UP Municipal Elections 2023
Votes for the Uttar Pradesh Urban Local Body elections were counted today. On May 4 and 11, elections were held for 17 municipal corporations, 199 nagar palika parishads, and 544 nagar panchayats. During the first phase, the overall voting percentage stood at 52%, while in the second phase it stood at 53%. For a total of 14,684 posts, both EVMs and ballot papers were used.
These included 17 mayor posts, 1,420 corporator posts, 199 nagar palika parishad chairperson posts, 5,327 nagar palika parishad members, 544 nagar panchayat chairperson posts, and 7,178 nagar panchayat member posts, according to the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission. During the first phase of voting, 44,232 candidates were in the fray, while 39,146 candidates sealed their fate in the second phase.
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- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath addresses media after BJP win
“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.”
“In 2017, BJP won 60 seats but this year we've won more than double seats in urban local body polls.”
- BJP set to win municipal polls
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya thanks the people of the state for BJP's performance in municipal elections.
- BJP wins Jhansi mayor election
The ruling BJP made a winning start to the ongoing mayoral election in Uttar Pradesh with the party candidate winning the post of Jhansi's mayor on Saturday.
According to the State Election Commission (SEC), BJP's Bihari Lal Arya bagged 1,23,503 votes, and defeated his nearest rival Arvind Kumar of the Congress by a margin of 83,587 votes.
The Bahujan Samaj Party came third, while the Samajwadi Party secured the fourth position.
The mayor seat of Jhansi was reserved for the Scheduled Caste in the urban local body polls.
- BJP wins Mathura mayoral election
BJP’s Vinod Agarwal won the mayoral polls in Mathura.
- BJP’s Ajay Kumar wins Saharanpur mayoral seat by over 8,000 votes
- BJP candidate won in Nagar Panchayat Guladiya
BJP’s Tara Devi won the election by 444 votes after getting 2083 votes in Guladiya Nagar Panchayat of Badaun district. Opponent Shashi Devi has got 1639 votes.
- Result declared on these wards in Kanpur
Bablu Yadav of SP won by 44 votes from Ward no 35
Nafees Ahmed Sujatganj of SP won from Ward no 99
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BJP’s Ghanshyam Gupta won from Ward 33.
BJP’s Neeraj Bajpai won from Ward 64 Sarvodaya Nagar
BJP’s Santosh Sahu won from Ward 70 Karrahi
BJP candidate Kamlesh Trivedi won from Ward 86 Kaka Dev
Congress’s Amandeep Singh won from Ward 85.
Independent Arvind Yadav won from Ward 69
BJP’s Yashpal Singh won from Ward 78
BJP’s Pawan Gupta won from Ward 37 Ashok Nagar
SP’s Ishrat Ali won from Ward 3
BJP’s Kailash Pandey won from Ward 58
SP’s Farah Naz won from Ward 83
- Independent candidates perform well in Rae Bareilly Municipality
Independent candidate Paramjit Gandhi won from Ward No. 28 of Rae Bareilly Municipality, while another independent candidate Ramu Chaurasia won from Ward number 20. Earlier trends of UP civic elections showed a tough fight between the SP-BJP.
- SP loses Ayodhya mayoral poll
BJP's Girishpati Tripathi won yhe Ayodhya mayoral polls by a margin of 34,000 votes, defeating SP's Ashish Pandey.
BJP has registered another win from the ward of CM Yogi Adityanath in old Gorakhpur.
Shukla family defeated after 35 years
Independent candidate Kunwar Vivek Narain Seth snatched Muaravan Nagar Panchayat seat of Unnao from Shukla family after 35 Years.
- BJP takes lead in Agra Mayoral polls; set to win all 17 Seats
The BJP candidate in Agra has taken the lead over the BSP candidate in the mayoral polls. As a result, the BJP is poised to win all 17 mayoral posts in the Municipal Corporation election.
- SP's Noor Jahan wins from ward in Kanpur
SP's Noor Jahan secured 2,050 votes and won from the Ward No 99 in Kanpur. She defeated the Congress candidate by 52 votes.
- BJP MP Rathore raises 'Bulldozer' action for party's performance
BJP MP Rajyvardhan Rathore reacted to the party's performance in UP Nikay Chunav. He said in a tweet, "Prime Minister Respected Mr.
@narendramodi, Under his able guidance, the public reposed faith in the BJP in the UP Mayor elections. Many congratulations and best wishes for this."
"The flag of victory raises over the bulldozer of the Yogi government, which attacked criminals. This is the public's warning that the 'mafia' rule of the Rajasthan Congress, which is the refuge of criminals, should end and appeasement should end. Injustice and tyranny are not tolerated."
- AIMIM debuts in Ayodhya corporation
Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIAMIM on Saturday made a debut in Ayodhya Municipal Corporation as Waris Ali of from the party won from Agrasen Ward.
- Pramila Pandey continues to lead in Kanpur mayoral post
Ashni Awasthi (INC) : 10,195Vandana Bajpai (SP): 25,124Pramila Pandey (BJP): 38,386Archana Nishad (BSP): 5,843 votes.Isma Zaheer(AAP): 1,027
- BSP continues to lead in Agra after 6th round of counting
BSP's lead on the Agra mayor seat continues after sixth round of counting.
--BSP got 70726 votes.
--BJP got 56354 votes.
--BSP candidate ahead by 14072 votes after sixth round of counting.
- Ties with Atiq Ahmed affecting SP's image
Samajwadi Party’s ties with slain gangster Atiq Ahmed seem to have affected the party’s performance in UP Municipal Polls 2023 Result. Samajwadi Party candidate is leading from Ward 44 in Chakia, where Atiq’s house is situated. However, the party seems to be trailing behind on all other major seats.
- BJP candidate maintains decisive lead in Prayagraj mayoral post
Ganesh Kesharwani of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) takes a decisive lead in Prayagraj mayoral post election. Kesharwani leads by over 18,000 votes from the Samajwadi Party candidate Ajay Srivastava.
- BJP takes the lead in Varanasi, SP and Congress trail
BJP is leading by around 16,000 votes in Varanasi, while SP is trailing with 9,000 votes. Congress, meanwhile, is at third place with 5,000 votes.
- BJP candidate leads by 32,000 votes at Jhansi Municipal Corporation seat
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.
- BJP candidates win from Amethi and Gorakhpur seats
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.
- BJP and BSP win these wards in Ayodhya Municipal Corporation
BJP's Anil Singh has won the post of councillor from Jayaprakash Narayan ward of Ayodhya Municipal Corporation. BJP's Manish Singh has won the post of councillor from Veer Savarkar ward while BSP's Vishwajeet Yadav has won the post of councillor from Pandit Deendayal ward.
BJP’s Bihari lal Arya wins by over 50,000 votes
Big win for BJP in Jhansi Mayoral poll by over 50,000 votes. BJP candidate Bihari Lal Arya got around 85,000 votes. This is the third time when BJP has won the Mayor seat in Jhansi.
- BJP leading from Ghaziabad
BJP candidate for Shahjahanpur Mayoral post Archana Verma leading with in fourth round.
- BJP candidate leads by 32,000 votes at Jhansi Municipal Corporation seat
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.
- BJP's Archana Verma leading from Shahjahanpur Mayoral post
AIMIM candidate for Meerut Mayoral seat -- Mohmmad Anas -- is leading with 89 votes after the first round.
BJP has taken the lead in Ayodhya civic body polls.
BJP ahead in 75 Nagar Panchayats, SP+ in 39, Congress in 1, BSP in 10 and others in 51
- BJP leads on 15 Mayoral Seats, BSP-1, Congress-1
Out of 17 mayoral seats, the BJP is leading on 15, while both BSP & Cong are ahead on 1 seat each. The Samajwadi Party is yet to open account.
- BJP Ahead In 16 Municipal Corporations, 65 municipal councils, 42 Nagar Panchayat seats
BJP is off to great start in UP Nikay Chunav counting as so far it has managed to lead in 16 municipal corporations, 65 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayat seats.
- BJP ahead in 16 Municipal Corporations, 65 municipal councils, 42 Nagar Panchayat seats
BJP is off to great start in UP Nikay Chunav counting as so far it has managed to lead in 16 municipal corporations, 65 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayat seats.
- BSP candidate wins from ward 1 in Agra
First win for BSP in the UP municipal polls. BSP candidate has won from Ward No. 1 of Agra Municipal Corporation.
- BJP ahead in Prayagraj Municipal Corporation
BJP candidate Ganesh Kesarwani is leading in Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (Mayor), SP candidate Ajay Srivastava is in second place.
1- Nagar Panchayat Handia BJP ahead, SP behind,
2- Nagar Panchayat Phulpur SP ahead, BJP behind
3- Nagar Panchayat Koraon BJP ahead SP behind
4- Nagar Panchayat Bharatganj BJP ahead Independent behind
5- Nagar Panchayat Sirsa BJP ahead SP behind
6- Nagar Panchayat Lalgopalganj BJP ahead BSP behind
7- Nagar Panchayat Mauaima SP ahead BJP behind 8- Nagar Panchayat Shankargarh BJP ahead SP behind
