Haryana Municipal Elections Results 2020: BJP Wins Mayoral Post in Panchkula, Congress Candidate Elected as Mayor in Sonipat
The counting of votes for Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat municipal corporations in Haryana began at 8 am amid tight security and adherence to coronavirus norms.
Chandigarh, December 30: The results of municipal elections held in Haryana were declared today. Of three mayoral posts, the BJP and Congress won each. Congress rebel Venod Sharma's Haryana Jan Chetna Party clinched the third mayor post. The opposition Congress won the post of mayor for the Sonepat Municipal Corporation, while the BJP won the post in Panchkula Municipal Corporation. In the Ambala Municipal Corporation, Jan Chetna Party won the mayoral post.
In the Rewari Municipal Council, the BJP won the post of Chairperson. In the Uklana municipal committee election, independent candidate Sushil Sahu defeated BJP's ally Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) candidate Mahender Soni for the President's post. In Sampla, independent candidate Pooja, who was backed by former Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda, defeated the BJP nominee for the President's post.
In the Dharuhera Municipal Committee election in Rewari district, independent nominee Kanwar Singh became the President by defeating nearest rival and BJP candidate Sandeep Bohra. The elections to the municipal bodies of Haryana were held on December 27 to elect the mayors and members of all the wards of Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat municipal corporations, the president and members of the Municipal Council of Rewari and the municipal committees of Sampla (Rohtak), Dharuhera (Rewari) and Ukalana (Hisar). Haryana Civic Poll Results 2020 Live Streaming on News 18 Punjab Haryana Himachal: Watch Live Telecast Here.
In Haryana, there was a direct fight between the ruling BJP-JJP combine and the Congress in the polls. Apart from the municipal bodies, bypolls for ward number 7 of the Municipal Committee, Indri (Karnal), ward number 13 of Bhuna (Fatehabad), ward number 12 of Rajound (Kaithal), ward number 14 of the Municipal Council, Fatehabad and ward number 29 of the Municipal Council, Sirsa were also held.
On the polling day, a voting percentage of nearly 60 was recorded as polling remained peaceful in the elections to municipal bodies in Haryana. The polling started at 8 am and continued till 5:30 pm. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere and the polling remained peaceful, State EC Dalip Singh said. Earlier this month, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) had announced that it will boycott the municipal polls in protest against the alleged atrocities committed on farmers by the Centre and the state's BJP-JJP government.
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