Lucknow, Dec 1 (UNI) With mixed results in urban local bodies elections in Uttar Pradesh, except for 16 mayoral posts, the ruling BJP was, by and large, leading in municipality wards, municipal corporations and town panchayats.
The mayor’s seat in the prestigious Ayodhya-Faizabad municipal corporation was bagged by BJP and the Mathura-Vrindavan and Moradabad mayoral seats, too, went to BJP kitty, according to initial reports. Mukesh Arya won the Mathura-Vridavan seat, while Vinod Agarwal won Moradabad mayoral seat. In Saharanpur, Sanjeev Walia romped home in mayoral contest.
In the counting for mayoral elections, BJP candidates were leading in Agra, Allahabad, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Bareilly, Aligarh, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Ferozabad and Moradabad while BSP candidates were ahead of their rivals in Jhansi and Meerut.
A report from Faizabad said that BJP mayoral candidate Rishikesh Upadhaya had won the election by defeating his nearest SP candidate, a transgender, Gulshan Bindu by around 4,500 votes.
In Ayodhya-Faizabad municipal corporation, BJP got the majority by winning 32 out of the total 60 seats at stake.
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