BJP dominates Uttar Pradesh municipal elections leading 16 out of 17 mayor seats

Counting of the by-election to 2 Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh is underway. Samajwadi party candidate Kirti Kol is leading in the Chhanbey constituency of Mirzapur district while the Apna dal candidate is leading with a wafer-thin margin in the Suar constituency of Rampur district.

Counting of votes for Urban Local Bodies is also underway. While BJP is leading at 16 out of 17 Mayoral seats in the State, the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for the Mayoral post is leading in the Agra district.

The State Election Commission (SEC) has set up 353 counting centres for the counting of votes for 760 urban bodies and around 35 thousand employees have been deployed for counting work.