Results of all 35 seats of Shimogga City Municipal Corporation have been declared. The BJP has won 20 seats, while the Congress bagged seven seats. Meanwhile, the JDS has managed to won only two seats. Independent candidates have won six seats.
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Shivamogga City Corporation Election 2018 Results Live News Updates: Results On All 35 Seats Of Shimogga CMC Declared; BJP Wins 20 Seats, Congress Bags 7
The result of Shivamogga City Corporation election 2018 will be declared today. Counting of votes of Shivamogga City Corporation election result will begin at 8:00 am.
03 Sep, 12:26 (IST)
The BJP has won 11 out of 35 seats in Shimogga CMC, while the Congress bagged three seats. Te JDS and I=independent candidat has won one seat each. till now, results on 16 seats have been declared out of 35.
03 Sep, 11:41 (IST)
The BJP is leading on 20 wards in Shivamogga.
03 Sep, 11:23 (IST)
Results on 1918 seats declared for urban local bodies. The Congress has won 729 seats, while the BJP bagged 674 seats. JDU has won on 261 seats.
03 Sep, 11:00 (IST)
The BJP and the Congress Win one seat each in Shimogga City Municipal Corporation.
03 Sep, 10:54 (IST)
Results are declared on 1412 out of total 2709 seats in 102 urban local bodies where polls took place on August 31. Congress wins 560, BJP wins 499, JD(S) wins 178, and independent candidates win 150 seats.
03 Sep, 10:38 (IST)
Five women candidates of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) have won in Urban Local Bodies election in Karnataka.
03 Sep, 10:38 (IST)
Five women candidates of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) have won in Urban Local Bodies election in Karnataka.
03 Sep, 09:36 (IST)
BJP wins 11 seats in Shivamogga City Municipal Corporation, while the Congress wins eight seats. JDS managed to win 4 seats. Till now results have been declared on 24 seats out of 35
03 Sep, 09:10 (IST)
In 23 constituencies of Davanagere district's Channagiri, BJP is leading in 10 seats, Congress in eight and JD(S) in three.
03 Sep, 08:45 (IST)
In Bijapur's Muddebihal Municipal Ward BJP has won in seven wards, Congress in four and independent candidates have won four wards.
03 Sep, 08:14 (IST)
Congress and Janata Dal Secular (JDS) contested elections separately, but they are likely to opt for an alliance at places where results are hung.
03 Sep, 08:08 (IST)
For the first time, NOTA (none of the above) option is being introduced in the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) polls in Karnataka.
Bengaluru, Sep 3: The result of Shivamogga City Corporation election 2018 will be declared today. Counting of votes of Shivamogga City Corporation election result will begin at 8:00 am. Polling for the election for Shivamogga City Corporation on August 31 recorded a turnout of 59.24 per cent. Catch live updates on Shivamogga City Corporation election result here.
Ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019, all the three parties in Karnataka, the Congress, the BJP and the JD(S) are looking at winning the maximum number of seats in urban local body polls to boost the morale of party cadres. The JD(S) and the Congress, which are alliance partners in the coalition government, went alone in these elections.
Polling was conducted in 2,529 wards spread over 29 city municipalities, 53 town municipalities and 23 town panchayats and in 135 wards of three city corporations. Along with Shivamogga City Corporation, Mysore City Corportaion and Tumkur City Corportaion also went to polls.
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