Punjab Municipal Election: BJP slaps voters in Punjab local elections

New Delhi: Local body and municipal council election results in Punjab are being announced today (Wednesday). The counting of votes is underway. Remarkably, in this election, which is being held at the time of the farmers’ agitation on the Delhi border, the voters have slapped the ruling BJP at the Center. Congress has won in five Municipal Corporations till 12.30 pm. These include Moga, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Bathinda and Abohar Municipal Corporations.

Elections were held on February 14 in 2302 wards for 8 Municipal Corporations, 109 Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats.

Notably, re-election is taking place at five different polling booths where irregularities were found in the election process without the counting of votes starting today. In some of these places, the EVM was damaged. After that, the Punjab Election Commission had announced to hold re-election on Tuesday.

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Live updates:

– Congress leads in Pathankot and Batala

– Congress hoisted flags in seven out of five Municipal Corporations

– Congress wins in Abohar, Bathinda, Kapurthala, Moga and Hoshiarpur

A total of 9222 candidates are in the fray for 2302 wards and 109 Municipal Councils of Abohar, Bathinda, Batala, Kapurthala, Mohali, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga Municipal Corporations.

Among the candidates are 2,832 independents, 2,307 members of the ruling Congress and 1,569 members of the Shiromani Akali Dal. 1003 candidates have been fielded from BJP, 1606 from AAP and 160 from BSP.

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