Madhya Pradesh municipal poll results: BJP, Congress win two seats each, Independent candidate gets one

Madhya Pradesh Nagar Nigam Chunav Results 2022: BJP and Congress were locked in direct contests in Katni, Ratlam, Dewas, Rewa and Morena.

Madhya Pradesh municipal election results LIVE

Madhya Pradesh Municipal Election Results 2022: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress on Wednesday (July 20, 2022) won two mayor's seats each in Madhya Pradesh while an independent candidate bagged another post. Overall, of 16 mayoral posts in the state, the BJP won nine seats and Congress five. One seat went to Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and another to Independent. Elections for these posts were held in the second phase on July 13.

Madhya Pradesh Municipal Election Results: Morena election result 2022

In Morena, Congress candidate Sharada Solanki defeated BJP's Meena Mukesh Jatav and won the mayoral election by 14,631 votes. Morena municipal corporation is part of the Morena Lok Sabha seat, which is represented by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. 

MP Municipal Election Results: Rewa election result 2022

In Rewa municipal corporation, Ajay Mishra Baba of Congress won the mayoral election by 10,301 votes. He defeated BJP candidate Prabodh Vyas. Congress, notably, won the mayor's seat in Rewa for the first time since a direct election for the post was introduced in 1999. 

Madhya Pradesh Municipal Poll Results: Dewas nagar nigam election result 2022

In Dewas, BJP's Geeta Agrawal won the mayoral election by defeating Vinodini Vyas of Congress by 45,889 votes.

MP Municipal Poll Results: Ratlam election result 2022

In Ratlam municipal corporation, BJP's Prahlad Patel won by defeating Mayank Singh Jat of Congress by 8,591 votes. 

MP Municipal Poll Results: Katni election result 2022

In Katni municipal corporation, independent candidate Priti Sanjeev Suri defeated her nearest rival and BJP candidate Jyoti Dixit by 5,287 votes. 

Madhya Pradesh Nagar Nigam Chunav 2022

Polling was held in five municipal corporations, 40 nagar palikas and 169 nagar parishads across 43 districts in the second phase. 

In the first phase of mayoral elections in 11 cities, for which counting was held on Sunday, the BJP had won seven seats while the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party had won three and one mayoral post. The BJP won the mayoral elections in Bhopal, Indore, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain, Dewas and Ratlam. The Congress won in Jabalpur, Gwalior, Chhindwara, Rewa and Morena. 

In the previous mayoral polls in 2014-2015, the BJP had won in all 16 municipal bodies. 

Urban civic body elections for 413 municipalities, including 16 municipal corporations, 99 municipal councils and 298 Nagar Parishads were held in two phases in Madhya Pradesh July 6 and July 13.

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21 July 2022

21 July 2022 07:30 IST

MP local body polls: Congress leader Kamal Nath takes a jibe at BJP

Congress leader Kamal Nath has taken a jibe at BJP after his party won five seats in the Madhya Pradesh municipal corporations polls.

"We won 5 municipal corporations while 1 each was won by AAP & an independent. This means BJP lost 7 corporations, if they want to celebrate there's no problem. A child is born at someone else's home and BJP starts distributing sweets," Kamal Nath said.

Bhopal, MP | We won 5 municipal corporations while 1 each was won by AAP & an independent. This means BJP lost 7 corporations, if they want to celebrate there's no problem. A child is born at someone else's home & BJP starts distributing sweets:Congress leader Kamal Nath(20.07) pic.twitter.com/uLugMb00wS

— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) July 20, 2022

21 July 2022 07:27 IST

MP Municipal Poll Results 2022: Katni election result

In Katni municipal corporation, independent candidate Priti Sanjeev Suri defeated her nearest rival and BJP candidate Jyoti Dixit by 5,287 votes.