Chandigarh: Counting of votes for five municipal corporations and two municipal committees in Haryana was underway on Wednesday. Polling was held on December 16 in five municipal corporations, namely Hisar, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak and Yamunanagar, and in two municipal committees – Jakhal Mandi in Fatehabad and Pundri in Kaithal. Voter turnout recorded in the elections was 69.39%.
Voting was conducted in all 110 wards of the municipal corporations of Hisar, Rohtak, Yamunanagar, Panipat and Karnal as well as 25 wards of Jakhal Mandi (Fatehabad) and Pundri (Kaithal). 59 candidates, including 40 men and 19 women, contested the election to the seats of mayor, while 592 candidates (322 men and 270 women) contested the election to the municipal corporation, State Election Commissioner Dalip Singh said.
Haryana Municipal Election results 2018 LIVE UPDATES:
BJP’s win in all five cities including Hisar, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak and Yamunanagar. Securing the last seat in Rohtak, Man Mohan Mohan won against Sita Ram by a margin of 14,776 votes.
12:35 pm: As per reports, BJP had lost all wards in Jakhal Mandi (Fatehabad) Municipal Committee as well as in Pundri (Kaithal) Municipal Committee.
12:42 pm: Results of Hisar Municipal Corporation so far:
Ward 1: Independent candidate Anil Jain wins
Ward 2: BJP’s Kavita wins
Ward 3: Independent candidate Shalu Diwan wins
Ward 4: BJP’s Anil Kumar
12:19 PM IST
Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Results Live Updates: BJP’s Mayor candidates are leading in all five cities — Karnal, Panipat, Yamunanagar, Rohtak, and Hisar
11:23 am: Results of Panipat Municipal Corporation so far:
Ward 1: BJP’s Anita Pruthi wins
Ward 2: BJP’s Pawan Balmiki wins
Ward 3: BJP’s ANjali Sharma wins
Ward 5: BJP’s Anil Bajaj wins
Ward 6: BJP’s Ravinder wins
Ward 7: BJP’s Ashok Kataria wins
Ward 8: BJP’s Chanchal Sehgal wins
Ward 10: BJP’s Ravinder Bhatia wins
Ward 11: BJP’s Komal Saini wins
Ward 12: BJP’s Satish Saini wins
Ward 17: BJP’s Pramod Devi wins
Ward 21: BJP’s Sanjeev Dahiya wins
Ward 22: Independent Chanchal Dawar wins
11:40 am: Results/Trends for Karnala Municipal Corporation elections so far:
Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Results Live Updates: In Panipat, BJP’s Avneet Kaur is leading by over 34,000 votes. In 26 wards of Panipat, 15 BJP candidates are either leading or have registered victory.
Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Results Live Updates: BJP candidate Preeti Johar wins from Yamunangar’s Ward number 6
Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Results Live Updates: In Panipat, BJP’s Avneet Kaur is leading from Congress-backed Anshu Pahwa by over 32,000 votes.
Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Results Live Updates: In Karnal, Ward numbers 1 and 3 won by BJP, ward number 3 won by Independent candidate.