MP local urban body election first phase results: BJP retains seven out of 11 mayoral seats, but loses 3

The Bharatiya Janata Party retained seven out of the total 11 mayoral seats in Madhya Pradesh that went to the polls. The Congress wrested three seats from the saffron party and the Aam Aadmi Party bagged one. 

The Congress termed the results as "encouraging", while the BJP hailed its own performance in the elections as "historic". In the last local body elections held in 2015, all these mayoral seats were with the BJP. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his gratitude to the people for reposing their faith in the BJP in the local body elections. "This win is a symbol of people's unbreakable trust in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in the state. Congratulations to the party workers along with the winning candidates," he said in a tweet.

The BJP won the mayoral elections in Burhanpur, Satna, Indore, Bhopal, Khandwa, Sagar and Ujjain. The Congress won in Jabalpur, Gwalior and Chhindwara. Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, which contested the state civic polls for the first time, bagged the post in Singrauli.

Polling was held in 86 Nagar Parishads, 36 Nagar Palikas and 11 municipal corporations in the first phase on July 6. Elections were held in these local bodies spread over 44 districts for the posts of mayors and corporators.

The local bodies' elections in the state for 413 municipalities, including 298 Nagar Parishad, 99 Nagar Palika Parishad and 16 Nagar Palika Nigam, were held in two phases on July 6 and July 13. The counting for the second phase of polls will be held on July 20.

Watch this space as the results unfold

* In Indore, which has the tag of being the "cleanest city of India", the BJP won the election with the highest number of votes. While Shukla, a sitting Congress MLA, secured 4,59,562 votes Bhargava secured 5,92,519 votes. Shukla, a Class 12 passout legislator, was the richest mayor candidate in the state with him and his wife reprting assets worth Rs 170 crore in their affidavit.

* The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen registered its maiden victory in Madhya Pradesh civic body polls. Four candidates of the party won the corporator's post in the cities of Jabalpur, Burhanpur and Khandwa. Of the four, two candidates won in Jabalpur and one each in the municipal bodies of Khandwa and Burhanpur cities. 

* The BJP won the mayoral elections in Burhanpur, Sagar, Satna, Khandwa and Ujjain, and the Congress won in Chhindwara.

* Arvind Kejriwal's AAP, which contested the state civic polls for the first time, bagged the post in Singrauli. AAP candidate Rani Agrawal won the city Singrauli city's top post by defeating her nearest BJP rival Chandrapratap Vishwakarma by a margin of 9,231 votes.  

* BJP candidates Amrita Amar Yadav, Madhuri Patel, Yogesh Tamarkar, Sangeeta Tiwari and Mukesh Tatwal emerged victorious in the mayoral elections to Khandwa, Burhanpur, Satna, Sagar and Ujjain, respectively. 

* Congress won the mayoral post in Chhindwara. Its candidate Vikram Ahaka won by a margin of 3547 votes against his rival Anand Dhurve. Chhindwara is the home turf of former chief minister and state Congress president Kamal Nath. He had been elected from this Lok Sabha seat nine times. 

* Congress candidates are leading in Gwalior and Jabalpur municipal corporations.
 
* BJP candidates Malti Rai and Pushyamitra Bhargava have established decisive leads over their nearest Congress rivals Vibha Patel and Sanjay Shukla in Bhopal and Indore by over 51,000 and one lakh votes.
 
* Congress candidates Shobha Shikarwar and Jagat Bahadur Singh were leading over their BJP rivals Suman Sharma and Jitendra Jamdar by handsome margins of 22,867 and 43,694 votes in Gwalior and Jabalpur, respectively.

Image: Congress candidate for mayor Jagat Bahadur Singh 'Annu' with his wife Yamini Singh showing victory sign after winning municipal corporation election in Jabalpur.  Photograph: PTI Photo

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