Dehradun

Panchayat polls results for 36 seats declared

PNS

Though the speed of counting was much slower on the first day and the first round could be completed only after 8 hours but on the second day on Wednesday, results had started coming in the afternoon by 2  pm. Till 5.30 pm, results for 36 seats were declared out of a total of 47 in which BSP continued to lead on 13 seats, 12 seats were bagged by independent candidates, Congress had 9 in its kitty and BJP showed the lowest score of 2.

A big blow was given to the Congress in Bahadrabad block, Chowdhary Rajender Singh got defeated by BSP candidate Bijendra by 1,050 votes. But Prehladpur seat was bagged by three years winner Devyani Singh, wife of Congress leader notoriously famous for his uncanny acts, Kumwar Singh Champion. This was her hat trick victory and she won over her opponent with 1,500 votes.

Congress candidate Rao Afaq Ali form Zila Panchayat Salempur seat won over his opponent of BSP candidate Rao Majeed. But from Khadanja seat, Congress stalwart Chowdhary Rajendra Singh and his wife Kusum Chowdhary got defeated from Manakpur Adampur seat. At most of the seats Congress had to face defeat and independent candidates showed their power. At Akbarpur, Jhojha Zila Panchayat seat independent candidate Akhlakh Halwai won over Congress Ayyaz by a narrow margin of 88 votes.

On Bhaktput Zila Panchayat seat BSP candidate Furkan defeated Suman Rana of BJP by 608 votes.