJP’s Sushma Kharkwal – 208,731 votes

SP’s Vandana Mishra – 119,434 votes

BSP’s Shahin Bano – 30,977 votes

Congress’ Sangita Jaiswal – 49,063 votes

So far, 432,554 votes have been counted.

Shahjahanpur mayor Seat

BJP candidate: 69,647 votes

Cong candidate: 33,786 votes

BJP is ahead by 35,861 votes.

Bareilly mayor seat

BJP candidate Umesh Gautam: 113,608 votes

SP-backed independent candidate: 68,869 votes

BJP is ahead by 44,739 votes.

Moradabad mayoral election

Vinod Agrawal (BJP) – 113,122 votes

Mohammad Rizwan (Congress) – 84,698 votes

Mohammad Yameen (BSP) – 15,054 votes

Raisuddin (SP) – 10,924 votes

Vinod Agrawal of the BJP is ahead by 28,424 votes.

The BJP’s mayoral candidate from Agra has moved ahead of the BSP candidate for the first time since counting started.

Agra Nagar Nigam (11th round) Election Results:

BJP: 118,585

BSP: 104,310

SP: 19,309

BJP candidate is ahead by 14,275 votes.

BJP’s mayoral candidate Ajay Kumar Singh has secured victory by more than 6,000 votes.

BJP mayoral candidate Mahant Girish Pati Tripathi has won the election from Ayodhya.

The results for 34 out of 60 seats in Ayodhya Municipal Corporation were announced by 1pm. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates have secured victory in 16 seats, while Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates have registered win in eight seats. Additionally, eight independent candidates have also tasted victory. Most of these rebel candidates belonged to the BJP and contested the elections as independents.

In Lucknow, BJP is leading on 70 local body seats, with 12 candidates registering win so far.

Lucknow: In the ongoing Lucknow Municipal Corporation elections, BJP candidates are currently leading. After the tally of the eighth round, BJP is leading on 70 seats out of 110 wards. Meanwhile, in the results announced so far, BJP has won 12 seats, while SP has won one seat. Additionally, after the completion of ten rounds of vote counting, BJP candidate Sushma Kharkhwal is also leading for the Mayor position with a lead of 41,000 votes.

Winners so far:

Malati Yadav (BJP) – Won from Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Ward in Zone 4 with a lead of 2,766 votes.

Arun Rai (BJP) – Won from Chinhat Pratham Ward in Zone 4 with a lead of 1,683 votes.

Sushil Tiwari Pammee (BJP) – Won from Lal Kuan Ward in Zone 1 with a lead of 275 votes.

Rajesh Singh Gabbar (BJP) – Won from Paper Mill Colony Ward with a lead of 5,040 votes.

Pramod Singh Rajan (BJP) – Won from Nishatganj, Kalvin College Ward with a lead of approximately 1,800 votes.

Vinod Yadav (BJP) – Won from New Haiderganj Tritiya Ward in Zone 6 with a lead of 576 votes.

Arun Tiwari (BJP) – Won from Rajiv Gandhi Second Ward with a lead of 3,747 votes.

Rani Kanaujiya (BJP) – Won from Daulatganj Ward in Zone 6 with a lead of 431 votes.

Girish Gupta (BJP) – Won from Baseratganj-Ganeshganj Ward in Zone 1 with a lead of around 500 votes.

Rajiv Dikshit (BJP) – Emerged victorious from Rajendra Nagar Ward in Zone 2.

Rajni Yadav (SP) – Won from Raja Bijli Passi Ward in Zone 8 with a lead of 1,738 votes.

Ashish Kumar Hiteshi (BJP) – Won from Babu Banarsi Das Ward in Zone 1.

Mukesh Singh (BJP) – Won from Maulviganj Ward in Zone 1.

In the tenth round, BJP is leading BSP by 45,919 votes.

Party Candidate Votes received

BJP Ajay Kumar 120,355

BSP Khadija Masood 74,436

SP Noor Hasan 12,779

Cong Pradeep Verma 4,461

BJP candidate Ganesh Kesarwani is leading with 18,427 votes for Prayagraj mayor seat after the third round of counting.

BJP: 33,976 votes

SP: 15,549 votes

BSP: 5,731 votes

Congress: 4,996 votes

AAP: 1,578 votes

AIMIM: 3,568 votes

Out of 10 wards, BJP won in seven wards, SP won in two wards, and an independent candidate won in one seat.

Ward 06 – Bhannana Purwa

Winner: Gudiya (BJP) – 3288 votes

Runner-up: Poonam Nigam (SP) – 1306 votes

Margin: 1982 votes

Total Votes: 6798

Ward 11 – Safipur

Winner: Vijay Laxmi Yadav (Independent) – 3942 votes

Runner-up: Reena (BJP) – 3407 votes

Margin: 535 votes

Total Votes: 8538

Ward 16 – Juhi

Winner: Vidya Devi (BJP) – 2361 votes

Runner-up: Rashmi Shah (Congress) – 1738 votes

Margin: 623 votes

Total Votes: 6737

Ward 21 – Khadepur

Winner: Dhirendra Kumar (BJP) – 3149 votes

Runner-up: Ramchandra Verma (Independent) – 983 votes

Margin: 2166 votes

Total Votes: 10734

Ward 26 – Gandhi Gram

Winner: Narottam Kumar (BJP) – 4055 votes

Runner-up: Lavkush (Independent) – 2957 votes

Margin: 1098 votes

Total Votes: 9297

Ward 61 – Tilak Nagar (Result may be modified)

Winner: Arun Kumar Garg (BJP) – 2076 votes

Runner-up: Kamal Shukla Baby (Congress) – 1398 votes

Margin: 678 votes

Total Votes: 4030

Ward 71 – Sisamau Dakshini

Winner: Liyaqat Ali (SP) – 3716 votes

Runner-up: Dr. Mohak Gupta (BJP) – 841 votes

Margin: 2875 votes

Total Votes: 6147

Ward 76 – Harvansh Mohal

Winner: Kaushik Bajpai (SP) – 2413 votes

Runner-up: Amit Malhotra (Independent) – 2366 votes

Margin: 47 votes

Total Votes: 6497

Ward 81 – Kaushalpuri

Winner: Ashumendra Pratap Singh (BJP) – 4107 votes

Runner-up: Rakesh Sahu (Congress) – 2931 votes

Margin: 1176 votes

Total Votes: 9457

Ward 86 – Kakadev

Winner: Kamlesh Tripathi (BJP) – 3044 votes

Runner-up: Chandransh Singh (SP) – 2085 votes

Margin: 959 votes

Total Votes: 6267

Sudha Rani, the sister of State Minister Dinesh Khatik, is trailing from Hastinapur Nagar Panchayat against independent candidate Arun Kumar by 1500 votes.

BJP Ajay Kumar 107,909

BSP Khadija Masood 67,997

SP Noor Hasan 12,074

Cong Pradeep Verma 4,059

BJP candidate is leading with 28,416 votes.

Mangalesh Srivastava of BJP received 73,968 votes while Kajal Nishad of Samajwadi Party at second position with 45,552 votes. Naval Nathani of Bahujan Samaj Party is distant thrid with 10,343 votes.

BJP candidate Malti Yadav has won from Ward 4 with 2,766 votes.

Arun Rai of BJP has emerged victorious from Chinhaat Pratham Ward with 1,683 votes.

Ashish Kumar Hiteshi, the BJP candidate, has won from Ward 57.

Mukesh Singh of BJP has been declared the winner from Ward 95, Maulvi Ganj.

Vinod Yadav of BJP has won from Ward 20, New Haidarganj, in Zone 6 with a lead of 576 votes.

BJP candidate Promod Singh Rajan has won from Colvin College Nishatganj Ward with a lead of around 1,800 votes.

Arun Tiwari of BJP has won from Rajiv Gandhi Dvitiya Ward with a lead of 3,747 votes.

Rani Kanaujiya of BJP has won from Ward 94, Daulatganj, in Zone 6 with a lead of 431 votes.

Rajesh Singh Gabbar of BJP has won from Paper Mill Colony Ward with a lead of 5,040 votes.

BJP candidate Sushma Kharkwal is leading ahead of Samajwadi Party candidate Vandana Mishra by more than 41,000 votes. Sushma Kharwawal is currently in the first position with 96,569 votes. Vandana Mishra of the Samajwadi Party is in the second position with 55,637 votes. Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shahin Bano is in the third position with 12,882 votes, Aam Aadmi Party candidate Anju Bhatt is in the fourth position with 6,053 votes, and Congress candidate Sangita Jaiswal is in the fifth position with 1,400 votes.

Bihari Lal Arya of the BJP has won the mayoral election with 83,548 votes. Congress candidate Arvind Kumar Bablu secured the second position with 39,903 votes. This is the biggest victory for the BJP in the mayoral seat of Jhansi so far. The BJP candidate maintained a lead right from the beginning and continued to increase it with each round of counting.

BJP candidate leading in Pratapgarh’s Belha Nagar Palika Parishad

AIMIM candidate is leading in Sambhal Nagar Palika Parishad with a margin of 2,922 votes.

AIMIM: 5,074 votes

BSP: 2,152 votes

BJP: 2,072 votes

Independent: 2,518 votes

SP: 968 votes

Shahjahanpur mayor Seat

BJP: 28,770 votes

Congress: 10,421 votes

BJP is leading by 18,349 votes.

Latest trend after five rounds of counting

BJP: 44,764 votes

SP-backed Independent: 25,057 votes

BJP is leading by 19,707 votes.

During the vote counting at Booth No. 149 in Deoria Nagar Palika Parishad, a ruckus occurred after the agent of independent candidate Shilpi Modanwal accused the supervisor on the duty of swapping a bundle of ballots belonging to Shilpi Modanwal with a bundle of the BJP candidate. Other agents present also started protesting after witnessing this incident. SDM Saurav Singh and CO Shriyash Tripathi arrived at the scene and calmed the situation. The RO immediately removed the supervisor from the counting duty. After that, the matter was resolved peacefully. Amit Modanwal, the husband of independent candidate Shilpi Modanwal, alleged that some people were intentionally trying to manipulate the counting process. He demanded a fair and impartial counting process from the district administration.

BJP candidate has extended the lead for the mayor post after fifth round of counting.

BJP: 45,565 votes

SP: 29,212 votes

BSP: 14,466 votes

BJP has a lead of 16,353 votes so far.

BJP’s Rakesh Bajrangi is leading in the Gadhmukteshwar Municipal Council after first round of counting.

BJP: 3,361 votes

SP: 2,644 votes

BSP: 477 votes

Congress: 174 votes

BJP candidate Govind Madhav leads in Siddharthnagar municipal council

BJP candidate: 1,677 votes

BSP candidate: 1,227 votes

SP candidate: 628 votes

Congress candidate: : 54 votes

Independent candidate Sanju Singh: 1,517 votes

Latest trend for the Mayor position in Ayodhya

Samajwadi Party (SP): 14,313 votes

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 33,964 votes

Congress: 1,601 votes

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP): 6,013 votes

Total: 67,237 votes counted

In the second round of counting for the municipal council and nagar panchayat elections in 11 urban local bodies of Sitapur district, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and independent candidates have the upper hand. The SP is leading in Mahmudabad, Sitapur, Khairabad, and Laharpur. Meanwhile, independent candidates are ahead in Hargaon, Tambaur, and Paintepur. There is a close contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and independent candidates in Mishrikh.

In the Padrauna Nagar Palika, there was a face-off between Vinay, the BJP candidate, and Bijendra Pal Yadav, the agent of the Samajwadi Party (SP). Supporters from both sides confronted each other.

In Basti Nagar Palika, Neha Varma, the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate, is leading

In Rudhauli Nagar Panchayat, Dheerassen Nishad from SP is leading

In Babhnan, Saiyad Ahmad from SP is leading

In Hareiya, Kaushalendra Singh from SP is leading

In Nagar, Independent candidate Ramesh Sonakar is leading

In Gayghat, Chhotu from BJP is leading

In Bankati, Urmila Devi is leading

In Munderwa, the BSP candidate is leading

In Ganeshpur, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate is leading.

3 Nagar Palika (BJP leading in two)

Unnao: Shweta Mishra of BJP leading

Shuklaganj: Independent candidate Kaumadi Pandey leading

Bangarmau: Independent candidate Ramji Gupta leading

16 Nagar Panchayat seats (2 independent candidates leading)

Purwa: Renu Gupta leading as an independent candidate, BJP in the second position

Maurawan: Vivek Seth leading as an independent candidate

BJP’s Ajay Kumar has taken back the lead from BSP’s Khadija Masood after the third round of counting.

BSP’s Khadija Masood: 30,043 votes

BJP’s Ajay Kumar: 32,287 votes

SP’s Noor Hasan: 4764 votes

Congress’s Pradeep Verma: 1,630 votes

BJP candidate for Moradabad mayor seat extends lead after the second round of counting.

Vinod Agrawal (BJP): 17,603 votes

Mohammad Rizwan (Congress): 7,895 votes

Mohammad Yameen (BSP): 3,921 votes

Raisuddin (SP): 1,616 votes

Vinod Agrawal of BJP is leading by 9,708 votes.

In Lucknow Nagar Nigam, the BJP candidate is leading by more than 6,000 votes, and in Ayodhya Nagar Nigam, the BJP candidate is leading by more than 12,000 votes. In both places, the Samajwadi Party (SP) is in second place.

In Gauriganj Nagar Palika of Amethi district, the BJP candidate has taken a lead of 962 votes over the rival Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate.

In the mayoral election in Jhansi, BJP candidate Bihari Lal Arya is leading in the 11th round with 32,469 votes. Congress candidate Arvind Kumar Bablu is in the second position.

In the Budaun Municipality Council, or Budaun Nagar Palika Parishad, Deepmala Goyal from the BJP is leading, followed by Fatima Raja, an independent candidate supported by the SP. According to the latest figures, Deepmala Goyal from the BJP has received 4,492 votes, while Fatima Raja has received 3,596 votes. Deepmala Goyal is currently leading by a margin of 896 votes.

Situation in 110 wards of Lucknow

BJP is leading in 57 wards.

SP is leading in 28 wards.

Congress is leading in 7 wards.

BSP is leading in 4 wards.

Trends currently not available for 14 wards.

BSP’s Khadija Masood has taken a lead over BJP’s Ajay Kumar for the mayor seats after the second round of counting.

BSP: 22054 votes

BJP: 18850 votes

Vote count update for Bareilly Mayor seat after round 2

The BJP candidate is leading by 7,203 votes against the nearest rival.

BJP: 17,205 votes

SP-backed independent: 10,002 votes

How candidates fared after the first round of counting for the Mayor seat

Vinod Agrawal (BJP): 8,768 votes

Mohammad Rizwan (Congress): 3,628 votes

Mohammad Yameen (BSP): 2,186 votes

Raisuddin (SP): 623 votes

Vinod Agrawal of BJP is leading with 5,140 votes.

Results after the first round of counting:

Nagar Palika Parishads

Orai: Rekha Varma (BJP) leads

Jalau: Neha Mittal (BJP) leads

Kalpi: Atik Deewan (BSP) leads

Koch: Vigyan Sirothia (Independent) leads

Nagar Panchayat seats

Kotra: Congress leads

Umari: SP leads

Nadigaon: BJP leads

Madhoganj: BSP leads

Rampura: BJP leads

Kadoura: SP leads

In Ward number 2 of Agra Nagar Nigam, BSP candidate Pushpa Kumari has registered a victory. So far, in three wards, the women candidates of BSP have emerged victorious.

BJP candidate Kamini Rathore is leading by 1,015 votes for the Firozabad mayor seat after first round of counting. Kamini Rathore has received 2,958 votes as against 1,943 votes of SP candidate Masroor Fatima. BSP candidate is on third position with 1,058 votes while Congress a distant fourth with just 147 votes.

In Azamgarh Nagar Palika, Harikesh Vikram Srivastava, the candidate of Bharat Raksha Dal, is leading.

In Mubarakpur Nagar Palika, the candidate of Samajwadi Party (SP) is ahead.

In Bilariyaganj Nagar Palika, the candidate of Samajwadi Party (SP) is ahead.

In Jiyanpur Nagar Panchayat, Manju Rai, the candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is leading.

In Katghar Lalaganj Nagar Panchayat, Pramila Yadav, an independent candidate, is ahead.

In Ataraulia Nagar Panchayat, the candidate of Samajwadi Party (SP) is ahead.

In Nizamabad Nagar Panchayat, Prema Yadav, an independent candidate backed by SP, is ahead.

In Sarai Meer Nagar Panchayat, Vaseem Ahmad, an independent candidate, also known as Pager, is ahead.

In Budhanpur Nagar Panchayat, the candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ahead.

In Phulpur Nagar Panchayat, an independent candidate is ahead.

In Maharajganj Nagar Panchayat, the candidate of Samajwadi Party (SP) is ahead.

BJP’s Pramila Pandey is leading on Kanpur mayor seat with 3,695 votes after the first round of counting. Congress’s Ashi Awasthi is at the second position with 2,723 votes while SP candidate Vandana Bajpai is at the third position with 2,454 votes.

The BJP candidate for Shahjahanpur mayor seat is leading after first round of counting. The Congress candidate is at the second position while the SP candidate is trailing at third. The NOTA option secured the sixth position with 98 votes. In the Shahjahanpur Nagar Nigam mayor seat election, there are a total of 8 candidates in the race. The first round of vote counting was completed on Saturday morning around 9:30am, with a total count of 10,764 votes.

BJP candidate Archana Verma received 5,983 votes. Congress candidate Nikhat Iqbal secured the second position with 2,223 votes. SP’s Mala Rathore received 1,633 votes in the third position. BSP’s Shagufta Anjum received 468 votes, Aam Aadmi Party’s Suman Verma received 212 votes, and Rashtriya Samaj Paksh candidate Meera received 33 votes. Two other independent candidates received 73 and 37 votes, respectively. NOTA received 98 votes leaving three candidates behind.

BSP candidate Lata Valmiki is leading for mayoral seat in Agra municipal corporation election.

BJP candidate is leading with10,289 for the Aligarh mayor seat against its nearest Samajwadi Party rival. SP candidate has received 4,692 votes so far while Congress is at third position with 3,230 votes.

In Utraula Municipal Council elections, independent candidate Sarita Devi emerged victorious with 92 votes from Ward number 1. BJP candidate Durga Prasad Gupta emerged victorious in Ward number 22.

BJP’s mayoral candidate Sushma Kharkwal is leading after the first round of counting.

While the BJP is leading in 16 seats, Congress is leading in one, as per initial trends. Check the leading/trailing list here.

Vote counting commenced in the district’s local bodies amid tight security measures. The areas surrounding the counting centers have been sealed, and shops have been closed. Entry is being granted to nearby areas with barriers near Patel Nagar and the airstrip. The first count is for postal votes. District Magistrate Avinash Singh and Police Superintendent Ajit Kumar Sinha have inspected Lohiya Bhavan in the municipality of Akbarpur. As per the directions of the Election Commission, the results will be announced after the completion of each round of vote counting.

SP candidate is leading from Barabanki’s Nawabganj Nagar Palika in postal ballot counting. SP candidate has received 19 votes, BJP 9, BSP 2 and Congress 1.

Congress has now taken lead in one Nagar Nigam while BJP is leading on rest of 16 municipal corporations.

In the counting of ballot papers, RL(D) candidate Ranjeeta Dhama is currently leading for the position of Loni Municipal Council Chairman in the Ghaziabad district. Loni is the first municipality in the state where voting was conducted through EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) this time. The counting of ballot papers is still underway.

BJP candidates for Nagar Panchayat chairpersons are now leading in 17 seats while other candidates are leading in four, as per initial trends.

BJP is ahead in the second round of postal ballot counting, with mayoral candidate Ganesh Kesarwani leading by 63 votes. A total of 1,510 candidates, including 21 for the post of Sangam city (Prayagraj) mayor, 909 for the posts of corporators, 64 for presidents and 516 for members of the eight Nagar Panchayats, will have their fates decided by the end of the day.

As per the initial trends, the BJP is leading in all 17 Nagar Nigams.

BJP candidate Ashok Tiwari is leading for the mayoral seat in Varanasi Nagar Nigam.

The BJP is leading in 13 municipal corporations while BSP and SP are leading in one mayoral seat each.

In the Sirsaganj Municipality of Firozabad, the BJP is leading in the postal ballot count. Out of 43 postal ballots, the BJP has received 35 votes, SP (Samajwadi Party) has received seven votes, and BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) has received one vote.

The State Election Commission (SEC) has prohibited victory processions after the counting. “We have taken all possible steps for peaceful and transparent counting of votes,” State Election Commissioner Manoj Kumar said.

The postal ballot counting in Balrampur Nagar Palika is over. While the BJP candidate received 15 votes, SP and BSP candidates received four each.

For the position of Gauriganj Municipal Chairman, a total of four postal ballots were cast, with SP and BJP candidates sharing two each.

The counting at C A S Inter College in Faridpur didn’t start at the scheduled 8am as all the polling staff had not reported for duty. Repeated announcements are being made for the absent staff, warning them that action will be taken against them if they fail to show up.

The BJP is leading on 10 mayoral seats while the BSP is leading at 2, according to initial trends projection by India Today.

Counting of votes for Uttar Pradesh Urban Local Body polls has started amid tight security measures.

“It is hoped that the Election Commission will keep telling the figures after each round so that public confidence remains,” Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi.

“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,” says SSP Hemraj Meena.

BJP’s Sushma Karkhaval is currently a member of the Uttar Pradesh BJP Working Committee. SP mayoral candidate Vandana Mishra has been actively involved in numerous social movements and public welfare activities. She has worked as a journalist for an extensive period at Dainik Jagran and Navbharat Times

Ahead of the counting, the police have enhanced the security at all the counting centres and restricted the entry of phones or any kind of weapon inside the counting centre, said a senior police official on Friday.

“The counting of votes for the municipal elections will be held on Saturday. In this regard, elaborate security arrangements have been made by the Lucknow Police at all the counting centres. Phone or any type of weapon is not allowed to be taken to the counting centre by the counting agent and the candidate. Liquor shops will remain closed tomorrow,” said Aparna Rajat Kaushik, DCP Central Lucknow.

BJP won 14 out of 16 seats while BSP managed to bag two seats. In 2018, Shahjahanpur transitioned to municipal corporation, taking the total number of Nagar Nigams in Uttar Pradesh to 17.

As many as 11 candidates in the field for the Mayor’s position in Varanasi, but the fight is largely between BJP, SP, and Congress. Prior to the elections, the ruling party, BJP, was considered to have the edge with candidate Ashok Tiwari, but after the polling, the lower voter turnout percentage and the enthusiasm of voters in Muslim-dominated areas have made the competition triangular. BJP is facing tough competition here from SP candidate Omprakash Singh and Congress candidate Anil Srivastava.

Ganesh Kesarwani, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s mayoral candidate, has been active in politics since 1987. Born on January 5, 1968, in Prayagraj, Ganesh actively participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement in 1989.

Ajay Srivastava, the mayoral candidate of the Samajwadi Party, has been involved in politics and social work for over two decades. He joined the Bahujan Samaj Party as a member in 1998 and the party fielded him as a candidate from North Allahabad in the 2002 Vidhan Sabha elections. However, Ajay lost the election. In 2017, he joined the Samajwadi Party, leaving the Bahujan Samaj Party along with Indrajit Saroj.

BJP’s Ajay Kumar Singh is entering electoral politics for the first time. He has been working in the medical field in Saharanpur for the past thirty years. He is also the administrator of Medigram Hospital located in the city. Khadija Masood, the daughter-in-law of the late former Union Minister Rasheed Masood, is contesting on the BSP ticket. Her father-in-law, Rasheed Masood, was a nine-time Member of Parliament and served as the Union Minister for Health once.

BJP’s mayoral candidate Harikant Ahluwalia is up against the joint SP-RLD candidate Seema Pradhan. In the 2012 municipal elections, Harikant Ahluwalia received 198,579 votes. He defeated the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Rafiq Ansari, who received 77,806 votes. Devendra Singh from the Congress party secured the third position with 53,112 votes. In the previous election, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) emerged victorious.

There is tough competition for the mayoral post in Bareilly between the outgoing mayor, Umesh Gautam of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and I.S. Tomar, an independent candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party (SP). However, KB Tripathi from the Congress party and Mohammad Yousuf from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have also made their presence felt in the electoral arena.

In Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s home constituency, the main fight will be between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) for the mayoral election.

Mangalesh Srivastav, a long-time member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), is the BJP candidate for the mayoral election. Originally from Maharajganj district, completed his primary education at Saraswati Shishu Mandir. He pursued his MBBS and MD (Pathology) from Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College in Kanpur. Currently, he holds the position of Vice President in Saraswati Shishu Mandir and Saraswati Shiksha Samiti. He has also been actively involved in social projects of the Gorakhnath Temple.

Samajwadi Party’s mayoral candidate Kajal Nishad is an actress by profession. She was born in Kutch, Gujarat, but her family resides in Mumbai. Kajal was active in the Congress party in Mumbai and was nominated as a candidate from the Gorakhpur Rural Assembly constituency by the Congress during the 2012 assembly elections, but she lost. However, she remained active in politics. In 2021, Kajal met Abu Azmi, a legislator in Mumbai, who advised her to meet Akhilesh Yadav, the national president of the Samajwadi Party and former Chief Minister. After the meeting, Kajal expressed her desire to join the Samajwadi Party.

BJP’s Sunita Dayal is expected to have the upper hand in the closely contested Ghaziabad mayoral election. With a legacy of six BJP mayors in Ghaziabad, Sunita Dayal’s win will solidify the party’s dominance in local politics. Dayal, a seasoned BJP leader, has been an active member of the party since the 1980s. Her journey in politics began when female participation in the political arena was relatively low. Despite the challenges, she carved a niche for herself within the party, serving in various leadership positions.

Nagar Nigam, also known as Municipal Corporation, is the highest tier of urban local government in India. It is established in larger cities with a population exceeding one million. Nagar Nigam is responsible for providing essential civic services such as water supply, sanitation, solid waste management, road maintenance, public health, urban planning, and local governance. The administration of Nagar Nigam is headed by a Mayor, who is elected by the citizens, and supported by a council of corporators representing different wards within the city.

Nagar Palika Parishad, also known as Municipal Council, is a mid-level urban local body. It is established in smaller towns and urban areas with a population between 20,000 and one million. Nagar Palika Parishad functions similar to Nagar Nigam but on a relatively smaller scale. It provides basic civic amenities and services to the residents, including water supply, sanitation, waste management, street lighting, public health, and maintenance of local infrastructure. Nagar Palika Parishad is headed by a President, who is elected by the people, and operates with the assistance of council members.

Nagar Panchayat is the lowest tier of urban local government in India. It is established in areas transitioning from rural to urban settings or with a population below 20,000. Nagar Panchayats primarily cater to small towns and semi-urban areas. They are responsible for basic civic functions such as water supply, sanitation, street lighting, maintenance of local roads, public health, and minor infrastructural development. The administration of a Nagar Panchayat is led by a Chairman, who is elected by the residents, along with council members representing different wards.

The stage is set for counting votes cast during the two phases of the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh. The counting will start at 8am