BJP wins Gzd mayoral seat with over 2.8l votes

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate won the Mayoral seat of Ghaziabad. In the final round of counting, Asha Sharma of BJP, secured 2,82,793 votes while her nearest rival of Congress Dolly Sharma could secure1,19,118 votes. BJP's Asha Sharma won the seat by the margin of 1,63,657 votes.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)'s Munni Chaudhary stood third by securing 77033 votes while Samajwadi Party's Rashi Garg could secure only 40,623 votes. Aam Aadmi Party candidate Dr Pragati Tyagi secured 13,656 votes while Rashtriya lok Dal candidate Kusum Raghav stood at sixth by securing only 9,402 votes. The total 13 candidates were in the fray.

In Dasna city panchayat election, All India Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) founded by Asaduddin Owaisi won chairmanship of this City Panchayat chairmanship.

In a close fight, it's candidate  Hajjan Hansar defeated her  closest rival independent candidate Praveen Nadia with 587 votes. She gained 3,148 votes while Praveen gained 2,561 votes. Congress party's Shakeena Begum stood third by securing 2,546 votes. There were 25 candidates in the fray including Samajwadi Party, BSP and AAP.

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