The counting of elections has been completed in 19 urban bodies of 5 districts of Madhya Pradesh. Of these, 11 have been won by the BJP and 8 by the Congress. The BJP has captured 4 municipalities and 7 municipal councils. The Congress won Raghogarh, the bastion of former chief minister Digvijaya Singh, and the municipality in Pithampur, while Congress has also won in 6 municipal councils.
Counting of votes in the 19 urban bodies started on Monday in which a total of 1144 candidates were contesting.
Congress has won 16 wards in Raghogarh Municipality, whereas BJP has won in 8 wards. Voting was held for a total of 24 wards here. BJP's scored over Congress in Omkareshwar. BJP has won 9 out of 15 and Congress has won 6.
The BJP has also won Barwani, the stronghold of Minister Prem Singh Patel and Rajya Sabha MP Sumer Singh Solanki. The BJP was behind here in the initial phase. BJP has faced defeat in Ward 9 of Solanki and Lok Sabha MP Gajendra Patel. The BJP has also registered victory in Rajpur, the constituency of Congress leader and former Home Minister Bala Bachchan.
The Congress has captured Pithampur municipality in Dhar district. Here the credibility of Dhar MLA Neena Verma's husband and veteran BJP leader Vikram Verma was at stake. Here the party suffered a great loss from its own rebels.
The BJP has also captured Sendhwa in Barwani district. This is the last urban body election in Madhya Pradesh before the assembly elections to be held this year. In such a situation, the big leaders of both the major political parties BJP and Congress had also put their strength.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who reached Orchha in Niwari district, expressed happiness while reacting to the municipal election results. He said that the municipalities of Barwani, Sendhwa, Dhar were with the Congress last time. Which BJP has snatched from them. There was a great fight in Raghogarh also.
CM Chouhan further said that Congress has been uprooted in Barwani also. BJP won in Jaithari of Shahdol division. Along with Dhar and Manawar municipalities, the BJP has also won Dahi. He congratulated BJP State President VD Sharma and the entire team of workers for this stupendous success.